I've just got back home from Queensland from a short 2 week Surfing and camping holiday. My nephew Tim flew down from Queensland for a few weeks and then we did a road trip up the East coast surfing at least once sometimes twice every day. After staying a night on my brother's farm near Humula NSW we headed out through Tumbarumba,through the Snowy mountains and some beautiful country winding up at Tathra on the South East coast of NSW. We were dreaming of a camp site close to the beach where we would be able to have a camp fire
and the universe did not disappoint. The 2 photographs below are of the beach directly in front of our camp and also our camp site with fire still going the next morning and a couple of very contented travellers.
and the universe did not disappoint. The 2 photographs below are of the beach directly in front of our camp and also our camp site with fire still going the next morning and a couple of very contented travellers.
We had Kangaroos and Wallabies hoping around the ute who were obviously used to having humans around.
The only thing lacking were good waves but we still had a splash around with the boards. Mine hadn't been in the water for probably about a year. From here we drove North up the coast and Tim had a surf at Ulladulla around lunch time. It was right in front of a heap of rocks so I decided to take some photographs of him in action instead of braving it near the rocks.Below is one of the photos I took getting my eye back into surf photography.
The only thing lacking were good waves but we still had a splash around with the boards. Mine hadn't been in the water for probably about a year. From here we drove North up the coast and Tim had a surf at Ulladulla around lunch time. It was right in front of a heap of rocks so I decided to take some photographs of him in action instead of braving it near the rocks.Below is one of the photos I took getting my eye back into surf photography.
That afternoon we called in briefly on some good friends of mine who shared house with me a few years ago and I have a very fond memory of the time we spent together. That afternoon I had my first decent taste in the surf which was pretty nice and Tim helped me out getting onto a few waves. It was at a little place called Gerroa and we camped just a little to the South of town pretty close to the beach and had Kookaburras join us to see what we were having for breakfast. Below is the beach near our camp(Tim doing the dishes) as well as the boldest of the Kookaburras.
The next day we did a big drive and after Tim surfed the Bone Yard at Kiama whilst I got behind the lens again and we met a crusty fisherman who kept talking to us even after we had gone,he could be still there talking as I type. We circumnavigated Sydney and headed North for Seal Rocks which will be included in the next instalment of "Surfing Safari Part 2"
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