Another weekend of torential rain, at least the footy finals are on.
2/10/11 Another Sunday surf check you don’t get out of the car for.
Redhead Beach bad weather 2-10-11
Saturday early Redhead surfer 1/10/11
Redhead surfer 1-10-11
Redhead Surf 1/10/11 A left from behind the shark tower.
Redhead surf 2 1-10-11
Redhead Surf 1/10/11 A right down the beach a bit.
Redhead surf 1-10-11
The swell jumped up quick and this one had the guys scrambling for cover.
Redhead surf 3 1-10-11
Jimmy Lewis HP98
Jimmy Lewis HP98
Behind the scences at the beach girl contest Rehead 1985
Redhead Beach Beauty contest 1985
Arial view from out of a Cessna Redhead Beach around 1978
Arial view Redhead Beach 1988
A 2 headed choock? No just a fluke photo – 2 of Sandy’s chooks 1/10/11
2 headed chook 1-10-11
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 early Saturday morning 17/9/11 looking nice and clean. The crowd were sitting too far in for this one and it escaped unridden.
Redhead empty wave 17-09-11
Redhead surfer early saturday morning 17/9/12 on a clean long wall.
Redhead surfer 17-09-11
Then the wind came up and the crowd came out later and this scene resembles a Michael Bell Dogbeach painting.
Redhead crowded surf 17-09-11
Redhead surfer bashing a lip Saturday 17/9/11
Redhead surfer lip bash 17-09-11
John Purnell Redhead-Dudley surfer now up Nambucca way sent down some pics of his latest creations. Hand made Paulownia wood hollow chambered no glass just bees wax/oil finishes. A labour of love as they take weeks to make.
Chambered Paulownia wood surfboard Kiri 6’5″
John Purnell Paulownia Board Kiri
John in a smooth arc on the Paulownia Kiri
John Purnell on Paulownia Board 26.07.11
John’s son Ryan with Paulownia Mado Keel Fish
Ryan with Paulownia Mado Fish
My Hollow Ply 1950′s Kook Box with marine varnish finish. The term kookbox came from when in 1956 Popular Mechanics magazine published plans and instructions on how to make your own hollow plywood surfboard and then the surf craze boomed.
9ft 6 Ply Kookbox
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
Redhead Lovely arvo 18/8/11 and a few good waves and some good surfers out.
Redhead Surfer 18/8/11
Redhead surfer 18-08-11 1
Redhead surfer 18/8/11
Redhead surfer 18-08-11 8
Redhead surfers 18/8/11
Redhead surfers 18-08-11 5
Redhead Bluff with the late arvo sun showing out its colour.
Redhead Bluff 18-08-11
But it went pearshaped Friday arvo 19/8/11 a strong front hit wiping the surf out for the weekend.
Storm coming 19/8/11
Redhead beach storm 19-08-11
Bad moon rising 19/8/11 Storm clouds on the way
Redhead stormy sky 19-09-11
Boys at the Barby for TR’s 21st Crows Garage 1980
Crows Garage party 1977
Sidewinder cranking at the Mawson 1978 – Great Band!!
Sidewinder Mawson 1978
Chambers of Horror Newcastle Show 1979
Newcastle Show Chambers of Horror 1979
Peaceful Byron Bay early morning 1979
Bryon Bay 1980
Another nice evening – views from Redhead Bluff 11/8/11
Whoarr!! – just looked over the edge and caught this – This place is definetly not for the feint hearted and this guy isnt.
Redhead Bluff surfer 11-08-11
Evening view of Redhead Beach from Redhead Bluff
Redhead Beach from the Bluff 11-08-11
The surf at Redhead from the Bluff
Redhead Beach surfer from the Bluff 11-08-11
Surfing at Redhead Beach
Redhead surf 11-08-11
Redhead Beach 1st Creek to 3rd Creek with Lake Macquarie in the distance.
Redhead Beach The Creeks 11-19-11
Crow & Frankie after surfing at Catho 1964. We tried chattin up the local 2 chicks but they fell over laughin, dont know why. 9’3 under the arm, duffel bag and wrap rounds – those were the days. Hey nothing much has changed!
Crow & Frankie at Catho 1964
A day off Friday 5th August, suns out like its almost summer, not much swell. Went for a paddle with a camera around my neck then for a swim.
Redhead Beach from the water 5/8/11
Redhead Beach from the water 05-08-11
Redhead Bluff water shot
Redhead Bluff from the water 05-0811
The Dolpins were jumping everywhere but where I pointed the camera
Redhead Beach dolphin 05-08-11
Close up of the Redhead Bluff
Redhead Bluff up close 05-08-11
Redhead Shark Tower from the water
Shark Tower from the water 05-08-11
Kenny on a Redhead Shark Tower left
Kenny - Redhead 05-08-11
Lazy shot of the rocks in front of the Shark Tower and a bonus holagram
Redhead Shark Tower Rocks lazy shot 05-08-11
Side view of an odd one that came through.
Wave Redhead 05-08-11
Overlooking Redhead Beach 1/8/11
Redhead Beach 01-08-11
Redhead Surfer late arvo 29/7/11
Redhead surfer 29-07-11
Swansea Channel – Salts Bay Reserve is a little tropical retreat.
Salts Bay Swansea Channel 24-07-11
Newcastle South 29/7/11
Newcastle South 29-07-11
One of Sandy’s Chooks likes hanging out in the Fruit trees 1/8/11
Choock in tree 01-08-11
As flat as it gets but it looks peaceful and good for a swim Newcastle Beach 3/8/11
Newcastle Beach flat 03-08-11
Newcastle Surfer 28/7/11
Newcastle surfer 28-07-11
Looking down south Redhead Beach 30/7/11
Redhead Beach 30-07-11
Saturday morning started out as normal the last few weeks – wet cold with big surf.
Redhead Shark tower with some big surf 23/7/11
Redhead 2Shark Tower 3-7-11
It cleaned up Monday but was still big. Redhead 25/7/11
Redhead Surf 25-7-11
Swansea Channel Sunday 24/7/11
Swansea Channel 24-7-11
Fishin Boats wisely stayed inside the heads Sunday 24/7/11 as the bar was dodgy.
Boats in the safety of inside Swansea channel 24-7-11
Monday Blacksmiths 25/7/11 dredging sand and double ups – a rare sight.
Blacksmiths surfer 25-7-11
Redhead Monday 25/7/11 A surfer tries his luck.
Redhead surfer 25-7-11
A Sand Crab’s art 1981 - maybe a bird?
Sand Crab patterns 1981
Narabeen’s Col Smith awesome backhand reo Bells final 1977.
Narabeen Col Smith at Bells 77 Awsome re-enty
Bali Kids 1977. These kids slept just outside my losman at Legion in an open sleep out and were great company.
Bali Kids 1977
Bali Legion beach 1977 no high rise yet.
Bali Legian Beach 1977
Belmont Bay at dusk from the 16 Footers Balcony.
Belmont Bay dusk 24-7-11