Feb5

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photo credit: Sushma Hedge

Nelson, Australia, Estuary Beach

Where the river meets the ocean…

‘This has got to be one of the most unique beaches I’ve been to! The Estuary Beach in Nelson as the name suggests is the meeting place for the Glenelg river and the Southern ocean. On one end of the beach, the slow moving and meandering river is noticeable whilst on the other the ocean with its roaring waves! This makes for quite a sight if imagined! The beach also features a giant Oxbow Lake. The sort of shells I found here were quite different from the other beaches around the Great Ocean Road and the Melburnian Bay. This beach would provide as an excellent example for those studying the journey of a river from its source to the ocean. I would highly recommend anyone visiting the area to drop by and have a look at this unique beach.’ – S

 

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  1. Thank you for sharing the poem, Beth. I’ve written a poem on my substack about being a lake and not an ocean [https://dianelwoodrow.substack.com/p/i-am-a-lake-and-not-an-ocean] But this Gibran poem got me thinking about how one day I’ll have to flow out of being a lake and be willing to get lost in the ocean. I might just blog on that but it’ll probably be with the Substack stuff not the WordPress stuff :)
    Thank you for being thought provoking for me this morning

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  6. I can certainly relate this to the flow of life. We may travel contented and happy only meeting little ripples as we travel. Then the rapids appear and the deep despair of the ocean brings fear. There is no turning back. Fortunately safety nets may be waiting to recuse and help us. It may take courage to reach out and grab on to the nets.

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  12. Beautiful photo, Great poem. There is a lot of fear about lately. Not sure if we will become the ocean, but we will be mixed. Fortunately water is always on the move from oceans to atmosphere to rivers, lakes, groundwater, and back in on e giant never ending cycle.injope that this water molecule will be resilient.

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  13. A wonderful combination of image and poetry; I’ve never read this one from Gibran. It’s especially apropos here on the Gulf coast, where our muddy, silt-filled rivers flow red into the blue-green Gulf. The dividing line between river and ocean sometimes is especially sharp, but the mixing always takes place.

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  14. The Gibran poem is wonderful, Beth. I love a good analogy found in nature and in poetry and this one nicely captures one’s coming of age in life.

    As an aside, that is quite the scenic view! It sure beats the -13 and snow we’re facing today! 😆

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  25. That sounds beautiful! Not sure if you’ve ever been to Cabo San Lucas in Baja California, but it sits at the point where the Pacific Ocean meets the Gulf of California…you really only know it because there is an arched rock at the point where seals and seal lions lounge – and of course while and dolphins frolic in the water…

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