It’s a rare thing to venture so far from my environs at sunset time in the middle of the week – and to the edge of teh world? The beach? Well, the occasion was lovely and the opportunity not to be missed. But a sunset out of MtLawleyShire! An ‘un-urban’ sunset! How would I cope? 😀
The afternoon moon smiled down as we made our way to one of Perth’s most loved beaches: Cottesloe.

After drinks and chat, it was time for sunset. Elsewhere in the city, further south, there were storms. They hadn’t happened here yet and I was sure sunset would be naught but glare. How wrong I was. There is something sublime watching the sun set, unhindered by the silhouettes or an urban environment, though even here, human-made silhouettes are present: the ships in Gage Roads, waiting to get into Fremantle Harbour. And I loved the light play of cloud strips:



These are a little out of sequence, but I loved using the Norfolk pines that grace the suburban beaches:


The moon was gilded by the golden light spilling across the ocean

And the sun sank towards someone else’s dawn:


I caught a seagull 🙂

And as the sun is pulled further below the horizon, the red glow of its farewell spreads:

In the darkening sky, the moon comes into her own:

But all the drama is far to the west:


Almost fully dark and the moon takes on the uncompromising white and black – no shades of grey or gold:

But the western sky flames:



In the eastern skies, there is the serenity of uncomplicated white in black:

and in the west, finally, the light softens and calms with the last shades of farewell from day:


A last view from a hotel window:

and there is nothing left in the night but the quite beautiful moon:

I hope you enjoyed my excursion to the edge of the world 🙂
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