An imagined Australian coastline

Where the light
takes its time.

Big Bass legends, little harbour delays and the company you keep between them.

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Nell, Eli and Pip sail past the lighthouse beside a giant silver bass
JIREVASTO HARBOURSix stories · No timetable
01 / EXPLORE

A small coast.
A generous number of detours.

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LANTERN HARBOUR
A fictional reading chart
Eli untangles a knot while Nell, Pip and a pelican watch the sunriseFIELD NOTE 01

The old pier · Harbour notes

The knot that delayed sunrise

Eli had a simple plan for the morning. His tackle had a more elaborate one.

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The old pier is in view.
02 / COMPANY

Good company
changes the journey.

Nell notices the light. Eli remembers the boats. Pip knows the value of a dry patch and a long pause.

Open the crew manifest
The harbour companions shelter with their dog beneath an awning
Nell & Eli / Keepers of the log
Nell and Pip pause on the headland above the teal sea
Pip / Head of pauses
An immense silver-blue bass among submerged mangrove roots
Below the mangrove rootsIMAGINED SCALE

03 / The story beneath the story

Some neighbours
need more room.

Our Big Bass are creatures of imagination. Look closely at the illustration, then follow a story to see what their arrival changes.

Through the stone window
04 / CHANGING LIGHT

A shower can be
a change of scene.

A pink rain shower passes the harbour shelter

The roof becomes a drum, the bay turns pink, and a cancelled plan makes room for a conversation.

Read A shower the colour of dusk ↗
05 / ON THE BENCH

Things that point.
Things that remember.

A brass compass and folded sea chart on the boat bench
The compass

A useful pointer. A poor substitute for asking Eli which jetty he meant.

The folded chart

Nell marks the places that matter to a story. The distances remain beautifully unreliable.

An invented chart and imaginary instruments. These are storytelling objects, not navigation guidance.

Eli and Nell in the warm lantern-lit boat workshop
06 / THE WORKSHOP

The light is usually on.

Some boats need a repair. Some afternoons only need somewhere to sit while the kettle warms.

What Eli is mending

A seat, a loose hinge and his theory that this would be a quick job. The boat will leave when it is ready.

What Nell is writing

She has crossed out the words “nothing happened”. The page underneath is already full.

A knot worth waiting for
07 / LAST LIGHT

The town turns
its lamps towards the water.

Colourful harbour houses and boats at blue hour

A harbour full of small, unfinished stories. There is always another window glowing somewhere.

Follow the lanterns
08 / A LONGER LOOK

Three windows
on the same coast.

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09 / YOUR PRIVATE LOG

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All six harbour dispatches
10 / THE HARBOUR DESK

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across the water.

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