Travel Memories: Sunset over water

Sunsets over water have figured in our lives quite a bit.

There’s the sunset on Cable Beach at Broome, which I showed you in my last post. Truly spectacular.

Sunset on 80 Mile beach netted us some spectacular shots as well, taken with K's salvaged camera.

Sunset 80 Mile Beach WA

And then there was the sunset on Lake Argyle in the Kimberly region. The moon was up that night. I painted this when we got home. (No I don’t have a photo of the art work, I think it is in storage)
 

Sunsets and Moon rises, Lake Argyle WA

 

 

Sunset at Derby through the mangroves out over the water. We went to a corroboree that night, but that is for another blog.

Sunset Derby WA

 

Closer to home for us are the sunsets on Mindil Beach in Darwin. These are a dry season institution. Tourists and local flock to the Night markets to enjoy fantastic food and browse the stalls. We like to take a bottle of wine and some delicious munchies and watch the sun go down while sitting on the sandy on the beach. Usually catch up with friends and any members of the family who are in town.

Sunset Mindil Beach NT

Oh and I’ve already told you about the sunset cruise at Katherine Gorge.

We have also watched the sun go down at Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria. (We turned east of the Stuart Highway that trip and went over to almost to Cairns and then down the east coast) There was standing room only at the restaurant, which specialises in sea food, so we parked ourselves with the “bring your own snack from the caravan group” and yarned as the sun sank spectacularly into the sea. We have no photos from this trip at all since some nasty creep stole the laptop before I got a chance to sort and back up the shots. I guess that is as good a reason as any to retrace our steps one day soon.

There is something spiritual about watching the sun seem to go underwater. A universal reaction is to cheer and clap at the precise moment when the yellow ball is extinguished by the water. Doesn’t matter what language you speak or where you call home every one is driven to clap. Cheering creation I guess.

Applauding Sunset Mindil Beach NT

Brings tears of joy to my eyes.

A Ferg on the Move.