Watching the huge waves roll in at Kalk Bay with Jo

Jo and I had a marvellous time photographing huge waves crashing onto restaurants at Kalk Bay.  The seals and sea gulls also gave us a great show.  I fell even more in love with my new 18 - 300 mm lens and the versatility it gives me.

This colourful art was selling at a local stall.

St James, Kalk Bay and Boulders Beach

It was a gorgous day so Chrisèl, Jo and I decided to do the walk from Muizenberg to St James, taking lots of photos along the way.  St James looked as colourful as ever; it really is a photographers dream.

Then we met up with Antony and Matt and had a nice lunch at The Brass Bell, a restaurant in Kalk Bay right on the ocean's edge. After lunch, we explored Kalk Bay Harbour with its vibrant fishing boats and fishy smells.

Chrisèl and I then went on to Boulders Beach for snaps of penguins and I had a lovely swim.

Walking to St James

Jo and I in action!

Lunch at The Brass Bell and a stroll round Kalk Bay Harbour

Boulders Beach

Wollstonecraft to Lane Cove walk, ending with Live Jazz

Wow, I discovered gorgeous parts of my backyard tonight that I had no idea existed on this great 6 km walk with Meet Up.  The undoubted highlight was close views of a Lyrebird out in the open on the rocks as we headed into Gore Creek reserve.  I literally twitched with excitement!  No photos unfortunately as I didn't have the right lens.

Beautiful views across to Berry Island.

The lovely Maj-Britt

The adventurous way to cross a road, through a large drain pipe!

Great live jazz in Lane Cove

Hike details

Starting at Wollstonecraft Station, we took the Gore Cove track to Vista Street in Greenwich. We crossed Greenwich via a number of streets, before heading into Gore Creek Reserve and Lane Cove Bushland park to Lane Cove shopping village.

Berowra to Mt Kuring-gai via Cowan Creek and Apple Tree Bay

A lovely 12 km walk with Meet Up in shafts of warm sunshine after days of rain.

I learned two vital lessons on the hike ...

Lesson 1: Don't wear open shoes unless you want to get bitten by a whopping big bull ant.

Lesson 2: Don't put the dead body of the ant into your pocket to potentially show to the doctor because dead ants can miraculously come alive and bite you again where no man wants to get bitten!!

Inside look at a Sydney to Hobart Racing Yacht

My good friend, Nicola, took these wonderful photos earlier this year during The Sydney to Hobart yacht race.  It was so cool to be able to see inside the boats.  As I said in my earlier post, they were very much made for speed rather than comfort!!

And here is Team Garmin out on the actual race.  It was a thrilling start.