Yesterday David and I walked up to Fingal Spit again to take photos at high tide to show the comparison between these shots and the photos on the 19 November at low tide.
As you can see it was a rather cloudy wet day yesterday and it did rain as we walked back along the beach, but we didn't get too wet.
The top photo is from the same place as the one a few days ago and the tiny dot in the distance is David standing on The Spit.
The bottom photo I took a bit closer along the sandbar as the one few days ago and I had to keep my eye on the tide as it was closing in behind me.
These two photos were taken about half an hour before high tide.
I thought it was so interesting to watch the tides meeting each other.
Luckily I didn't see anyone on the island trying to get back which was good because they would definitely have been swept away in the current of the tides.
Those waves are so beautiful but ever so dangerous, ne can sense their power. Such a lovey composition and capture showing these two sides about meet. How long does it take to walk to the island?
I just looked Fingal Spit up - what a lovely little bay and a wonderful coastline. When I was a kid we used to go camping at Lake Illawarra on the NSW south coast and there was a similar situation at Windang Island at the mouth of the lake. My Dad went fishing there one evening, stayed too long and the tide came in so was caught there for the full night.
@ludwigsdiana It is about 2 km from the car park at Fingal Bay to The Spit and crossing to the island from there only takes about 5 minutes. Once on the island there is a lighthouse (no longer in use) and a building where the lighthouse keeper lived and also a chap called Arthur Murdoch who lived and worked on the island shovelling shell grit.
@jeneurell Good job your Dad decided to spend the night Windang Island. Lots of people here try to get back once the tide has turned and of course many have drowned.
@happypat Many people leave it too late to try and return and don't appreciate the power of the tides once they meet.
@ludwigsdiana It is about 2 km from the car park at Fingal Bay to The Spit and crossing to the island from there only takes about 5 minutes. Once on the island there is a lighthouse (no longer in use) and a building where the lighthouse keeper lived and also a chap called Arthur Murdoch who lived and worked on the island shovelling shell grit.
Here is a link you may be interested in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US0ARf_YNtk
@jeneurell Good job your Dad decided to spend the night Windang Island. Lots of people here try to get back once the tide has turned and of course many have drowned.
@happypat Many people leave it too late to try and return and don't appreciate the power of the tides once they meet.
Your shots are much more beautiful, they should hire you :-)