August 1 - 31, 2025: Issue 645
Week ending Friday 1 August 2025
What a cold and miserable week, and still raining. I only managed to get the usual shots from Turimetta Beach & Narrabeen Rockpool on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Generally from similar spots, but always something different like the tide, sky colour, waves, rocks and algae, plus the usual fishermen and board riders.
Usual collection of rubbish on Monday morning, and a big disappointment with a break-in into the Narrabeen Rockpool dressing sheds and toilets. Vandals broke all the toilet paper dispensers in both the mens and ladies toilets, and threw the toilet paper (unravelled) through the rock pool and surrounding tidal flats. A council steel sign, bent near the entrance, may have been used to gain entry.
Very disappointing.
The sunrises help to bring me back to earth.
Quote
(from an indigenous artist in the Yirrkala Art Exhibition, NSW Art Gallery)
This is my thinking, my dream & my vision, because it's everlasting.
What's in the universe will last forever. - Gulumbu Yunupinju (2010)
As always, enjoy nature.
Joe Mills
At Narrabeen Rockpool - pre-sunrise tidal flats, looking north towards Turimetta
At Narrabeen Rockpool - pre-sunrise tidal flats, looking north towards Turimetta
Narrabeen Rockpool - sunrise
Narrabeen Rockpool - sunrise reflections
Turimetta - pre-sunrise glow
Turimetta fire-spot and stone seating after weekend
Monday's rubbish collection on Turimetta beach
Turimetta pre-sunrise glow on rocks (low tide)
Turimetta pre-sunrise glow on rocks (low tide)
Turimetta Beach rocks (low tide) - looking towards southern end
Turimetta beach sunrise
First one in
Turimetta beach - sunrise fisherman
Turimetta beach sunrise - looking north
Rock pattern at my feet
Week ending Friday 11 July 2025
An interesting week around Turimetta Beach, with very calm conditions & little wind. The seas were generally flat all week, with Warriewood Beach looking like a lake last Friday morning.
There were very few clouds above the beaches, with some low clouds out to sea. This was repeated all week.
Lack of surfers this week, but more rock fishermen early in the morning with headlamps.
“If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.” - Nayyirah Waheed
As always, enjoy nature.
Joe Mills
Narrabeen Rockpool's first swimmer
Turimetta Beach sunrise
Narrabeen Lagoon - first paddler out and about
Warriewood Common Oxalis/Yellow Wood sorrel (Oxalis Stricta) growing atop a retaining wall
Warriewood: discarded trolleys near the Jackson's road bridge, about 50m from the shopping centre
Turimetta Beach high tide seaweed wall, July 7 2025
Turimetta beach rock patterns with seaweed flourishes
Local fisherman has caught breakfast (right hand)
Warriewood Beach, or 'Lake Warriewood' on this occasion.