Photographing Osprey at Long Reef

A super afternoon at Long Reef photographing Ospreys and pelicans. I adore Ospreys so much, ever since seeing one flying overhead at Rietvlei in Cape Town on one of my first birding trips when I was a school kid.  I was with Tony Verboom and it caused so much excitement!

Ospreys

Collaroy on the way to Long Reef

It was a hot day so I had a lovely swim in the sea pool.  I've started carrying a swimming costume in my bag for just these kind of eventualities!

Long Reef

Paragliding

I photographed this paraglider while waiting for the Osprey to appear. He was very skilled and epitomised freedom. After he landed, he came over and said hi. His name was Adam and he was a visitor from the UK. I promised I would send him the photos I took.

Vaucluse House

I braved the wet weather to visit and explore Vaucluse House. Vaucluse House is a heritage-listed 19th-century Gothic Revival residence in Sydney’s eastern suburb of Vaucluse, originally built as a small stone cottage in 1803–05 and expanded over subsequent decades into a picturesque harbourside estate. It was the home of explorer, barrister and politician William Charles Wentworth and his family from 1827, and retains much of its original gardens, outbuildings and harbour frontage. It was a very impressive place full of treasures and I loved it. I then walked to Watson's Bay to get the ferry home and had a gorgeous swim along the way.

Meat jelly moulds in the kitchen

Walk to Watson's Bay

Where I had my wonderful swim