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Spring Seaside Getaway – Part 3

November 20, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

We walked to the other end of Manyana Beach to Green Island. This view is from the top of the hill.

But back on sea-level – the island is connected to the mainland via a sandbar. It’s popular with those who live and holiday at Cunjurong Point, on this end of the beach.

Inland is Lake Conjola and Berringer Lake, both holiday and fishing meccas, but out of school holidays it was very serene.

On the other side is the wild beach of Conjola, and bush beyond, with the very distinctive Pigeon House Mountain in the distance.

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Spring Seaside Getaway – Part 1

November 15, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

We took a longer long weekend down by the sea, heading south past Kiama, Nowra, Jervis Bay, to the north-side of Lake Conjola. The village of Manyana, to be exact. It really is just a village of beach houses – it doesn’t even have a general store. What it does have are beaches. Manyana beach is a mile length of sand, with Green Island connected by a sand bar.

Despite all the beach houses, the village was surrounded by bush and water. Bridie Beagle, a great lover of beaches, was ecstatic to be roaming again by the sea. And so were we.

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Sydney Coastal Walk

November 5, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

It was early spring, and M had a few days holiday. Why not do a walk mid-week along the coast? We decided to start our walk at Coogee. It wasn’t a particularly warm morning, but there was only a smattering of people on the sand.

The path itself though was quite busy with walkers and joggers. We made our way over the headland, and then down into Gordons Bay. It hasn’t changed much since my last visit 5 or so years.

Gordons Bay is a favourite spot for divers and snorklers. But the swell was up, so no go there that day.

The only people having fun on the water were the surfers. We saw a few at Bronte attempting to catch a wave or two. We left them to it as it was our lunch stop and turning back point.

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Canowindra – Part 1

October 9, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

We travelled south-west of Bathurst to our chief destination for the weekend, the sleepy town of Canowindra. After settling into our motel, we wandered around the main street.

The residential houses were Edwardian, I think, of the same vintage as those around the suburbs of Ashfield, Summer Hill and Croydon in Sydney’s inner-west.

A few had some lovely blooms on display.

Soon we came to the shopping precinct. With some lovely architecture, I wasn’t surprised to find out that it’s been used as a film set recently.

However, the streets were very quiet, even for a Saturday evening. We found out after we got home that there had been a memorial for one of the victims of the Rozelle fire, who came from here. Everybody is affected when something happens in a town of this size (Canowindra’s population is around 1,500).

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Urunga – Part 3

September 10, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

As we approached the beach.

We could look back and see how far we’d come.

We watched the river’s last run to the sea.

Before heading back to shore.

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Urunga – Part 2

September 5, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

Let’s start our board walk.

First, we crossed the sandbar.

Where there were birds of all types.

Then on to the break wall, with a lovely view upstream all the way back to the hills.

Where we got close up to a hunter.

And its prey.

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To the Cliffs – Part 3

February 27, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

The cliffs come as a big surprise after navigating our way through a tunnel of tea tree bushes.

They are similar to the cliffs you find up and down the Sydney Basin, except that these have been relatively untouched.

The colours and shapes have all been sculpted by the elements over time. Amazing what nature can do.

Like the ledge below containing a mini rainforest, complete with ferns and mini waterfall.

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To the Cliffs – Part 2

February 26, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

We walked up a long stretch of coastal scrub, until we could see the landscape all the way down to the high hills above Burning Palms.

Tea tree bushes seemed to dominate here, but there was plenty of summer flowers about to break up the scene, whether they be in the trees…

Or closer to the ground.

After spending some time in Europe, I think we’re very lucky here in Eastern Australia to have something flowering all year round.

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To the Cliffs – Part 1

February 25, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

Another national park that we’ve not visited in a long time was the Royal National Park. And it’s been even longer since I took a walk to the cliffs. It’s time to remedy that.

We started at Wattamolla on a warm summer’s day. The park was already bustling with people even though it was just 10.30am. We crossed Wattamolla Creek and headed north past sparse eucalypt forest. The boulders here were a highlight, marking the edge of the forest and the low coastal scrub.

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Capturing Broken Bay

February 24, 2014 Sandra Graham Leave a comment

Much of post-Christmas was spent on the Central Coast, and that meant grabbing a view of Broken Bay. We hadn’t taken the Mount Ettalong Walk in nearly 2 years, so it was good to reacquaint ourselves with the view.

Back home, I took time to paint the scene proper. I quite liked how it turned out.

Static and Silence

Tag Archives: walk

Spring Seaside Getaway – Part 3

Spring Seaside Getaway – Part 1

Sydney Coastal Walk

Canowindra – Part 1

Urunga – Part 3

Urunga – Part 2

To the Cliffs – Part 3

To the Cliffs – Part 2

To the Cliffs – Part 1

Capturing Broken Bay

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