Gulf St Vincent

So the gulfs and Kangaroo Island were really affected.

St. Vincent Gulf more so than Spencer Gulf, but they were both seriously impacted.

Animals that were in the proximity of those blooms, like the bloom just devastated everything.

It was non-selective.

Nothing here needs to hurry and nothing asks you to follow quickly because the whole evening seems to be breathing at the unbroken pace of the tide.

From the surface, Rapid Bay looks open and spacious, held between long folds of the South Australian coast and the broad water of Gulf St Vincent.

The air carries salt, damp timber, and the faint mineral scent of limestone, while small waves brush the shore with a sound that is steady enough to disappear into.

Farther out, the jetty reaches across the water on rows of posts, making a narrow avenue of shade beneath the pale evening sky.

The geography can be difficult to picture because Australia is enormous.

Adelaide sits on the southern coast in South Australia, creative, facing the Gulf of St Vincent.

It is not a city that announces itself with the scale of Sydney or Melbourne.

Adelaide is quieter.