Showing posts with label No 16 beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label No 16 beach. Show all posts

Friday, September 26, 2025

No 16 Beach, Rye for Skywatch Friday

 


Upon the evening of my visit to Number Sixteen Beach at Rye, the heavens lay utterly cloudless, and the setting sun cast its mellow radiance across the waters. Though this stretch of coast is among the most frequented along the Mornington Peninsula, fortune granted me solitude; not a soul was present to disturb the tranquillity. The waves, breaking upon the sand with unhurried constancy, left a delicate froth in the foreground, a lacework of the sea that I found singularly pleasing.

Number Sixteen Beach, so named after the original trackway once marked by numbered posts guiding visitors through the dunes, has long held a reputation both for its rugged beauty and its perilous seas. Unlike the sheltered bay beaches of Rye, this ocean front faces the Bass Strait, and its powerful surf has made it a place admired by walkers and naturalists rather than a safe haven for swimmers. The limestone cliffs and rock platforms that frame the beach bear silent testimony to the restless shaping hand of wind and tide through countless ages. In former times, the local Bunurong people knew these coasts intimately, gathering shellfish from the rock shelves and reading in the land and waters the signs of season and story.

Thus, standing alone at sunset, with the waves whispering their endless song, one is not merely a solitary observer of beauty but also a quiet inheritor of a long continuum of human presence, reverence, and memory upon this shore.


Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM


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Friday, March 7, 2025

No 16 Beach, Rye for Skywatch Friday

 


Joel has never been fond of this place, yet I insisted that he accompany me. The site is well known for its Dragon Head rock, which I have shared photographs of on several occasions. This remarkable formation is only visible at the lowest tide of 0.1 meters. Unfortunately, I misread the tide charts online, and by the time we arrived, the tide was already at a medium level, steadily rising towards full tide.

To make matters worse, we unexpectedly encountered a photography group led by an individual with whom Joel had previously clashed. This unfortunate coincidence greatly aggravated his temper. However, we still maintained amiable relations with some members of the group, allowing for a few pleasant exchanges despite the otherwise tense situation.

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FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Friday, January 5, 2024

No 16 Beach, Rye, Mornington Peninsula for Sky Watch Friday

 


Gloomy and dark. The mini waterfall is a bonus for the dull sunset. There is reflection in the water hole too. 


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FE 20-70mm f4

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