Long walk for a paddle...
#DailyAustralia #Australia #Queensland #NaturePhotography #Mangroves #CoralSea

Time for some #Drachinifel, this time about the #CoralSea

[#throwback 2017-07-15] #summer #beach #blue #rtmkayaks #coralsea #paddleboard

Lunch with a view to the harbour

Oh, those days when you could take off for a week or two to a distant, tropical island.

Just to relax, enjoy walking and sightseeing, sun and salty sea, fresh air, good food and drinks. And some unique features islands are famous for.

Vanuatu is an island state in the South Pacific, originally Melanesian, but later dominions under France and UK. As an independent state, it has kept the use of French language in a local pidgin dialect and in some of the written signs and some inspirations to local cuisine. The practical, useful stuff like technology, laws and infrastructure is of anglosaxian design and type.

The combination makes a stay here, at least if you choose a homestay with the kind and nice locals, a rather pleasant one. But there are those ordinary hotels and larger resorts for that kind of tourists, too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu

#islandstay #Efate #Vila #sun #sea #helicopter #lg #g4 #mobilephotography #xmasgettaway #2015CE #coralsea #tropicalparadise #fishboat #fishing #trawler #Port #Vila #PortVila #Efate #Island #Vanuatu

Keep up dreaming of life in the South Pacific

Being the largest body of ocean on the planet, the Pacific has its own tune.
It is deep, rumbling, and even on a sunny, relaxing day, it is a low, calming, background sound.

Even in this southern part named the Coral Sea.

Sitting and watching boats go by, the endless sky meeting the endless ocean in the horizon, reflecting on how the traveller spirit is basically human behaviour. We were meant to reach out, explore and move, meet and embrace, from our human origin in East Africa a couple of million years ago.

And sometimes just stop, and enjoy moments like this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Sea

#South #pacificocean #coralsea #blue #sea #sky #boat #island #tropical #island #fishing #2015CE #sealife #seaman #homosapiens #evolution #Port #Vila #PortVila #Efate #Island #Vanuatu #freighter #yule #yuletide #holidayseason #winterholiday #xmasinthepacific

Mystery Island, Vanuatu. Fall 2023

#ajinspired
#MysteryIsland
#Vanuatu
#CoralSea
#Beach

#Heat Raises Fears of ‘Demise’ for #GreatBarrierReef
Study found extreme #temperatures in #CoralSea are at highest in at least 400yr
“The heat extremes are occurring too often for those corals to effectively adapt and evolve,” said Ben Henley, a #paleoclimatologist and author of study. “If we don’t divert from our current course, our generation will likely witness the demise of one of Earth’s great natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/climate/ocean-heat-great-barrier-reef.html
https://archive.ph/wip/ojp92