Illawarra

Calm Seas All At Peace

Calm Seas All At Peace

The crystal clear skies, the deep blue ocean and the gently breaking waves. A surfer and a fisherman. Peace and calm prevail. A contrast with the storms of yesterday.

Big Seas Big Waves

Big Seas Big Waves

The Illawarra Coastline experienced a great deal of rain this week. The storms were due to a low pressure system generating big swells & big waves captured by me on camera.

Royal National Park

Royal National Park

Shao Ping and I went for a drive to the Royal National Park, located between the Illawarra to the south and Sydney to the north. We also dropped by Bundeena and Port Hacking.

Illawarra floods 1998

Illawarra floods 1998

Back in August 1998 the Illawarra region experienced an intense storm system. It was the 17th August 1998. The city centre of Wollongong received 316mm of rain in 24 hours.

Lensmen lash out

Lensmen lash out

Went walking with Darcy. Early yesterday morning. Darcy had quite easily convinced me to meet him at 5.00AM to photograph the sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. I have not been on a photographic excursion with Darcy for a while so I thought, “Bugger it, why not?” I was awake well before sparrow’s fart, had a(…)

Stormy Illawarra

Stormy Illawarra

Some time back the Illawarra coastline of southern NSW was host to an intense low pressure system and the cell whipped up some impressive seas off the coast. I managed to capture a few photographs of the big swells and the waves crashing over the breakwater at Belmore Basin.