Sunday morning cold wet and windy. Didn’t get out of the car. Redhead Beach wet and windy Sunday 25/9/11.
Redhead Rainy day 25-09-11
The wind was gale force from the West/South West Redhead Beach 20/9/11
Redhead windy day 20-09-11
Redhead Little Beach surfer 27/9/11
Redhead surfer 27-09-11
Redhead Little Beach Body Boarder 27/9/11
Redhead Body Boarder 27-09-11
Blacksmiths Surfer 27/9/11
Blacksmiths Surfer 27-09-11
Marks Point 2011 Boxing Day drew a large crowd of picnicers, boaters and fishermen on a day made for it.
Pelican Boating Jan2 2011
Fishing at Pelican Boxing Day 2011
Pelican Fishing Jan 2 2011
Moth Sailing Championships at Belmont 16 Footers club January 2011. The Moth sailing boats have a winged keel that lifts it out of the water as it gathers speed, so they just glide though the water with no drag.
Moth sailing Lake Macquarie 3 Jan 2011
Moth Racing Lake Macquarie Jan 2011
Mayfield Pool 1988 at 6AM Arnold’s swim squad early morning training. If you want to be a champion swimmer you have to do the hard yards. A young Justin Norris was in amongst this squad of young swimmers.
Mayfield Pool 1998 Arnold's swim team
Redhead Saturday cold change and the swell and the wind came up quick.
Redhead Beach rough surf 10-09-11
Redhead Beach looking nice Friday arvo 9/9/11
Redhead Beach 09-09-11 9
Redhead surfer Saturday 27/9/11
Redhead Surfer 27-09-11
Redhead Boardriders Comp Saturday 3/9/11
Redhead Boardriders Comp 03-09-11
Redhead lineup Saturday 3/9/11
Redhead Surf 03-09-11
Redhead 1st Creek
Redhead First Creek 09-09-11
Redhead Surfer 4/9/11 Fathers day
Redhead Surfer 04-09-11
Close up Redhead cliff 9/9/11
Redhead Bluff 09-09-11
My son Sam got back from Europe and managed to take in some of the scenery. Greek Isles August 2011
Greek Isles August 2011
Running with the Bulls Barcelona August 2011
Running with the Bulls Barcelona 2011
Bull Fighting in the Stadium at Barcelona – yep some Newi boys jumped in.
Bull Fighting Barcelona 2011
Spray Can Artist at work in the shop front of Mystery Ink Newcastle.
Newcastle Spray Paint Artist at work 26-08-11
The days are getting warmer and its starting to look like summer already. Late afternoon Redhead 25/8/11. A few different peaks showing up.
Redhead surfer surfing the right across the back of the Shark Tower.
Redhead surfer 25-08-11 1
Redhead Surfer on the right on the big Beach.
Redhead surfer 25-08-11 2
Redhead surfer on the left just past the Shark Tower
Redhead surfer 25-08-11 3
Redhead surf Club 25/8/11
Redhead Surf Club 25-08-11
The statue overlooking Newcastle Beach. James Fletcher 1834-1891. A Newcastle man worthy of the view, a mine manager that valued his workers, a politician that fought for workers rights and owner of the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate.
James Fletcher Statue Newcastle 22-08-11
Belmont 16 Footers Sailing Race Sunday 21/8/11. The wind was strong from the east, doing someone at least some good.
Belmont 16s Race 21-08-11
Redhead Shark Tower Rocks 22/08/11
Redhead Shark Tower Rocks 22-08-11
Pigs grazing in the front garden NZ 1977.
Pigs in the garden NZ 1977
Steve Butterworth showing his tube riding skill with smooth style at Redhead 1980.
Steve Butterworth Redhead 1980
The top end of Newcastle. Looking down Watt Street, over the Hunter River to Stockton Beach – 2 water views.
Watt St Newcastle 22-08-11
I met young photographer Sam Glohe at Blacksmiths last Sunday when I was going out for a paddle. Sam took some water shots in the solid closing out but sunny conditions and his photos are awsome.
Check his site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samglohe/
Here is some of his stuff -
Blacksmiths by Sam Glohe
Closed Curtain by Sam Glohe
Pulled Back by Sam Glohe
Stringy by Sam Glohe
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Redhead local Bodyboarder John early April 2011 morning Redhead Little Beach.
Redhead bodyboarder John 2-4-11
Blacksmiths SUP Surfer Rick 14th May 2011
Rick Blacksmiths Beach May 2011
Newcastle Beach mid week May 2011
Newcastle Beach May 2011
Overlooking Newcastle May 2011
Overlooking Newcastle 1st May 2011
Surfer at Redhead Easter Friday April 2011
Redhead surfer 22-4-11
Surfer Newcastle 3rd June 2011
Newcastle surfer 3-6-11
Another Newcastle surfer 3-6-11
Newcastle surfer 3-6-11
Cloud Wave at Redhead Beach – A southerly buster on the way around 1984. I took this and then headed for cover. The cloud looked like an enormous right hander.
Cloud Wave – Storm approaching Redhead Beach 1984
Rehead to Dudley Coastline 1980′s
- Redhead Beach by Moonlight 1984
Another photo from the same night as above – The rocks in front of the Redhead Shark Tower. The movement of the water over time has made it appear like clouds.
Redhead Beach in the 1940’s – Details of photo unknown.
Time exposure overlooking Redhead beach with a full moon rising in 1976.
Redhead Beach by Moonlight 1976
Redhead 2nd Creek – June 2007 Storm.
The Pascha Bulker grounded at Nobbys and Redhead’s Second Creek finally got enough water to break its banks and flow again. A rare thing since the 3rd Creek was created and diverted the water flow.
Redhead Beach 2nd Creek June 2007 Storm
Newcastle has a few favourite sons – MR, The Chief, Joey, Hoyo etc, but everybody’s favourite Newcastle identity is this bloke – Super Hubert. Internationally acclaimed magician, super hero, entertainer, comic and all round nice bloke, who still finds time to make kids and adults laugh and amaze them with his tricks and antics. Super puts on a show for my son’s 6th birthday party 1994.
In 1977 Bali was just being discovered as a surfing/holiday destination and it did not take long to catch on.
The Sunsets at Bali are beautiful.
Balinese Religious Ceremony
The Elephant Cave Ubud
I visited New Zealand’s North Island in Summer of 1979. The weather was warm and pleasant and the scenery there is awsome. I hitched around for a week and was picked up by many friendly people and I have always appreciated their kindness. I had a lift with 2 retired farmers who stopped at some wonderful places and they waited till I took photos and they shared their sandwiches and thermos of tea with me. I got a lift with a milkman who stopped and opened up the fridge and gave me a carton of milk. I got a lift with a farmer who when he dropped me off told me to visit his brother who would put me up. I walked down quiet county town streets and people stopped and said hello. I wonder if its still the same there now.
A close inspection of Redhead Bluff (not too close, there’s rocks falling off – like in Billy the Mountain) shows a Tubular Section in it, recent rain has done some corrosive damage and has hollowed out a literally tubular gnarly slab.
A solid swell pumped through on the last Sunday of May 2010 and the wind held them up. Unknown surfer behind the Redhead Shark Tower.
Not somewhere in Europe – Hunter Valley Gardens in Cessnock’s wine country, a lot of very nice different types of gardens, very well put together.
Justin Lee, one of the most consistant long term surfers from the Lake Macquarie Beaches on a VERY solid day at Dudley September 2009. Photo by Geoff Connors.
The Redhead crew celebrate Gillys Graduation