A Sandy Beach Almanac



You've landed at Sandy Beach, NSW, Australia: Lat. -30.15331, Long. 153.19960, UT +10:00 – local map & zoom Google map. I live in a cabin on this beach, 25 kilometres north of the traffic and shops of Coffs Harbour, 600 km north of Sydney. My intention is to post observations of Nature and life within 1 km (1,000 paces) of my South Pacific home.

 

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Sunday, December 04, 2005

Moth flying, spider, Moon, Venus

What a magnificent night at Sandy Beach tonight! The air is warm, still and clear and blazing with thousands upon thousands of stars. This snap sort of looks like the Southern Cross in memory of yesterday's anniversary of the Eureka Stockade, December 3, 1854. But it was a spider, the Moon and Venus, and a passing moth, photographed in the laneway next to The Ponderosa.

You can see what's happening in the night sky by clicking the weather 'sticker' in the left-hand sidebar on this page, any time. Then there's a link to what's going on above our heads.

By the way, while I think of it: The baby swallows I showed here in October are now extremely cute and flying around Sandy Beach. If you see them, say hello.

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