Kneeboarder Bobby Regan “Bob the Barber” on a nice wall Redhead Little Beach 25/4/2012
Redhead Bob Regan 25-04-12
Surfer Redhead Beach 25/4/2012
Redhead surfer 25-04-12
Redhead Beach 20/4/2012
Redhead Beach 20-04-12
Jet Ski Redhead Beach 6/5/2012 BIG surf no one out, then this gung ho jet skier mowed into this beast.
Jet Ski Redhead 6-5-12
Big Wave Redhead 6/5/2012
Redhead Big Wave 6-5-12
Redhead Bluff late arvo 30/3/2012
Redhead Bluff 30-03-12
Sunday evening 22/4/2012. Method - the 2 piece band with a huge sound played a fantastic set at the Ocean View Hotel at Dudley. With Bill Jacobi on amped up acoustic guitar and Frank Corby on drums Method played an awsome gig. Be sure to catch them touring and look out for their new CD – Times Like These.
Method 2 Oceanview 22-04-12
Method 4 Oceanview 22-04-12
Method 7 OceanView 22-04-12
Frank Corby Method 22-04-12
Bill Jacobi Method 23-04-12
The surf jumped up and stayed up for about 5 days in a row.
Redhead surf 20-04-12
Redhead 1 20-04-12
Redhead 3 21-04-12
Late afternoon scenery 19/4/12 at Redhead Beach
Redhead Beach 19-04-12
Late afternoon pot of gold at the end of the rainbow at Merewether Beach 24/4/12
Merewether Rainbow 24-04-12
Redhead bodyboarder 06-04-12
Redhead Bodyboarder 10/3/2012
Redhead Bodyboarder 10-03-12
Redhead surfer 11/3/2012
Redhead surfer 11-03-12
Horshoe Beach early morning 8/4/2012 Photo by Jo Layzell
Newcastle Harbour 8-4-12
Stormy night drive 8/4/12 Photo by Ellen Moore
Stormy night 8-4-12
The band Zappa Plays Zappa Newcastle Panthers Club 8/4/12
Dweezil Zappa Band 8-4-12
Dweezil Zappa and the band were awsome, fun and brilliant and showcased the many fine tunes from Frank Zappa’s massive 60 plus album repertoire in a 3 hour show.
Dweezil Zappa guitar solo
Dweezil Zappa at Panthers 8-4-12
Zappa plays Zappa Band with dance contestants
Zappa Dance Contestants 8-4-12
Dweezil Zappa and Dancers
Dweezil Zappa and dancers 8-4-12
Singer Ben Thomas Zappa Plays Zappa with Dance Contestant.
Ben Thomas & dance contestant 8-4-12
Guitarist Jamie Kime
Zappa plays Zappa guitarist Jamie Kime 8-4-12
Dweezil signing autographs after the concert
Dweezil Zappa signs autographs 8-4-12
Australian Surf Movie Festival
THE IMMERSION TOUR 2012
Newcastle at Lizottes this year on Tues 17th April
I don’t know if you have seen the epic trailer yet?
Another big swell hits the Newcastle area. I just read a great book – THE WAVE by Susan Casey. The book investigates the increasing amount of big waves as a result of Global Warming. The weather and the surf seems to me to be getting nasty more often.
Redhead Thursday 8/3/2012 big left
Redhead big wave1 8-03-12
Redhead big right in the same spot as above 8/3/2012
Redhead big wave2 8-03-12
Friday 9/3/2012 the surf cleaned up a bit more and a few surfers braved the hard paddle out to get a few.
Redhead 9/3/12 Big Rights
Redhead 1 9-3-12
Redhead 9/3/12 Big Lefts
Redhead 4 9-3-12
Redhead 9/3/12 Big Closeouts
Redhead 6 9-3-12
Redhead 9/3/12 Bodyboarder
Redhead 3 9-3-12
Redhead 9/3/12 Surfer
Redhead 2 9-3-12
Redhead 9/3/12 A surfer looks for a way back out after getting a wave.
Redhead 5 9-3-12
Redhead 8/3/2012 Clean and mean.
Redhead big surf 8-03-12
Dad and Grom Silhoutte Surfcheck Blacksmiths Beach 4/3/2012. The early sunlight blazing off the chop created a blinding glare. Alas the onshore wind was up already.
Blacksmiths surf check 04-03-12
Redhead Double ski 4/3/2012 Mick and Ray take a long line in.
Redhead double ski 04-03-12
Bird on watch Redhead Shark tower on a damp and gloomy morning 5/3/2012.
Bird on watch Redhead Sharktower 05-03-12
School of bream in the shallows of Lake Macquarie 5/12/2012.
Bream in lake Mac 5-02-12
Belmont Yacht races 5/2/12 These two boats pass at full throttle with not much to spare.
Belmont Yacht Races 05-02-12
Blacksmith’s Beach Litterer - the Crow. The early bird gets it out of the bins for breakfast. Maybe we can train then to put it back in.
Blacksmiths Crow 05-03-12
Redhead sand dunes showing a bit of colour after some rain 5/3/2012.
