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Dark urban
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If you’re a Sydneysider, and didn’t get up early, you missed a treat today. At 5am, with the sun below the horizon and the clouds at just the right height and density, a delight unfolded across the harbour.
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This dead end part of Olivia Lane in Sydney’s Surry Hills has been a muse of mine for quite some years. Simple lines and a charming little staircase to drag your eye towards the park hidden beyond.
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Dawn clouds
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The Dr. Chau Chak Wing Building at the University of Technology, Sydney, was Frank Gehry's first architectural design in Australia. It sits happy in the early hours as its detractors aren’t early morning people.
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Sunrise
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Carl Kolchak wandered the streets of Chicago in the 1970s TV horror series, The night Stalker. I do the same for the old suburbs of Sydney… not so much searching for murders and the supernatural, but for other apparitions. In this case, the Light Rail.
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Sydney is in a grey zone for a few days, so early this morning I thought to use the city lights reflecting off the harbour to find some colour. The sleeping boats add to the tranquility.
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Sydney won’t get much sunshine action today. There is a seawall replacement project at the eastern end of Elizabeth Bay Park, so I had to navigate the hurricane fence to get this shot of a slight magenta glow before it all went grey.
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Violet
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Sydney Harbour
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First light, wisps of pale pink clouds paint the sky, while old and new architecture lay silent in a Surry Hills backstreet. A quiet Sydney tale.
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A mass of masts clutter Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay. It was lovely at sunrise, but a hot day ahead - caution is advised.
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I get in trouble when I say a pleasant crescent , or when I wax on about waining. So rather than get caught by others who clearly know and care more about celestial action, I offer you a part of the moon cloaked in a light veil of pre dawn cloud.
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Garden Island is neither a garden nor an island. It is host to the Australian Navy in Sydney Harbour. Looking a little empty of warships this morning, and that only adds to a beautiful dawn over the best harbour in the world.
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Urban
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I’m back in town, so where would I go on my first dawn? That’s right - the Sydney Opera House, this one in silhouette with a bit of crepuscular ray action.
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Home now, but last shot from our south coast beach adventure. Locals have convinced me to Voldermort it and never again speak its name in socials. In true Shakespearean fashion, it will be known as the southern beach.
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Last dawn for me on the New South Wales south coast for a while, but it is a good one!
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Rocks
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Another start to the day in paradise. NSW south coast morning clouds should burn off to a hot day. Going back to the city tomorrow for an extended wait before our return to what I think is the best natural beauty in the world.
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I don’t recommend you go searching for the path to Glasshouse Rocks. My better to just look at the photos locals might take. 😉 The blue water and lovely long walk to and then past the rocks is not for everyone.
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Horsehead Rock
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Ruby hates the car ride to the far south coast of New South Wales, but loves the destination. Here she is squinting into the warming morning sun a few hundred metres from our new home away from home.
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Cemetery Beach is a 24/7 off leash part of the far south coast of NSW. The cemetery and Ruby the staffy x are behind me as I watch rain out to sea and revel in the sea breeze and ocean scents. A lovely morning walk.
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Big Bad Banksia Man
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The chance of a shower or two is on the cards for today. The drama shows at dawn in the skies off Pooles Beach. It takes 5 hours to drive here from Sydney. Too far for a weekend away for most, and the result is a very peaceful one.
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New place
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All I need is a tall ship and this would be a digital Turner. Benign clouds and wonderful dawn hues off Pooles Beach on the south coast of NSW.
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The south coast of NSW had strong northeasterly winds over the weekend. The result was that my local beach was festooned with blue bottles, a few deceased Mutton Birds and a big chunk of meat and fat that was probably from a whale. Coastal life.
