Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Early Bird Catches The Worm

Some crazy person (Rich) wanted to get up at 4AM this morning to "check out the sunrise" so we ventured off into the dark this morning. treking through the city, it was like a lifeless monster, and skeleton of a city with no people, no activity, no noise. nice to see a different side. walking past hyde park, we saw many early morning possums close up, and flying foxes returning to nest.

arriving at circular quay and walking to the Opera House, we chilled out and watched the sun come up. no one around, flat harbour water, one boat fishing, we looked to the east as daybreak hit. very nice.

grabbing a coffee we hit Circular Quay train station and headed for a breakfast you couldnt beat down at Australia's most famous of beaches, Bondi. this cities train service is unbelievably easy to use and follow, relatively clean as well. the best in Oz? on par with the BART.

arriving at Bondi Junction we ventured down coast, in an easterly direction and hit Tamarama beach first, they're all dotted up the coast from Botany Bay into Sydney Harbor. a few smaller coves and then Bondi Beach, viewed from lookouts to the south. what a view and that whole coastline reminded me so much of the Natal Coastline. rocky outcrops, rockpools, dotted by beautiful beaches. very Salt Rock / Balito. Bondi has remained on visual appearence, stuck in 1975. its buildings facing the coast are all heritage listed and restored, no highrise apartments here until you hit the northern edge. it was the perfect time capsule shot of the area. morning, surfing, sun, and fine salt air.

now for an easy day, pack up and TOOL.








3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fabtastic pic's, All good here.
You are all enrolled at Curtin, so relax!
Catch up soon!

SHAUN FOX said...

thx for participating here, some others dont get it, its just too hard to type a line or two. heads up as i post from the last three days in SYD.

SHAUN FOX said...

looking back this was both the best and worst morning of all...
in hindsight im glad we made that walk down the coast. just wish you wernt such an ass about it. you know who you are.