AQUA LOCI: Mark O'Rourke

Naarm (Port Philip Bay) is the focal point of Melbourne. Like an eye in the head of the Metropolis it filters the detritus from stormwater, rivers and creeks and sheds tears of human debris into the Southern Ocean through the Rip. The nutrients borne by the detritus bring life to the shallows, crabs that scrape the sand and corals that cling to pier pylons. From light penetrating the murky depths, video excerpts reveal the ebb and flow of life beneath the surface at a number of bayside locations.

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