Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Controversial wind turbines and de-sal plant at Wonthaggi


Our closest service town is Wonthaggi, a 45 minute drive away from the island: over the bridge and east. It's where we do a big shop every now and then, and have our eyes checked by an optometrist, which we did today. Enormous cranes mark the site of a de-sal plant under construction at Wonthaggi, and a drilling rig can be seen anchored in the bay. Then there is the pipeline being laid through the hills, connecting the de-sal plant to the city of Melbourne. A bank of wind generators adds to what locals consider pollution of their previously unspoilt coastal vista. Locally, the de-sal plant and wind generators are very sore issues!


Back on our island, I look with renewed appreciation at the coastal scene before me. Using soft pastels, I want to capture this outlook in all its moods -- golden sunset, a sliver of new moon, full silver moon, glittering blue ocean and green hills, stormy sky of greys and blacks -- the variation is amazing.

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