Lyrics
Down at Bastion where the sea wind blows Past the dark green scrub where the coastal heath grows Morning breaks bright on the headland stone And the dolphins turn where the tide runs home
Out from the jetty the tinnies go Cutting white lines where the blue swells roll Divers slip where the clear reefs lie Chasing the quiet in the southern tide
And the pelican glides with its wings spread wide Keeping watch where the bush meets tide Salt on the air and the light runs free For the birds, for the boats, for you and me
Surfers wait where the clean sets rise Reading the water with sharp salt eyes Boards run fast through the curling green Out where the breakers pound and lean
Up on the bluff where the fairways bend Golfers laugh with a southerly wind Shots fly out through the warm sea haze Over the cliffs in the noon-day blaze
And the pelican glides with its wings spread wide Keeping watch where the bush meets tide Salt on the air and the light runs free For the birds, for the boats, for you and me
Summer's coming, you can feel it now In the drier grass and the paperbark bough Clouds roll in and the wind turns cold Then the whole bay lights up again like gold
Families wander the edge of the sand Kids build castles with sunburnt hands A boat motor hums in the afternoon And the pelicans drift through the salt-blue bloom
Campfires flicker when the day drops down Smoke curls soft as the dusk comes round Stars shine clear over lake and sea And the kookaburra calls from the moonlit trees
This is a place where the wild sits close In the swell, the scrub, and the granite coast A healing kind of quiet, strong and deep The sort of place your heart can keep
Oh the pelican glides with its wings spread wide Keeping watch where the bush meets tide Salt on the air and the light runs free For the birds, for the boats, for you and me
Bastion Point in the long warm light Blue days burning and silver nights Summer calls and the whole coast sings Under the watch of the pelican's wings