Redhead Beach – The Little Beach at Sunrise with a wave 16/10/2013
Redhead sunrise 16-10-13
Redhead Beach Shark Tower on a bright and early morning 03/07/2013
Redhead beach left hander 13/07/2013
The Cormorant Tree in Black Neds Bay at Swansea 4/01/2014. The birds roost in this tree overnight before spending the day out on the water fishing.
Redhead Beach Rainbow 9/01/2014
Redhead beach rainbow 09-01-14
Redhead Beach 08-11-2013 Clouds over ship
Redhead beach clouds over ship 08-12-13
Redhead Beach 2nd Creek 17-11-2013. Heavy rain got the creek flowing again and heavy seas washed in debris 200 metres inland.
Redhead Beach 2nd Creek 17-11-13
Redhead Beach Rain Cloud 10-11-2013
Redhead Beach rain cloud 10-11-2013
Redhead Beach more clouds 29/12/2013
Redhead beach cloudbank 29-12-13
23/10/13 Bushfires raging around Redhead and Dudley, evacuations for houses nearest the bush.24/10/13 The bush fire flared up closer to Redhead this morning with helicopters water bombing overhead.
Helicopter over Redhead Bushfire 24-10-13
24/10/13 Redhead Bushfire real close to home.
Bushfire at Redhead 24-10-13
Redhead 01/9/2013 Early Morning fun at the beach
Bonnie & Buddy & surfer 01-09-13
Redhead Beach sunrise 13/10/2013
Redhead beach sunrise 13-10-13
Beached Mutton Birds Redhead 4/11/2013.
The 20 or so million Shearwater (Mutton Birds) annual migration from Russia to nesting grounds in Tasmania had more casualties than usual this year. Thousands of dead and worn out mutton birds have been washed up on NSW east coast beaches with rough seas and onshore winds. They most likely got pounded by some rougher weather than usual.
Mutton Birds washed up Redhead 04-11-13
Redhead Shark Tower at sunrise 8/11/2013. The sun blazing though the haze of many recent NSW bush fires.
Redhead Shark Tower 08-11-13
Redhead Beach 23/8/2013. A surfer catches a few waves before the sun comes up.
Redhead surfer at sunrise 23/8/2013
Redhead Beach sunrise 23/8/2013
Redhead beach sunrise 23/8/2013
Redhead Beach sunrise 23/8/2013 as the sun come up.
Redhead sunrise 2 23-08-2013
17/9/2013 Newcastle Beach. A surfer on a screamer.
Newcastle surfer 17-09-13
20/9/2013 Redhead Beach SUP re-entry Mark Hancock
Redhead 20/9/13 Mark Hancock SUP re-entry
Redhead Beach surfer at sunrise 4/9/2013
Redhead surfer and sunrise 4/9/2013
Redhead Beach cloud monster 31/08/2013
Redhead cloud monster 31/08/2013
21/5/13 Steve Butterworth’s funeral was held today. Steve was one of Newcastle’s favourite surfers. A large group of family and friends attended. Steve was a good surfer and a good bloke, the best way I can describe why, is he had the ability to share “the stoke” – which is the fun and excitement of surfing.
Strong to the end, his last words to me in passing at Newcastle Beach was – I am off to see our mate Smithy soon.
Steve Butterworth 1977
Steve Butterworth and Col Smith at Redhead Beach Shark Tower with their new Jim Pollard Channel Bottom Boards 1977.
Steve Butterworth & Col Smith 1978
Surfer at Merewether Beach 22/04/2013
Surfer Merewether Beach 22-04-13
Redhead Beach hot pink sunrise 15/04/2013
Redhead Beach pink sunrise 15-04-13
Redhead Bluff from the water 13/4/2013
Redhead Bluff from water 13-04-13
Redhead Beach Sea Wall 20/04/13. If your planning a leisurley walk along the beach, don’t go at high tide on a big swell for a while. Bonnie makes a dash between sets.
Redhead Beach Seawall 20-04-13
Redhead Beach seamonster 20/4/2013. A large tree washed up in big seas, looking rather like a beached sea Leopard, one beached up here many years ago.
Redhead beach sea monster 20-04-13
Redhead beach sunrise 10/4/2013
Redhead sunrise 2 10-04-13
Full Moon at sunrise over Redhead beach sand cliff 26/4/2013
Redhead Beach full moon1 26-06-13
08/04/2013 Early morning Redhead beach – the colours only last for just that magic few seconds.
DLR Competition 06/04/2013. Dudley Leggy Redhead Board comp on at Redhead beach. Surfer in the first heat at daybreak. Dudley got the win but everyone that was there early got treated to a beautiful start to the day.
Redhead DLR comp 2 06-04-13
Redhead Beach 6/4/2013 Dudley/Leggy Point/Redhead Contest Site early morning.
Redhead DLR Comp 1 06-04-13
Redhead beach sunrise 06/04/2013
Redhead Beach sunrise 1 06-04-13
Redhead Shark Tower with Green fluro lighting 3/4/2103. A pre dawn visit to the beach had me rubbing my eyes as the Shark tower had been adorned with bright green lights.
