#Port Phillip

[travelmanposts]

Point Ormond Lookout, Australia: Point Ormond is a hill that offers great views all around Port Philip Bay. There is a trig tower at the summit and many get their exercise running up and down to it. A playground is nearby and there are some revegetation projects as well... Point Ormond Lookout,is located in the state of Victoria, in the northeastern part of the country, 500 km west of Canberra. Wikipedia

[whats-in-a-sentence]

When squatters in the south petitioned him in June to send troops to protect them on the track to Port Phillip, he refused.

Sir George Gipps desires it to be intimated to the gentlemen who have signed the memorial, that as he has the most positive directions from Her Majesty's Government to treat the aboriginal natives as subjects of Her Majesty, it is entirely out of his power to authorise the levying of war against them, or to give sanction to any measures of indiscriminate retaliation.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“Underwater Fireworks”

Shot in Mornington Peninsula, Australia.

“In the shallow waters of Naarm (Port Phillip Bay), sparse colonies of Tubular Hydroids poke their heads out of the sand in cold, shallow water. There are hundreds of individuals, but at just 4cm or so tall it's easy to dismiss these tiny animals which are endemic to the Great Southern Reef of Australia. Each individual here is either male or female and extend their outer tentacles to catch passing plankton.”

by Imogen Manins

Ocean Art 2023

[ncblevicartstudic]

I sense there's something in the wind...

[les-portes-du-sud]

L'amour, c'est des bouches qui se cherchent, qui se prennent, des lèvres qu'on mord.

Philippe Besson.

[seaxdevil]

Tag Dump: Relationships

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[tenth-sentence]

Bourke also refused to send troops to put down the blacks of Port Phillip Bay.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

[travelmanposts]

Forrest Caves, Phillip Island, Australia: Forrest Caves are sea caves formed by erosion of the cliffs over many years and can only be explored and accessed at low tide. The walk passes by large sand dunes, home to thousands of short-tailed shearwaters. Forrest Caves are one of Phillip Islands most magical hidden gems.... Phillip Island is an Australian island about 125 km south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. Wikipedia

[dobbsie81]

Point Lonsdale Lighthouse

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[ncblevicartstudic]

So I decided to come up with a new card deck for Skylar!! I call it the Star deck and meaning for each card is bellow!!

The sword: Strength, Power, Courage

The Unicorn: Healing, Guidance, Positive energy

The Lion: Loyalty, Pride, Discipline

The Harlot: Freedom, Independence, Prosperity

The Sage: Wisdom, Knowledge, Self Improvement

The Reaper: Endings, Peace, Closure

The King: Authority, Control, sovereignty

The Queen: Dignity, Wealth, Ambition

The Cupid: Love, Desire, Passion

The Sun: Kindness, Creativity, Tolerance

The Moon: Secrecy, Intuition, Change

The Hellion: Violence, Stagnation, Negative Energy

The Pentacle: Protection, Insight, Perception

The Chalice: Festivals, Feast, Harvest

[herpsandbirds]

We got any fun little worm dudes around?

I am going to interpret that to mean WORMS (inverts), so here you are...

Disguised as deep-sea acorn worms, two species of Yoda have been found– not so long ago, on a seamount far, far from land.

Yoda purpurata, discovered in 2012 with the ECOMAR ROV on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, sports distinctly Yoda-like lobes on either side of its head (these are lips rather than ears).  In 2022, scientists using Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ROV SuBastian found its North Pacific cousin. Yoda demiankoopi bears little resemblance to the original Yoda, but is still a force to be reckoned with.  You try living off of tiny scraps of marine snow at the bottom of the ocean! Yoda purpurata: David Shale/Marinespecies.org Yoda demiankoopi © Schmit Ocean InstituteImages used under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License

via: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

A new species of giant Eunice (Eunicidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) from the east coast of Australia

Read the paper here: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/86448/

Green Spoon Worm

Check out this freaky Green Spoon Worm (Metabonellia haswelli, phylum Echiura), filmed in Port Phillip Bay, Australia, on 8 Feb 2018. It may look harmless, but this marine  worm can paralyze small animals using the neural poison in its skin.

via: Youtube.com

Say hello to Eulagisca gigantea, the golden worm from the Antarctic seas

from photographer Matthew Brown 

It’s an Antarctic scale worm, a type of polychaete (bristle worm).There are many different species, all around the world, ranging in size, colour, and living habits.  Some feed on detritus, others like this one, are predators. It’s laying on its back, those golden bristles are it’s feet, which it uses to walk along the soft sediments on the sea floor. Some species live in tunnels, those ones have greatly reduced spines. They’re a cool group of animals.  Most of NIWA (National institute of water and atmosphere research) deep sea specimens like this are collected by their long range research vessel the Tangaroa. They had a lot of cool stuff, giant amphipods, isopods and giant squid etc. They’re basically trying to figure out biodiversity hot spots on the sea floor around the world in order to inform the establishment of marine sanctuaries. They also provide advice to fisheries about fish populations.

via: So Bad So Good

Weird and Wonderful: Green bomber worms drop bioluminescent “bombs" 

Green bomber worms (Swima spp.) have specialized organs that explode with a burst of green bioluminescence. This impressive display is likely used to startle predators while the animal makes a speedy getaway. They live just above the seafloor and are vigorous swimmers, able to maneuver both backwards and forwards.⁠ ⁠ Each worm carries up to eight “bombs.” If they lose one, they can grow it back. The “bombs” may have been gills that evolutionarily transformed over time. Although these worms lack eyes, they have developed a novel bioluminescent defense mechanism. MBARI research has shown that approximately three quarters of the animals living in the dark ocean depths are capable of producing bioluminescence.⁠ ⁠

Learn more about these amazing deep-sea worms: 

https://www.mbari.org/new-species-of-deep-sea-worms-release-glowing-bombs/

[steven-sandner]

Lightning over Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, Australia 🍂💫✨

The lightning to the top left was added in post processing to help with the composition

Link to more about me and my work https://linktr.ee/steven.sandner