Havn't had time to scratch myself !!!

Welcome to my new daily blog with some news and stories from the mid north coast of NSW Australia.

Most days of the week I'm out and about with my camera capturing anything and everything from people to wildlife, sunrises to surfing and the odd event.

Anyhow hope you enjoy and I will look forward to any comments.



Its been a couple of busy weeks here on the Port Macquarie Coast with the Australian Surf
Festival being held at the best of our local breaks from Town Beach to Diamond Head. The image top left is from the Australian Longboard Titles and captured during big swell conditions at Shelly's Beach.


Lake Cathie, just a stones throw south of Port Macquarie, reached a level of 1.6 metres last week, the trigger for the Port Macquarie Hastings Council to open the lake to the Pacific Ocean.

Naturally it is a periodically opening lake, but due to council infastructures and housing developments (mistakes of the past) it must be now opened at a level of 1.6m to prevent damage from flooding.

The lake only takes a couple of days to drain and become tidal. In the process the movement of  sand out to the beach creates some great waves.

The image to the left was taken a few days after the lake was opened last week. My son and best mate Joel (pictured) was one of the first out to get a few barrels in the glassy conditions.

The weather has been warming a little over the last week and Spring is only a couple of days away now.

Maybe my bones are just getting a little old but I reckon that was a pretty cold winter.

Anyhow I'm pretty happy now cause I can get down the beach early and capture some bonza sunrises like this one this morning.

 My SLR camera tip for today is use RAW.                  Fair Dinkum !!