Tuesday 1 October 2024

A six beach day out …

For a while now I have had thoughts of doing a six beach wander .....

With the weather forecast promising another warm day, I packed a lunch and was out early to do my personal “Six Beach Challenge”. The beaches on my challenge in order were ~ Beach Meadows, White Point, Summerville, Cherry Hill, Rissers and Crescent.

Although by the end of the day, I did get to visit all six beaches, I only managed to walk the first three of them. The challenge failed due to an unfortunate incident on the rocks at White Point where I injured my right ankle.


Beach Meadows ~

A long white sand beach with views of Coffin Island.











 
 

White Point Beach ~

Big waves and great rocks …!!!












 

Summerville Beach ~

With my ankle throbbing just a little bit, I did complete my wander on Summerville.








Cherry Hill Beach ~

By late afternoon I arrived at Cherry Hill to be met by the best conditions of the day. With no hint of a wind, the sun shining lower in the sky, it was absolutely beautiful, just as it always seems to be on any visit to Cherry Hill Beach.

With my ankle telling me that it was not too happy, I only went to the water’s edge and sat on a rock while admiring the tranquil surroundings.




 

Rissers Beach ~

In a similar way to Cherry Hill I did not venture far, only enough to take some pics.





 

Crescent Beach ~

If I had done my challenge, this final beach would have been the longest wander, but alas limping to the water’s edge I just managed the following quick pics …



Perhaps next summer I will have another attempt at my six beach challenge, but only concentrate on the actual beach wanders rather than my favourite pastime of climbing and running over rocks ~ I reckon that idea could be more of a challenge ...!!!!

Now for another icepack.

Monday 23 September 2024

Waves and Splashes in Black and White …

Now that we are in the season of chilly mornings and warm afternoons, I held off today and went along to Rissers Beach for a beach wander at just before 1.00pm, which coincided exactly with an extremely high tide at 1.70m, the highest for this week.

While driving along to the beach, I decided that today’s pics would be in black and white, I have absolutely no idea why. I have found many times in the past when switching the camera to black and white, I never have a good reason for doing it. I guess some days just have to be monochrome ...