venus pool
no rhyme or reason
where it flows
This pond where water begins accumulating high in Gariwerd is known as The Venus Pool overflows into the beginnings of a river and trickles off towards Halls Gap. After a heavy downpour a few years ago the business centre of the town where the creek flow throughs was seriously flooded. There are lots of mysteries up here in the gap where it all begins.
This is my double contribution to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge 111-Rhyme & Reason. You can access all the incredible poetic contributions to Ron’s challenge on his site at https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-111-rhymereason/
And secondly to the 52 week PHOTO CHALLENGE, with RIVER this weeks word challenging a talented group of photographers from across the globe. Visit this challenge at https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/photo-challenge/ and find this weeks sharing on Wild Daffodil’s Home page.
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Beautiful images and haiku Denis, I love the mystery!☺
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Thanks Xenia, this place is profoundly rich in ancient Aboriginal presence, the water here is high up , coll and so fresh.
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WOW! So beautiful. Thank you, dear Denis, have a nice day, Love, nia
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Thanks Nia, it is a very special place.
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This is a stunning landscape, Denis, and a beautiful haiku.
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Thanks Sue. This is like many of the ancient places you share in your blog , Venus Pool was an Aboriginal water hole, maybe 6000 or many more years of stories. These mountains of Gariwerd are rich in cave art telling very old stories.
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Now those ae places I would very much like to see.
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perfect combinations for the challenge Denis
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Thanks Sandra. Initially I thought it would be difficult, but suddenly!!
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What a beautiful place.
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It is, and rich in ancient Aboriginal culture.
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Loved your photographs of the Venus Pool, Denis. The second one is so strikingly beautiful with the water reflections and shapes of the rocks. Perfect haiku for the scenery. 🙂
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Thanks Olga, its one of our favourite places in this national park. We are going up there in 4 weeks so more haiku and photos to come
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Wonderful! Looking forward to seeing more of the beauty of this area. ❤
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Cool. You find the most thought provoking sights. Then, you marry them with words that make me feel as though I had actually been there too. 🙂
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Thats an amazing response Annette, thanks so much, I’m glad you appreciate the approach I take. My blog will always only be a haiku with images and a short story on each post, a mix of haiku/haiga/haibun
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The Venus Pool looks like a lovely place to visit…and the mystery about the water flow is fascinating.
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It is Janice and I have used the setting for this weeks challenge as well.
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I love the name of the pond, ‘Venus Pool’. Lovely haiku and pictures. I always enjoy your narrative also. 🙂 xx
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Thanks Vashti. The name is obviously European with a touch of the classics about it. We do not know the name indigenous people had for this beautiful place across their thousands of years sitting here cooling, drinking, resting and thinking. Their presence however can be felt.
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Beautifully mysterious – the landscape looks otherworldly!
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It is, with spiritual connections to maybe 20,000 years of indigenous habitation. Right now a lot of rain has fallen up there and it would be a raging torrent. When we next visit in 2 weeks a whole new scene may await.
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Very intriguing!
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Today a flood watch alert has been given for the town downstream. We are planning to visit in 2 weeks!
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Uh-oh…hope you’ll be able to go.
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We’ve got 2 weeks, tonight the warnings are coming fast and the first drowning was reported earlier. This is serious rain.
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This sounds serious indeed. I hope nobody else gets swept up in this flood.
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Lots of great places to sit around the pond. A lovely haiku Denis.
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Thanks Pat. We are going back there next weekend, there has been a lot of rain and flooding so its going to look interesting
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Have fun:)
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