Mona Vale Rocks

The rocks at Mona Vale beach have many different lines and faces.

SSS – Sun Sand Surf

The rain has gone, the sun has returned.  A beautiful morning at Mona Vale, though the beach is closed.

Sculptured Rock at a Sydney Beach

Between Mona Vale and Warriewood there is a rock formation right on the beach.  It’s impressive how the sea has sculptured the rock.  Here are some images I took with my phone today.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

PS: In case you see snow flakes on our screen, don’t worry, even with all the Climate Change it doesn’t snow at Christmas in Australia.

After the fire

During this year’s holiday in Croatia we drove through the Pelješac area which experienced a major bush fire only mid July: Rampaging Fires Threaten Villages in Croatia &  Big Blaze Causes Havoc for Pelješac and Korčula.  It was an eerie feeling to drive for kilometres through this area.  More than 500 acres of forest were burned.

Near Pijavičino we stopped at a building ravaged by the bush fire as well as vandals.

After this experience it felt good to get back to ‘normality’.

Into the woods …

During our stay in Estonia mid year we visited Lahemaa National Park east of Tallinn.  It is the first and largest national park in Estonia established 1971.   Lahemaa is one of Europe’s most important forest conservation areas.  We spent a pleasant day exploring the park by bike.

At the Beach

We spent the last weekend in Queensland.  The first set of images was taken at Coolum looking north.

The second set shows surfers at Noosa late afternoon.

Too soon we had to return to the big smoke.

beach prints

We just spent three days at Gerroa, south of Sydney.  The very strong wind created many interesting shapes in the beach sand.

Einszweidrei, im Sauseschritt …

Einszweidrei, im Sauseschritt
Läuft die Zeit; wir laufen mit.

W. Bush

The pictures below reminded me of W Bush’s words.  The photos were taken during my trip through Germany late 2012.

I found a possible translation on the Internet:

On the double, one two three,
Time is running, so are we.

(translator unknown)

Trees, Trees and More Trees

On the Easter Weekend we spent a day in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney.  It was interesting to see how the trees made different statements as the sun and shadows moved during the day.  And at times the mountains actually looked blue.

The Australian Bush

Certain plants of the Australian Bush have learned to use the fire to regenerate.  The fire caused the seed pod of the banksia to open.  It does not take long for plants to recover and produce new growth.  These pictures were taken on the way to the West Head lookout in Sydney.