Melbourne is a city on the Yarra River, and next to Port Phillip Bay. Some of the nicest suburbs are along the beach that runs southeast from the city towards Frankston, the town on the far end of the bay and on the way to the Hamptonesque villages along the Mornington Peninsula, where the bay meets the ocean. My mother-in-law is blessed to live three houses away from the beach in Black Rock, one of those southeastern suburbs, about halfway between Melbourne and Frankston. Two minutes from her door, I can enjoy views such as the one above, that of Red Bluff.

Walking between the towns along these beaches, you often have the option of walking along a sea wall that appears from time to time. Today, there was a strong sothwest wind from a departing storm passing just south of Tasmania. Out in the Bass Strait between Victoria and Tassie, winds from this storm have created waves up to an incredible seven meters tall (that's 23 feet!). The waves are comparatively big here in the bay, too. The waves are crashing into the sea wall and throwing up bursts of spray.

Tomorrow, things are supposed to calm down and the bay will return to glassy smoothness, with clear waters.