I am posting early today because I had a medical appointment this morning and I will be out at a talk given by our local U3A this afternoon.
Here is another photo taken on Sunday at Birubi. Yesterday's photo was taken just as we got to Birubi and after we had a cuppa and cake at the surf lifesaving club cafe on the beach the sky had brightened slightly but the surf was still quite wild.
Today is a beautiful sunny day with temperatures around 28 C (83 F) but I believe more rain and storms are on the way by tomorrow. I guess it will be very hot and humid when the rain comes back again.
@olivetreeann There were queues for the camel rides and I did take a couple of photos of them. Will post them in a few days time.
I have had a few rides on the camels with my grandsons but it isn't the comfiest way to travel.
@judithdeacon I heard about your heatwaves, hope you get rain soon. My brother in law and my nephew both live in WA with their partners and we may get over there some time at the end of the year hopefully. Just got to get a few medical problems sorted first.
I believe we have rain forecast for the next few days, but generally most of it misses us. Sydney and Newcastle always seem to get a soaking but as it gets to the bay it passes us by. We have had some rain lately though after scorching weather.
@ludwigsdiana Hope you get some rain soon. Our plants are slowly coming back after scorching heat and then a little bit of rain.
@bluemoon Ity is a lovely beach and stretches from here at Anna Bay to Stockton in Newcastle. The length of the beach is 32 km (20 miles)
@busylady The conditions to close the beach means closed to swimmers and surfers because of hazardous surf. This beach is patrolled by the surf lifesaving club volunteers but on days like this where the surf is wild the lifesavers won't be going out to save anyone daft enough to either swim or surf.
There have been four drownings along this stretch of beach (which is 32 km long) in the last couple of months, all the drownings were outside the patrolled area, plus one in the evening and one when a rock fisherman got swept off the rocks into the ocean. (Not wearing a lifejacket). Not only wild surf in this area but also rips in the ocean and people get swept out to sea if swimming outside the areas that are patrolled.
@happypat The beach is only closed to swimmers and surfers not to walkers. If you read the comment above to Judith you will see why. Sometimes this the beach is closed because of wild surf and rips but sometimes it is closed because of shark sightings.
The attached video was taken a few years ago at Fingal Bay which is about 4 km from this beach at Anna Bay.
@carole_sandford It was very grey but around 28 degrees C and very humid. There were storms around, but most missed us and we just got the grey sky. The day was brightened up by a cuppa and apple and blueberry cake in the surf lifesaving club cafe and a few photos of the camels too.
@radiogirl@radiogirl@randystreat@tunia@homeschoolmom It may have been a grey day on Sunday, but the sun is shining today and the temperature is around 32 degrees C (90 f), Believe it or not I have just done the ironing too, but with the aircon on. ha ha.,
@marlboromaam Thanks Mags appointment didn't go too well but still standing, well almost, ha ha.
@illinilass @mccarth1 @lesip @ankers70 @rickster549 @yaorenliu @ludwigsdiana @edorreandresen @jamibann @kjarn @casablanca @wakelys @bkbinthecity @briaan @sangwann Thanks, the flag has seen better days hasn't it. I do believe they change them occasionally and I think it is time for a new one now too.
@olivetreeann There were queues for the camel rides and I did take a couple of photos of them. Will post them in a few days time.
I have had a few rides on the camels with my grandsons but it isn't the comfiest way to travel.
@judithdeacon I heard about your heatwaves, hope you get rain soon. My brother in law and my nephew both live in WA with their partners and we may get over there some time at the end of the year hopefully. Just got to get a few medical problems sorted first.
I believe we have rain forecast for the next few days, but generally most of it misses us. Sydney and Newcastle always seem to get a soaking but as it gets to the bay it passes us by. We have had some rain lately though after scorching weather.
@ludwigsdiana Hope you get some rain soon. Our plants are slowly coming back after scorching heat and then a little bit of rain.
@busylady The conditions to close the beach means closed to swimmers and surfers because of hazardous surf. This beach is patrolled by the surf lifesaving club volunteers but on days like this where the surf is wild the lifesavers won't be going out to save anyone daft enough to either swim or surf.
There have been four drownings along this stretch of beach (which is 32 km long) in the last couple of months, all the drownings were outside the patrolled area, plus one in the evening and one when a rock fisherman got swept off the rocks into the ocean. (Not wearing a lifejacket). Not only wild surf in this area but also rips in the ocean and people get swept out to sea if swimming outside the areas that are patrolled.
@happypat The beach is only closed to swimmers and surfers not to walkers. If you read the comment above to Judith you will see why. Sometimes this the beach is closed because of wild surf and rips but sometimes it is closed because of shark sightings.
The attached video was taken a few years ago at Fingal Bay which is about 4 km from this beach at Anna Bay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXLge_iRblk
This is why I don't swim in the ocean, ha ha.