artificial sweetners....

Belongil is the most amazing place.

Ive been visiting this tiny beach hamlet since 1998

when a good good fiend of mine, Amy, took me up there

to calm my body + mind after going through

a stressful operation and writing a thesis for a degree at uni!

I was pooped, and Belongil and amy gave me a window

out of my miseries...

So ever since I've been periodically travelling up to

this magical place to unwind and listen to

the ocean and the environment and just... relax!

Every trip is different and this year,

as I took my long walks up the beach, i noticed

something truly shifting...

It was the sand, the tide, and the land

as it all struggles

with the real issue of global warming and rising sea levels!

So in amongst all the natural beauty

there are now new additions, and human signs

of manipulation to the environment,

as the community tries to stop this tiny town

sinking into the sea!

The image above perfectly demonstrates these new plastic colours and textures

that are merging with the natural materials

found on the shore...

and this little trio were sitting exactly as you see them here!

No manipulation required from me... the camera man!!

the blend!

real vs fake...

in total unison....!

Because of all the rain the sand bags are being taken

over by all the natural beach plantlife!

Can you believe the green growth

in between the rocks is plastic astroturf?!

Fake grass... of all things!

real vs fake...

sand bags vs rocks!

all deposited there by the locals

to stop the tides washing the land away...

Hay....pink twine.... and rocks...

All to save the shoreline!

And then you have the green of the plants

coming in to bind it all together...

messy blue twine...

muddled together from the power of the stormy waters...!
After seeing what Ive seen on this trip
all I can say is....
'what the sea wants
the sea will have!'
Mother Nature is definitely making her point!!