a short trip to Bondi Beach and lunch at Watsons Bay

surfers

assorted beach photos. the pine trees are really growing and

 are certainly making an impact on the view from some parts of the south end of the beach

 the usual boats hanging out at Watsons Bay

a very bad photo taken nearly directly into the sun . i was just sitting in the hotel grounds and took 

a random shot looking down the beach to include all the tinnies lined up. i didnt see the two adults together at the end of the beach or the child picking up shells til i put the pics on my computer.
it was soooooo bright i could see nothing in the viewfinder :-(
i wish i had noticed them and gotten a better shot of the little girl.

it is way too over exposed and way too much sun in it but it is evocative so i have included it.

there is a real glow on the tinnies  on the beach..... and that too spoils the shot

a trip to the Eastern suburbs of Sydney to be measured up for handmade shoes that will cost more than the debt of a small nation (but are essential for my poor feets) allowed me to take a few side tracks to a couple of my favourite places.......Watsons Bay and its wharf area and Bondi beach. Both places helped create my old skin because i spent many days there both asleep when working nights or awake and consciously turning like a pig on a spit. no wonder i have had an early melanoma .

anyway my son who was recovering from surgery and my dog who goes where the car goes

......came for the ride.

the photos are not so good but they at least show the area of our beautiful harbour.

taken from the watsons bay wharf

free range dog

a Morton Bay fig tree with intricate root system

a bit of the small beach

the ferry that goes to watsons bay just arrived at the wharf

Dunbar House

city backdrop

The photos taken from "the Gap" illustrate the long drop from the cliff top to the rocks below 

which made it a popular spot to suicide.

o\

a lone yacht entering the harbour between the heads

a stitched up shot my son did of South Head looking to the 

North Head of the Harbour entrance

 a very long range shot looking toward Manly from South Head

BONDI BEACH much loved by visitors

Root system of a Morton Bay fig tree in one of the Rose Bay streets

looking to the city and a Manly ferry from the Watsons Bay wharf