A rock formation between Redhead and Dudley has been weathered into an unusual shape, or is it some fertility rites statue carved by a long forgotten tribe? Rock formation below Redhead Bluff 1978.

Redhead Rock Shelly Beach

A bush fire rages through dry pristine bushland and peters out on the sand at Mark Point on a scorching hot summers day around 1980. The fire fighters as always ensure the situation is under control. Bush fire at Marks Point 1980s

Bush fire at Pelican

A fieryLake Macquarie sunset. The sun surrounded by clouds powers though in a blaze of colour just before dropping into the hills behind the lake. Taken at Mark Point around 1980.Firey sunset Marks Point 1980’s

Firey sunset Marks Point

I’m just heading out into the brisk late arvo Sou-Wester for a chop hop run across to Swansea from Naru near Marks Point.  My wife Sandy took this one. The sun was beaming in between the building clouds. Crow sailboarding Marks Point.

row sailboarding Marks Pt

The winners of the Newcastle beach girl contest 1985 pose in front of the Redhead Shark Tower rocks.

Beauty Contest Winners 1985

The Hunter River passes through the rolling hills of the Hunter Valley at Pepper Trees near Muswellbrook. Pepper Tree Mountains Hunter Valley

Pepper Tree Mountains

The water moving through reeds make a pattern in this typical sunny Australian bush river scene. Taken somewhere not far inland from Coffs Harbour around 1976.

Reeds in a pattern