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Monday, January 2, 2012

Yamba Bay Oyster Sheds


Oyster farming was once a big business at Yamba on the Lower Clarence River but most leases are now on the more pristine estuaries of the Wooli and Sandon Rivers to the south. This is the processing shed for the Yamba Bay Oyster Company.

The Maritime Service and Lands Dept dislike these old structures and there are only a handful left. I have always loved them for the simplicity and practicality of design. The vast number of old shells shows the success of the operation prior to the decline of Yamba Bay's water quality; it is really a European midden.

This is a Blue Monday post. Click here for more Blue Shots.

8 comments:

  1. Especially like the blue tones and reflections in the first capture Mark. Great images.

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  2. Wonderful shots, Mark. They look so much at home in that landscape.

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  3. There is a lovely simplicity about a shed. I'm always taking photos of sheds but not sheds by the water.

    Lol the European midden.

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  4. Around the estuaries of Sydney Harbour are dotted a multitude of boad sheds that are very reminiscnet of your oyster shed. Did your beds get a disease like the disease that decimated the Hawkesbury River oyster industry?

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  5. Beautiful blue sky! =)

    Happy & Healthy New Year to you & your family! =)

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  6. I love those blues!

    Happy New Year & Happy Blue Monday, Mark.

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  7. That's interesting..Love oyster:)

    Visiting fro BM! Here's my share- hope you can visit too:)

    http://www.loveablecassandra.com/2011/12/little-artist-in-the-making.html

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  8. Wonderful shots....that location which see in photo is so attractive and amazing.that's all in blue look so nice.i love all blue.the sheds on river are so amazing.

    Gold Coast Sheds

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