The second basket in my “Fab-40” series for friends who reached that milestone in the same year that I did. This one is for my very dear friend, Michèle, in Cape Town. We met on our first day of boarding school and have been best buddies ever since. So, belated Happy Birthday, Michèle!
Basket Evolution
colours selected 6 April 2013 at Mt Bowes in Tasmania’s south-west;
started 9 April at Hellfire Bluff on the east coast of Tasmania;
completed 23 September 2013 on Kangaroo Island.
Passport Stamps
In the course of its construction, this basket has been to:
Mt Bowes, South West National Park, Tasmania
Hellfire Bluff, east coast of Tasmania
Whalers Lookout and Cockle Bay Lagoon, east coast of Tasmania
Lemont, southern midlands of Tasmania
Antechamber Bay, Kangaroo Island
The Kona, Creek Bay Farm on the Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island
Cape St Albans, Kangaroo Island
American River, Kangaroo Island
Pelican Lagoon, Kangaroo Island
Biography
Lots of beautiful lichens to be seen at Hellfire Bluff, Tasmania. 9 Apr 2013.
A much-needed rest after bush-bashing to Mt Bowes in Tasmania’s South-West. 6 Apr 2013.
The final selection of colours. 6 Apr 2013 at Mt Bowes, Tasmania.
Underway at last! Looking across to Hellfire Bluff. 23 Apr 2013.
Looking across to Maria Island on Tasmania’s east coast. 4 August 2013.
Whalers Lookout, on Tasmania’s east coast, with Maria Island in the distance. 4 August 2013.
A tranquil afternoon at Cockle Bay Lagoon after descending Whalers Lookout. 4 August 2014.
At Cockle Bay Lagoon with rainbows over Maria Island. 4 August 2013.
Weaving under rainbows and looking out to Maria Island. 4 August 2013.
There’s a rock under all those lichens! At Whalers Lookout. 4 August 2013.
On a friend’s farm in the midlands of Tasmania. 17 August 2013.
Mossy rocks (with patches of lichen!). 17 August 2013.
One of my favourite spots in the world. Antechamber Bay, Kangaroo Island. 13 Sept 2013.
Wish I could bring this rock home. Antechamber Bay, KI. 13 Sept 2013.
I love the colours against this background. 13 Sept 2013.
The rocks at Antechamber Bay are covered in beautiful Xanthoria (a lichen genus). 17 Sept 2013.
Nearly finished! Antechamber Bay. 17 Sept 2013.
Antechamber Bay, Kangaroo Island. Looking across to Cape Jervis. The sea really is that blue! 13 Sept 2013.
Moon rising in the clear blue afternoon sky as My Beloved fishes for our dinner at Cape St Albans, Kangaroo Island. 15 Sept 2013.
A beautiful day doing the Old Cannery Walk at American River on Kangaroo Island. 14 Sept 2013.
Closing in on the end! Strolling on the hills overlooking Pelican Lagoon, Kangaroo Island. 19 Sept 2013.
Freshly finished! Taken from the deck of our cottage on Kangaroo Island. A hasty snap in a very strong wind! 24 Sept 2013.
I love how the colours have come together. Taken at The Kona, our “home away from home” accommodation on Kangaroo Island.
I love the way the central spiral turned out! 24 Sept 2013.
On the rocks at Penneshaw on the morning of our departure from Kangaroo Island. 1 Oct 2013.
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