The almost luminous turquoise waters of the Southern Ocean glow on a warm Spring’s afternoon, west of Albany.

Very tall trees reach for the sky near Walpole.

Trickling waters of coastal streams laden with tannins merge near the ocean west of Denmark.

Small native flowers push up through sand along a boardwalk west of Denmark (WA).

Part of the talents of being Australian is the innate ability to be able to repair things on the fly in a somewhat ad hoc manner.  Be it a pair of pantyhose for a fan belt in your car, a bit of fencing wire to fix a fuse on your house, or in the case of this photo, cutting down a power pole to prop up your verandah…

…uh yeah.