Redhead Sand Dunes after rain 05-03-12
Redhead’s big rip 11/2/2012. There has been an awsome rip out the front of the 1st Creek for a while now that keeps you paddling the whole time to keep your lineup.
Redhead Beach Rip 11-02-12
Redhead Beach 22/1/2012
Redhead Beach 22-1-12
Redhead Body Boarder 4/2/2012
Redhead Body Boarder 4-2-12
Redhead first Creek wind on the water 22/1/2012
Redhead 1st Creek1 22-1-12
Redhead Beach 4/2/2012
Redhead Beach 4-2-12
Redhead First Creek 22/1/2012
Redhead 1st Creek2 22-1-12
Redhead Shark Tower 21/1/2012
Redhead Shark Tower 21-1-12
Photos by Jo and Geoff from their New Zealand South Island hiking trip last week. Some beautiful landscapes, a very beautful place.
NZ South Isle1
NZ South Isle2
NZ South Isle3
NZ South Isle4
NZ South Isle5
NZ South Isle6
NZ South Isle7
NZ South Isle8
Redhead regular and a real nice bloke, Glen “Lenny” Folkard was attacked and bitten by a shark surfing at Redhead Wednesday afternoon 18/1/2011. With him keeping a cool head and the gutsy efforts of the guys in the water, he was brought in quickly. The Lifeguards and luckily some paramedics were there to help slow the blood loss and with the Ambulance’s speedy attention he is recovering in hospital from some large gashes.
The guys who helped should get unlimited waves from now on. Many thanks to Nathan, Steve, Tony and Danny and any others who were there and helped.
From all the Redhead guys, we wish Lenny all the best in his recovery and hope he can put it behind him. Did it rattle us? Yes … eveyone’s talking about it and going back out in the water very warily. This is the first shark attack since the 1930′s at Redhead, so the odd’s were big considering how many people have gone into the water in over 80 years. But we know they are out there. Fifty sharks were sighted that day between Blacksmiths and Newcastle from the air.
Steve Butterworth and Col Smith with Jim Pollard Channel Boards at Redhead 1978. This photo appeared in Sea Notes Magazine in 1978 .
Steve & Col Sea Notes Mag 1978
Surfhouse Surf Shop top of town Newcastle. A great place to browse for surf related gifts and a range of local surf photography to hang on your wall.
Surfhouse Surfshop Newcastle
Redhead Little Beach 27-09-11
Colourful Sunset Redhead 10/1/2012
Redhead Sunset 10-01-12
Newcastle Harbour and Nobbys Headland 12/11/2011
Newcastle Harbour and Nobbys
Herron looking for a feed Belmont South 14/1/2011
Herron Belmont South 14-01-12
Swans in Belmont South Bay 14/1/12
Swans Belmont Bay 14-01-12
Redhead beach 26/12/11 boxing day morning
Redhead Beach 26-12-11
Redhead beach 26/12/11 close out set.
Redhead close out set 26-12-11
Redhead surfer 26/12/11
Redhead Surfer 26-12-11
Redhead Beach 27/12/11
Redhead Beach 27-12-11
Redhead Shark Tower 29/12/11 – Sun on the water.
I was thinking of the beautiful song by Kirsty MacColl -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDzYqJs5HMM
Redhead Beach 29-12-11 Sun on the water
Redhead Beach 29/12/11 Lone swimmer.
Redhead Lone Swimmer 29-12-11
Black Neds Bay wildlife 8/12/11 The neighbours have a big mean pets
Black Neds Bay Crocodile 8-12-11
Black Neds Bay Ducks 8/12/11
Black Neds Bay Ducks 8-12-11
All the best wishes for the new year.
Merry Christmas! I was trying to think of something to do with Christmas and it’s with thanks to Dale and Zoe I have the true tale of Wendy Bendy Bertha.
Poor Wendy (formerly named Bertha) the Chicken, somehow broke her leg. Dale and Zoe took her to the righteous vet at Raymond Terrace who set her leg in a cast.
Wendy in the cast
Poor Wendy had to be suspended in a basket and with lots of loving care was slowly on the mend.
Poor Wendy on the mend
Because she was so good, the next trip into the Vet for a checkup Wendy got a little special treatment.
Wendy picked out a video - her favourite Chicken Run of course.
Wendy picks Chicken Run
Wendy went in to try on some new shoes.
WBB goes shoe shopping
Wendy even picked a handbag to match.
WBB picks a matching handbag
Wendy paid from her own credit card.
WBB pays for the shopping
Wendy even got to sit on good Santa’s knee and tell him what she wanted for christmas.
Wendy and Santa
Wendy eventally got back out in the paddock with all her friends especially Scooby the horse, but now Wendy has a very unique Chicken Strut .
WBB back in the paddock
10/12/11 The surf was solid and choppy but this Redhead Body boarder finds a gem amongst the trying conditions.
Redhead bodyboarder 10-12-11
Rique Smith at Redhead with a selection of his dad Col Smith’s channel boards. Photo with thanks from David and Brendan.
Rique Smith with Col Smith channel boards