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Cricket on the Beach


This image represents the life on the beach and your typical coastal living Australian. I chose this image as my representation of the Beach life because it captures the atmosphere that i am familiar to when i am out at the beach, and i am sure that many Coastal living Australians would agree that this is your typical "life on the beach" Australian.

the accuracy of this image to everyday life is very accurate, it captures the carefree and social nature of the coastal living Australian

Cricket with family and friends at the beach is a pastime which many coastal living Australians enjoy, there is often a shortage of stumps so improvisation is needed, in this case a body board is being used instead of stumps.his is a great representation of the beach life in Australia,

Bra Boys Trailer
media type="youtube" key="V1WF7upgLFU" height="390" width="640" Bra Boys is the documentary of the viewpoint of well known surfing gang, The Bra boys. This is a unique text as it does not portray the positivity in which many other texts would, instead it gives an insight to the unfamiliar "dark" side of the beach .from a foreign perspective this would be a complete contradiction to there knowledge of the beach as it would be known to them as a paradise due to tourism needs. but i believe that this text provides the evidence needed to prove that the Australian beach life as well as other things in life is never as it seems and at the same time transforms this dream like environment into the reality of nothing is perfect. though this visual text appears to only portray the negative side of the beach it portrays the friendship and comradery between Australians far better then any other text as the story goes into depth about how the Bra boys needed each other to survive the dangerous environment, such a high value for friends and family is a key personality trait in almost every Australian, not just the bra boys.

the Australian sun beating at my brow my tender skin stepped upon a beating heart blue-veined transparency tendrils reaching for the unreachable sea rounded body gelatinous and vulnerable 'Blue Bottle' stranded pulsating jellyfish lost and alienated from its shoal when, in her fear she whipped and stung and clung numbing me into submission but for a moment then shivering as her strength depleted with the ebbing tide her frightened eyes begged forgiveness as I scratched and fumbled at the reddening wound I left her lying there then, turning back with towelled hands I bent over her clasped her greasy roundness so small against my shadow and within a wind's breath my jellyfish tasted salty waters while the white horses claimed their prodigal mermaid as she vanished into their unfathomable watery stables and I began to limp homeward on burnished sands
 * || And as I walked on Bondi's burnished sands

Bondi Beach,1986

Penny Heman ||