Big wave surfing Sydney

Big waves Avalon, spectators crowd the headland

Rock pool man

 man swimming in rockpool

Hidden Sydney

One of the great beach pools on the northern beaches of Sydney. This one is at Narrabeen.

Avalon in Autumn

The season has turned. Water still 21 degrees.

The sea was rough that day my friends ...

Big surf at Avalon Beach, 3-4 m swells Saturday morning just now, only for the experienced boardriders! Great watching them battle it out for a wave, only to be wiped out. Wish I had a good camera with zoom.

Norfolk Island Pines in Sydney

These trees are native to an island 1600km from Sydney. In 1788 they were planted in the hope of the timber being used for masts. Sadly not suitable. But they were planted all over Sydney anyway. Popular on the beaches. And I took this yesterday as there were two boys at the top, but you cannot see them in this photo,

Man having shower

Avalon Beach shower

Beach photographer

A scene at the beach yesterday morning - finally some blue sky after the storms.

Beach Shower

Whale Beach has a new shower

Tanning message

Tanning is skin cells in trauma - Sign at Whale Beach

Sunday on the beach

A perfect beach day, the Nippers were out in force.

Best jogging place in Sydney

Morning sunrise on a fine spring day

North Avalon looking south

It is the warmest October ever, scorching hot even early. The ocean however is still refreshingly cool- about 18 degrees.

Quarantine Station Beach

On a special Sydney spring day.

Pool Scum

No one swimming in the pool after the big storm last night.

North Av

The northern end of Avalon Beach is covered in this pumice stone. This is a leftover from an underwater volcano that erupted in the Pacific Ocean off NZ.

Avalon Beach Surf Club

The new surf club. No coffee yet.

Going to school

This lone figure on the beach was a schoolgirl walking to Barrenjoey High School.

Manly Surf Club

At the southern end of the beach is the Manly Surf lifesaving club - the oldest in Australia.

Late surf Manly Beach

Its after sunset and these surfers are still out.