Affectionately known locally as "Shark Alley" this is a view of Back Beach from the top of the cliff face. It's a long way down, which is reason Number 1 for me not swimming here (I have no desire to climb back up). Reasons 2 - 4 are as follows:
2. Nature is best where it belongs (on television). There are things in there that will eat you.
3. The rips at this beach are more ripped than my incredible abs (yes, there's one big fat one)
4. I can't swim...in fact, I have trouble staying afloat in the shower.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
Known as "shark alley", I cannot blame you for not wanting to dim your toes, I would be the same! Beautiful capture, Graeme. Love the low lying moody clouds and processing.
I had you pegged as one of those hip surfer dudes, like my self, you know the kind riding the big breakers saving a pretty damsel while smoking a big cigar. What always ruins it for me is the alarm going off. Another stunning shot..
Let's see we have a Shark Valley and an Alligator Alley. But no Shark valley although the plenty of people get bit by the up & down the coast. I quit swimming in the ocean the day it was covered in Man of Wars! This is a great capture as usual!
Well you've certainly made this look foreboding Graeme... I think I would prefer to stay with you at the top snapping, rather than go down to the beach and get snapped at!
@susanalena Thank you very much - best to stay out I feel, if for nothing else than the preservation of my legs. @beschnett Thank you kindly, I would be nothing without the ability to laugh at myself. @blueberry1222 I like the sound of Scorpion Gulch. I might ask the local council if we can put on of those in... @jack4john I have been known to stand on the ironing board and pretend to "hang ten dude" but that's as far is goes...and thank you @mastermek Absolutely, I like my limbs too much @janiskay Thanks very much - why does no one have a Marshmallow Alley? @vignouse As if the sharks in the water weren't bad enough there's even TOURISTS!!!
You and Mick Fanning both! Love the shot, you've captured the foreboding atmosphere perfectly. BTW, your reasons for not dipping a toe in there all sound very sensible.
Too funny! I don't swim in the St Johns River cause there are things that eat people, alligators. So I know the feeling. Ok, wonderful pic. Nice highlights on the waves and foreboding sky!
I prefer to look and take pictures. We've never really just hung out at a beach for the day. We all sunburn too easily. But our local beaches here in North Carolina are having a similar issue with sharks this year.
@homeschoolmom We burn as well - I blame my Scottish heritage... @texastrails Yes indeed - it's a popular surfing beach though but the sharks are often spotted in the summer. @photographycrazy Thanks very much - I also look terrible in speedos so there's no chance anyway, life threatening creatures or not. @bigugly It's not for me I'm afraid (no really, I am)...and thank you @lsanderson55 Thanks very much - who needs to get that wet anyway? @nanderson It's my favourite beach despite all the dangers... @golftragic I don't know that I'd have the courage to hit one though, so best to just stay out ;) @northy Those are in my shed. When I do go swimming I'm sure to wear them ;)
@888rachel Kiwis are such wimps hey Rach hahaha
I am going in with a croc next week hooefully...if it eats me more fool him...bad indigestion would follow
Saw your comment to @vignouse and I have to agree the tourist are scarier then the sharks. ANd they snag the best parking places and fill up our favorite restaurants. A necessary evil I tell myself.
@ukandie1 Thank you kindly :) @nitrogene Thanks very much - once you're lost all your limbs you soon get over it ;) @nicoleterheide Thank you kindly - I never do ;) @ceilidh Thanks very much - I like a hint of danger @kali66 It's not too bad, bit of a climb though @joansmor They should be banned ;) @tonygig Thank you kindly - I had to liven it up somehow! @hermann Thanks very much :)
You're becoming quit the landscapist. I like it a lot.
A friend of mine recently found a dead mountain lion on his property. I'm trying to talk him out of the skull but it's not looking favorable. Any tips?
Nice shot!! Seriously, you can't swim?! I don't believe it for a moment....sounds like you might be lacking basic survival skills at that part of your world.
@beschnett Thank you kindly, I would be nothing without the ability to laugh at myself.
@blueberry1222 I like the sound of Scorpion Gulch. I might ask the local council if we can put on of those in...
@jack4john I have been known to stand on the ironing board and pretend to "hang ten dude" but that's as far is goes...and thank you
@mastermek Absolutely, I like my limbs too much
@janiskay Thanks very much - why does no one have a Marshmallow Alley?
@vignouse As if the sharks in the water weren't bad enough there's even TOURISTS!!!
@texastrails Yes indeed - it's a popular surfing beach though but the sharks are often spotted in the summer.
@photographycrazy Thanks very much - I also look terrible in speedos so there's no chance anyway, life threatening creatures or not.
@bigugly It's not for me I'm afraid (no really, I am)...and thank you
@lsanderson55 Thanks very much - who needs to get that wet anyway?
@nanderson It's my favourite beach despite all the dangers...
@golftragic I don't know that I'd have the courage to hit one though, so best to just stay out ;)
@northy Those are in my shed. When I do go swimming I'm sure to wear them ;)
@gardencat Maybe this is where they put all the bodies...
I am going in with a croc next week hooefully...if it eats me more fool him...bad indigestion would follow
@nitrogene Thanks very much - once you're lost all your limbs you soon get over it ;)
@nicoleterheide Thank you kindly - I never do ;)
@ceilidh Thanks very much - I like a hint of danger
@kali66 It's not too bad, bit of a climb though
@joansmor They should be banned ;)
@tonygig Thank you kindly - I had to liven it up somehow!
@hermann Thanks very much :)
@amandal Thanks very much - I like to watch the foolhardy from up here ;)
A friend of mine recently found a dead mountain lion on his property. I'm trying to talk him out of the skull but it's not looking favorable. Any tips?
@yrhenwr I don't have photoshop so in this case...I am the drama ;)