sonny photos

This is what I did in the afternoon before the end of twentytwelve

No posts for a while, I know, been busy with house things and spending days like this at the beach.
This one I just put up as it is about 4-5 in the afternoon on New Years Eve.
:-)

 

love !!

 

Back in Sydney, straight out on the board, so I made a quick movie of it for a laugh

 

Mardja Botanical Walk, along Cape Tribulation road, Daintree

So many varieties of moss and ferns Fig Tree So we been told, that in the old days, Aboriginals called this the tree with many windows ( I did not think Aboriginals had windows, see-ing they did not really build homes, doors, so ...windows ? anyway ) and it would look out on to the world, many souls. So they used to bury their dead inside, prop them up with sticks, so they would stay upright. So after a while it would just be a skeleton inside the tree, fast forward a few hundred years and the white man arrives, encounters deadly snakes and crocodiles, then to top it off, they see this tree with a skeleton inside, which totally freaked them out, reporting back to their boat or base, that there are man eating trees in the jungle :-)

the beginning of a fig tree taking hold of its host tree interesting looking tree roots things grow on things grow on top of other things :-)

This looks cold, great wave, but damn it, that just looks too cold for me

 

Jacqui's 5666 Km

Jacqui got around to editing together 17 days of clips taken with the GoPro on our road trip

Antwerp Academy Class of 2012 Video of the Finale

 

Big Storm has hit, biggest swell in 5 years

Before taking the girls to school we pass by one of our favourite walks, Bangally headland, and it is an incredible sight to see the angry ocean unleash its fury on the rocks below. Then we drive to North Avalon carpark, the wind was so srong, check the video below but turn down your sound as the microphone just picks up the wind ( really noisy ) then I check out South Avalon, that's Little Avalon just getting washed out by monster waves, now compare this scene to this post a few days ago when the ocean was like a lake, what a contrast, actually here is a photo of the above spot on that calm day what a contrast, actually, let's put the two side by side I flipped it, click on photo for larger view massive waves, breaking so far out a video from the headland, panning across ( noisy from wind ) no one swimming in the pool today, check out the white wash ( more like brown wash today ) just washing over the pool continuously another good view of the total wash out of Avalon beach, so much sand is getting moved around by these monsters, will be interesting to see what we are left with and how sand will be taken off the beach

Bawley Point Sunset

shot with phone
Just to prove that all those amazing sunset shots in this post are not photoshopped, below, 2 videos Evan shot on my phone cam while I shot the surfers

This Saturday Night Tim Bonython's ASMF comes to Palm Beach RSL

so looking forward to it

been hanging to see this, the initial date, a few weeks back, at Palm Beach, was when we were on our road trip in the outback, so we could not make, but due to popular demand, Tim is having another showing so get yourself some tickets ( go to http://www.asmf.net.au ) and see you there for a beer ( there will be a live accoustic set as well, from a new rising star- bonus )