Rubbish Night

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Nowadays I'm carrying my little Canon camera everywhere: here are a couple of 

images when taking the rubbish out on our bin night, Monday:

Storm Approaching #1

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Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 31st of May, 2010:

"Surfers were making the most of the big swell today as winds whipped up the ocean.

Sydney might have missed out on the cyclonic conditions that buffeted the NSW south coast over the 

weekend but the rain is here to stay.

Meteorologists say the city's wettest May in seven years will roll on into June, with a number of 

developing troughs promising to pepper the city with showers over the next few weeks.

"Looking beyond the current week there is a very good potential for troughs to develop and, as a result 

of that, unfortunately if you like the sunshine, it's probably going to mean cloudy skies and plenty more 

rainfall to come in the following weeks," weatherzone.com.au forecaster Martin Palmer said.

Sydney received 169mm of rain this month, almost 50mm above the May average."

I drove down to Avalon Beach this morning to see if I could get some mildly 

interesting images of the approaching storm. As it happens, it's the day before 

the first day of winter here in Australia. This is the time, when the surf's up, and 

you're considering putting the top up on your convertible (my rule of thumb is not 

to drive top-down when it gets under 18 degrees celsius - well, or, if it is raining 

heavily, I guess), and despite the seasonal semi-official warnings for rock 

fisherman and surfers to stay away, the best surf breaks are fully taken up by 

the thrill-seekers trying to make the most of the rough conditions.

Well, I did get some decent photos, a couple of sets in fact. This particular one 

below is actually set on the sand, not in the rough surf: A gracious older lady 

appeared at the Avalon Surf Life Saving Club building with her to canines for an 

outing at the beach (which officially is illegal at Sydney beaches, but who'd take 

an offence of these guys having a cheery outing, especially in this not so great 

weather). The two doggies were a puppy, a few times larger to his older 

'brother', full of energy trying to engage the older one in rambunctious  activities.

Today's Walk - Three Beaches, Two Headlands, Five Suburbs, Three Hours

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Down Grandview Drive (Bilgola Plateau) to Newport Beach (Newport), over the 

headland to Bilgola Beach (Bilgola), over the headland to Avalon Beach (Avalon), 

up through Angophora Reserve (Avalon/Clareville), and back to Bilgola Plateau.

Listened to Slate Magazine Audio Book Club podcast (To Kill A Mockingbird, by 

Harper Lee), then music by Grand Salvo (Soil Creatures album), Lisa Miller 

(Morning in the Bowl of Night album), Caspar Frantz & Chloë Hanslip 

(Bazzini: Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano).

Catching Thieves

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Catching thieves ---  with my camera:

Autumn Crops

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Here're some oranges and lemons from the garden:

Today's Walk - Bungan Beach Surfers

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A walk down Grandview Drive to Newport Beach, up to Bungan Headland, then 

down to Bungan Beach, where I was caught by a rainstorm coming from the 

south. Managed to take these photos of surfers who were enjoying quite 

reasonable waves.