Sunrises, sunsets, kayaking and other adventures
Another weekend, another sunrise. It’s becoming a welcome theme. 🙂
Went up to Avalon Beach up in the northern beaches this past Saturday. We checked out the Avalon rock pool, which had unfortunately been damaged by the recent storms.
Trooped up to the headlands for a view of the bay, but the thick clouds overhead kept the scene drab and dreary, so I swapped out to my telephoto lens and focused on the surfers at play instead.
Just going through the photos I took at Curl Curl this past weekend, and marveling yet again at the gorgeous light.
I haven’t yet managed to show Jeff the beauty of Dee Why at sunrise (or any of the North Sydney beaches really), but when our friends from the States were still here last weekend, I managed to convince E and M to come out with me.
I wasn’t sure what to expect really – since the forecast said only 1-2 feet of waves – but by the time we arrived at 630am there were already more than a dozen surfers out in the waves. And the surf certainly looked larger than 4 feet.
By the time the sun started to rise above the horizon at 7am, E counted 36 surfers.
Fun morning out – and it inspired M to cram in another day of surf lessons in the time that he was here. And me too actually!
All hail the queen! Thanks to her birthday, we got to enjoy a long weekend. We spent it at Avoca Beach with a couple close friends. Good food (S whipped up first rate salmon and steak), wine, and fantastic company. We managed to get some reading and work done, watched four different movies (in four different languages to boot – German, English, Korean and Japanese), catch one sunset and two sunrises, and even tried surfing again (um, not very successful at that score).
Thanks for the memories!
I’ve started to check the wave swells now, daily on magicseaweed.com, which is a little silly since I don’t surf (although, I’m starting to get the urge to!). But really, I’m checking out water conditions to decide which of the quality beaches I should best go to to catch surfers in action.
On Thursday, the forecast predicted the beginnings of bigger swells, so I drove over to Narrabeen Beach to see some of the action in the afternoon. Doesn’t it look like a blast?
Just my luck. It was finally a clear morning when I could make it to a sunrise. But – the tide was low and the water calm. None of the dramatic crashing waves we’d seen when we were out doing the Bondi to Maroubra coastal walk on Saturday mid-morning. And I had accidentally dialed in my ISO to auto mode; no wonder the pictures looked so grainy on the screen.
Nonetheless, it was a serene morning to be out by the waters on the otherwise packed Bondi Beach. And I marveled for the upteempth time how we ended up living this side of the world, with easy access to these stunning beaches and golden sunrises.
