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THE Surf Coast Shire council has revealed three winners in its Signs of Spring social media competition.
\nPeople were invited to submit their best spring-inspired photos to Facebook and Instagram over a two-week period earlier this month.
\nEach winner receives a $100 hamper from Peachs<\/a> in Torquay, with a $50 hamper to gift to a friend in need.
\nOne winner, Mary Rose Avent, thanked a home schooling idea of making a floral crown as inspiration for her winning entry of son Jimmy (5) wearing a home-made wattle crown.
\n\u201cMy two sons love the changing seasons and after a pretty rough couple of months in lockdown, we were enjoying finding some beautiful spots in nature locally \u2013 pockets of nature for them to climb trees around the shire,\u201d Mary, a freelance textile and graphic designer for Aviary Studio, said.<\/p>\n

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Louise E’s winning entry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Louise E, a local architect, took her winning photo while chasing the sunrise on the Iron Bark Basin trail and it was judged to perfectly encapsulate the signs of spring with its wattle in the front, the sun shining through the clouds and beautiful beach landscape.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t normally take close-ups of flowers, but was trying something different,\u201d said Louise.
\n\u201cIt was a beautiful, calm morning. We\u2019re so lucky on the Surf Coast to be able to come to places like this, exercise and clear the mind \u2013 that\u2019s been the best medicine of all during these times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jo Bangles’ winning entry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another winner, Jo Bangles, had set up a hose and camera with a long lens in her backyard to patiently wait to capture her winning image of a magpie cooling down in the hose water.
\n\u201cThey are so curious and I do get a bit excited about the trees blossoming and the baby animals in spring, especially the ducklings in Torquay\u2019s Taylor Park,\u201d Jo said. \u201cBut I\u2019m a big magpie fan, too.\u201d
\nHead to Instagram or Facebook and search #SignsofSpringSCS for inspiration and to see some of the photos from this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE Surf Coast Shire council has revealed three winners in its Signs of Spring social media competition. People were invited to submit their best spring-inspired photos to Facebook and Instagram over a two-week period earlier this month. Each winner receives a $100 hamper from Peachs in Torquay, with a $50 hamper to gift to a […]<\/p>\n

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