Redhead Beach Shark Tower Green Lighting 03-04-13
Redhead beach erosion 3/03/2013. The consistent swell and storms have taken back some of the sand built up over many years and left a 3 metre berm.
Redhead Beach Berm 03-03-2013
Redhead Beach sunrise 6/3/2013. The sun beamed through some small holes in the cloud cover like search lights.
Redhead Beach Searchlight 06-03-2013
Redhead Beach 23/03/2013 early morning purple haze, thanks Jimmy (Hendrix of course) I was wondering what you were on about.
Redhead Beach Purple Haze 23-03-13
Surfer DLR Comp 6/4/2013
Surfer Redhead Beach DLR Comp 1 06-04-13
11/4/2013 Redhead Beach SUP paddler. Mark Hancock on a good moning for a paddle.
Redhead Beach sup paddler Mark Hancock 11-04-13
15/04/2013 Redhead beach. Surfer Ben Mondy gives the thumbs up after scoring a beacher early Monday morning.
Redhead beach surfer Ben Mondy 15-04-13
Redhead Beach surfer early morning 20/2/2013
Redhead Beach surfer at sunrise 20-02-13
20/2/2013 Redhead Beach
Redhead Beach 20-02-13
Redhead Beach Shark Tower in a golden glow at sunrise 1/2/2013
Redhead Shark Tower sunrise 01-02-13
Redhead 2nd Creek 29/2/2013 after heavy rain, this creek seldom flows now. The last time was in 2007 when the ship the Pascha Bulker got shipwrecked on Nobbys Beach.
Redhead Beach 2nd Creek flowing 29-01-13
Redhead Beach 2nd Creek 8/2/2013. A week later that the above photo this was its sad last stand.
Redhead Beach 2nd Creek last run 08-02-13
Redhead Beach 2nd Creek 2/02/2013 after some rain.
Rehead Beach 2nd Creek 02-02-13
Redhead Beach Sunrise 10/2/2013
Redhead Beach sunrise 10-02-13
Redhead Beach sunrise with seagulls 1/2/2013
Redhead Beach seagulls 01-02-13
Redhead Beach First Creek with sun bursting through a heavy cloud bank 3/2/2013
Redhead Beach 1st Creek2 03-02-13
Redhead beach Sunrise 10/2/2013
Redhead Beach sunrise3 10-02-13
Redhead beach Wet and Stormy morning 23/2/2013
Redhead Beach Stormy morning 23-02-13
Redhead Sunrise 26/2/2013 Red sky in the morning.
Redhead Beach sunrise12 26-02-13
Redhead Beach Shark Tower at sunrise again 26/2/13
Redhead Beach sunrise15 26-02-13
Redhead Beach sunrise Parallel Lines 27/2/2013
Redhead Beach sunrise6 27-02-13
August 2010 – The sand banks have not been good for surfers – except for the hardy bodyboarders getting some gnarly closeout barrels. Unknown bodyboarder Redhead Little Beach August 2010
A week later a little smaller, but good shape for the bodyboards. August 2010. Is that Bob the barber walking down for a session on the right? Yep.
Simon Anderson wins Bells 1977. Simon surfed powerfully in a solid swell to win and he enjoys the moment after a close final.
Redhead Surf Club 70th Reunion around 1977. A bunch of old mates meet up over a few cold beers.
Col Smith shaping Channel Boards
Dudley-Point-1980s
Dudley Point 1970’s
Big Dudley – surfer unknown 13th August 2010 photo by Geoff Connors
Big Dudley – surfer unknown 13th August 2010 photo by Geoff Connors
Dudley 13th August 2010 – Photo by Geoff Connors
Dudley 13th August 2010 – Photo by Geoff Connors
Dudley unknown surfer 13th August 2010 photo by Geoff Connors
Dudley unknown surfer 13th August 2010 photo by Geoff Connors
Newcastle BHP computer room around 1976
Storm Surf at Redhead in the mid 1970’s. Heavy rain, flooding of the Hunter River and huge surf created this mess of flotsam and Jetsom near the first creek.
NSW SLSC Championships at Corrimal around 1978. This scantily clad and fit looking young lady onlooker caught the eye of Redhead’s boat crew. They asked me to go and take her photo and I said no, she would just tell me to piss off. Hard to say no to these blokes, as is evident from the next picture of them. So they picked me up camera bag and all and carried me armchair style to where she was sitting and dumped me in the sand at her feet. She willingly obliged to have her photo taken bemused by the proceedings.
Redhead Boat Crew fan Corrimal 1978
Redhead Boat Crew in 1978 at Corrimal Beach SLSC NSW Championships. A fit looking bunch, great blokes and not bad rowers. Strategic use of Boat Oars aye.
Redhead Boat Crew Corrimal NSW Championships around 1978
Col Smith 1978 Surfing Redhead’s Lefts. No one surfed them better.
Me on my first motor bike in 1968 at Redhead 2nd creek. This was a 1948 Jawa, you didnt even see many of those around then. What is interesting in this picture is, in the top right you can see the initial revegetation of the sand dunes after rutile mining. A floating dredge went along the beach from Redhead to Blacksmiths and back.
Crow's Garage 