Away
It’s school holidays and it feels like everyone has bailed and gone northern hemi for a real summer – a summer we didn’t get in NSW because of La Nina.
Where would you go? Our fave has always been coastal Italy – the food, the culture, the beach clubs and crystal clear med. Spain would be high on the list as would Croatia and Greece. Arrrgh, next year for us as we’re having a ball travelling domestically.
As I type this post, sitting in Bondi surrounded by another series of devastating storms, looking forward to the end of the week when we will finally see some sunshine (and calm winds). Our thoughts go out to those in the flood-affected regions south of Sydney. It’s just not fair!
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A Series of Lows
This storm is wild, it just won’t blow away. Areas of Sydney are flooding, our main Dam is overflowing and there’s a tiny wave breaking bang in the middle of Sydney harbour. The rain is relentless. I’m back in Sydney and enjoying the indoors, downloading thousands of shots from my recent jaunt to the Northern […]
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Wild Territorians
The N-Tee is a wild place, literally. It is alive with so many animals and loose characters – we love it. As you go further north towards Darwin, it gets warmer and wilder… 100,000 crocidiles live in the NT. I reckon we saw most of them; they’re around every corner and a significant tourist attraction […]
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The Red Centre
One of the greatest natural wonders of the world, Uluru. Before my arrival, many told me it was a powerful place, and it really is – hard to explain why. It’s just so unbelievable, that in the middle of a desert, 450kms from the nearest town lies the largest monolith in the world – and […]
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Uluru
Something different today – not a wave or speck of beach sand in sight…we’ve arrived in the Red Centre. Thank you to the Anangu, the traditional landowners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, for sharing their sacred land with us. Uluru is a special/powerful place, an Australian icon, an enormous monolith. Six hundred million years old […]
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Repeat
These mornings are similar – Tongan pink glow at 6:15, clear skies and plenty of swell. A new easterly swell direction has fired up some spots and there’s a wave to be had. Bondi was chest high, clean whilst more exposed breaks around Bronte and Tama were well overhead high. What a beautiful day! It’s […]
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Late sun
Lots of waiting around for the sun to rise at this time of year. You know I love it when the light strikes across the bay, turning everything into gold. The swell is dying, waist to should high waves this morning. It’s sunny clean and offshore (West). Glorious conditions if you don’t mind a chilly […]
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Winter solstice
Today is the winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, which occurs when either of Earth’s poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. So what? Basically, today is the shortest day of the year (9hrs 53min) and from here on the days get longer as […]
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mediocre*
This morning took a bit to get going…Â The waves were less than spectacular, limping and junkie – sometimes head high, not many out (which says it all). The sunrise had all the makings of a grand colour splash, but it didn’t happen in the end. It was warm, not like the previous chilly mornings, which […]
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Decoy
At first glance, it looks good for surfers, but, after swimming out amongst it I’ve concluded it’s fools gold. Most waves closed out or fat burgers wobbling to the beach. I didn’t really see anyone get waves of substance. All the right ingredients are there, offshore, sun and consistent ground swell. The banks are letting […]
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Constant Supply
The days are similar as sunshine prevails, clear skies for days and endless swells – how lucky are we! It’s a tad warmer this morning. Bronte and Bondi had 4 footers. It’s a constant ground swell and looked straight to me, hard to find an edge. Go drive, yee shall find. Totally random question – […]
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Aerosols
The sunrises and sunsets have been quite exquisite lately, don’t you agree? The skies are cloud-free, but aerosols in the atmosphere, 25 kilometres up are putting on a healthy “glow-show”. No, you haven’t been imagining it…it’s real. The aerosols originate from the plume of gas and ash that was ejected when the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai […]
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Ocean Energy
It’s been the talk of the town over the long weekend – we’ve got an oversized, long-period ground swell pummelling our coastline at present. They even closed Bondi to the public over the weekend. Today it appears to be winding down, finally, after days of pounding. Combined with tonight’s super moon and super tides there’s […]
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