Totally Off-Topic Photographs

[Pedro]

What Pedro and clan got up to at the weekend - a trip to Narooma.



Yep, you guessed it - Australia rock.



Visiting friends in the channel





There was a chap with a top notch camera taking photos of the seals and this one decided to pose with his good side.



Pedro

[Unicorn]

Great snaps Pedro. That really brings back some memories for me. Holidays when I was a kid was always at Narooma in tents etc at the caravan park just on the south side of the bridge. My Aunts and Uncles had permanent bookings there for a month every year during the Christmas holidays. Lots of fun. Yabbie pumping for bait. Whiting on the flats up the channel from the bridge. I remember the Australia rock.

[ausjack]

Nice pic's Pedro :good:

[r9453]

Navy seal wannabe about to enter the water at Mullaway Headland mid north coast:

[purplepennyhunter]

Great pics, brings back memories for me too.

[ausjack]

I wouldn't call mullaway mid north coast Rob, I'd say north coast, and we don't have navy seal that's the yanks as they're called  clearance divers in the RAN or better known as "pressure heads" :winkextra: He has to be good to get into them as they play with live explosive and stuff so a hell of a lot of training involved but hope he does well if it's something he wants to do :good:

[Goldseeker]

My own parents retired to Dalmeny, a couple of kms north of Narooma.   They had a small shop at the bottom of the hill adjacent to the tennis courts in Narooma.

Dad died whilst residing at Narooma way back in 1979.   Mum sold up and moved up to Brisbane.

I have the same photo of the Australia Rock.   It is located at the end of the breakwater where at times, one can see fishing boats in trouble getting in to the waterway from the sea due to huge waves and deadly currents.

[Pedro]

While we taking the above photos we watched a launch go out the entrance and although it was a pretty calm day the boat still got thrown around a bit. Hate to think what it would be like when the swell was up.

I understand that they extended the breakwater to try and improve the passage into Narooma but obviously boaties still need to be very careful.

We also had a drive around Kianga and Dalmeny. Some very nice houses around there with great views overlooking the ocean.

Pedro

[Unicorn]

On the Narooma golf course where it edges the cliffs there was a cave down at water level that filled when the tide came in. Not sure but I think Hoges may have filmed a Winfield ad on the course there back in the day.
Did you go down to Mystery Bay a bit south of Narooma?

I remember there were heaps of beautiful (empty) abalone shells there in the surf. Also it was where I saw the largest crab I have ever seen in my life! It was in a gap between two huge rocks and I'd hate to estimate the size of it as people would suggest I buy some jousting sticks. :winkextra:

[Goldseeker]

My mum and dad fell in love with Narooma when they first visited the place soon after arrival in Australia in 1959..

We scattered mum's ashes just off the coast just south of Dalmeny.   Mum was in the WRENS during the war in UK.   Mum loved the sea.  

That was the last time  I/we visited Narooma.   Mums birthday, 11/11/2014 was when we committed the ashes to the sea.

[Pedro]

Gee Uni I'm getting that Twilight Zone feeling again!

I took one photo of the golf course from the breakwater - Hogan's hole in there. My uncle tells me that the tee is behind the stand of trees in mid-frame and hitting back across to the left.



Mystery Bay you say! The reason we went to Narooma was to attend my cousin's daughter's 21st. The party was held at the Corunna Farm Retreat (Mystery Bay). We were otherwise occupied so didn't get down to the beach there on this visit.

This is what the man-made breakwater addition looks like (from the Australia rock side).





Pedro

[Pedro]

The professional photographer (ie the wife) has uploaded her snaps. Here is a photo of the gate-crasher at the party.



A better close-up of the posing seal.



Pedro

[ausjack]

Lovely pic's Pedro

[Unicorn]

Top stuff Pedro!!!

(I'm sure that I'm in the Twilight Zone 99% of the time :laugh2:)

[ausjack]

I'm not saying a word Uni