Bulloch Harbour

July 6, 2017

Or so the sign says - the street appears to be named Bullock Harbour, but that's often the way with names. Someone means something and someone else writes it down. Where we lived back in New Zealand was called "Paremata", which people assume is a Māori word, whereas in fact it is a misspelling of an Australian Aboriginal word: Parramatta, and was named by the whalers in reference to the original Parramatta in Sydney!

I was meeting a friend in Dalkey last night, and arrived a little early (well, quite a lot early, really) and decided that now was my opportunity to walk down to this delightful little harbour.

I didn't have my camera with me, so we have to make do with a cellphone snap (though still taken using the excellent "Open Camera" app, and post-processed in +darktable). I'm pretty happy with the result, but I think next time I go down to Dalkey I'll have to take the "proper" camera, to properly do justice to the spot.