Monday 21 July 2014

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside ...

WARNING:  This post contains an overabundance of images … if you find images distasteful this post may cause you some distress … I suggest you avert your eyes … NOW!

It was a wild and windy weekend in these parts.

I mean really, really windy.  Not washing flapping gently in the breeze windy … more "Look out Aunt Em … there goes the house".

The telly was warning us about gale force winds and dangerous surf … so we did what most of the population of the NSW Central Coast did … we went to the beach … in order to stand on the edge of a cliff!


Now being the crazy daredevil that I am I wanted to take some photos of said gale force wind and treacherous surf … as did most of the population of the NSW Central Coast.




Okay … I may be exaggerating a little … but there WERE a few of us … and if I had moved 20 metres to the left I may have been a little jostled.

Now of course it isn't really possible to photograph the wind … but I did do my best to capture a few shots of her side effects.  Definitely no swimming recommended today.




Can you feel the salty spray?

Of course I couldn't be that close to the beach and not snap a few requisite lighthouse shots … just cause I like a good … or bad ... lighthouse shot … and I know you do too Sue.






Sunday was much calmer … by which I mean it was only blowing a strong gale and no longer a cyclonic hurricane.  The swimmers and surfers welcomed the improved weather conditions and were back out in force … crazy fools.  But it did give me the opportunity to snap a few of them in their natural habitat.














Taking these photographs was great fun … and for about 30 seconds I thought I might become a marine photographer … until I remembered how I can't be bothered getting wet!

But no collection of surfing shots would be complete without the "UH-OH" File … which should finish off this post quite nicely.

"Hope no one's watching"

"Glug!"

"Someone let me out!"

"This wasn't in the plan"

"Who left that there?"

"I want my Mummy!"

"Oh SH!T!"
"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea" - Captain James Cook.


"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea"
Captain James Cook"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea"
Captain James Cook
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24 comments:

  1. The Webbers living a life at the beach21 July 2014 at 15:31

    Love the photos and I love to sit and watch the ocean, it's never the same. That last shot made me laugh, the surfer looks like he's shoved in the ground and buggered off muttering under his breath "I never liked surfin' anyhoo!"Now I thought you may wish to know how to rate the wind, cut and paste this link in your browser and you'll know exacery wot I is torkin' aboot! :D

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  2. The Webbers living a life at the beach21 July 2014 at 15:34

    Sod it! I forgot the ruddy link! lol http://jsmwebber.blogspot.co.nz/2009/11/how-do-you-rate-wind.html

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 00:21

      That post is hilarious … I can guarantee you Saturday was at least a 5 peg day … washing was not to be recommended at all ;0)
      xx

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  3. Bron21 July 2014 at 17:13

    Seaside in the winter...the best. Is that number on the lighthouse it's age? It is the same number on my lighthouse from last weeks winter beach holiday.

    Xxxxx

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 00:22

      Yes it was finished in 1903 … it must have been a good year for building lighthouses :0)
      xx

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  4. Sue21 July 2014 at 19:53

    Oh Jo THANKS for the lighthouse shots!!!!! There was one for sale in the south Island that had been converted into a home, I drooled, over the pictures and imagined myself living in it!! I got a good laugh of your surfers bailing out. I love watching the dudes surfing, used to spend hours on the beach when the boyfriend of the time was out doing his thing. TOF still surfs occasionally, but the water has to be warm for the old bugger now. Excellent photos, but where were the bikini clad girlfriends??

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 00:23

      Too cold for the bikini clad girlfriends I think ;0)
      xx

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  5. Jazzy Jack21 July 2014 at 23:43

    That shot of the surfer jumping out of the wave! Gorgeous! The whole post is hilarious. Thanks so much. Gave me a good laugh! "I wanted to be a marine biologist until I remembered I can't be bothered getting wet!" Priceless
    XO JJ.

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  6. Jazzy Jack21 July 2014 at 23:45

    Not biologist...photographer! Too late at night. Also forgot to say how gorgeous your lighthouse shots are. I always love to see them. JJ

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 00:20

      Biologist would have made a lot more sense ;0)
      xx

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  7. Curtise22 July 2014 at 00:02

    Amazing photos, Jo; the sea, the surf, the skies, and the action shots! xxx

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 00:24

      Thanks Curtise … it's easy to get a decent shot when the scenery is good :0)
      xx

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  8. Vix22 July 2014 at 02:35

    Brilliant action shots, those surfer photos are amazing! x

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 21:19

      I'm just lucky that they were pretty amazing at surfing ;0)
      xx

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  9. kirstyrosa22 July 2014 at 02:56

    Gorgeous sea photos. You can never have too many ocean shots! Is it wrong the wipeouts made me giggle!?

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 21:20

      NOOO, not at all … falling over is always funny … when it's happening to someone else ;0)
      xx

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  10. Unknown22 July 2014 at 08:12

    How blue is the sea (ocean) in your neck of the woods?! Absolutely gorgeous! Shame on you for capturing those poor boys flailing and flapping, sure it's not the look they'd like on film! Brilliant! x

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 21:21

      I don't think they read this blog … so I think I'll probably get away with it … teehee ;0)
      xx

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  11. Peaches McGinty22 July 2014 at 21:05

    I Love it! you make me LOL! (actually am I even allowed to use LOL? sod it I am!) you are all brilliant! and the photo's are excellent! x x x

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    1. Angels have Red Hair22 July 2014 at 21:24

      I use LOL all the time ... it expresses what I'm doing so excellently. What's with these techy (read young) people introducing things and then deciding no one should use them??
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  12. Allison23 July 2014 at 06:10

    god ive missed you! xxxxxxx

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    1. Angels have Red Hair25 July 2014 at 10:18

      ALLISON!!!
      Why you been gone so long??? I've missed you toooooo :0)
      xx

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  13. Ellieboo25 July 2014 at 07:43

    Phew! Thank heavens you didn't get blown off a cliff - great shots as always!

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    1. Angels have Red Hair25 July 2014 at 10:19

      I really had to dig the toes in and hope for the best a few times ;0)
      xx

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