IT'S BEEN A FUNNY OLD DAY: Goldie fires but where is everyone...?

Friday, May 1, 2015

Goldie fires but where is everyone...?


Post Anzac wave

   Another early wake up last weekend and decided to head a bit south of Surfers on the trusty old bus to try get some shots of somewhere different. Arriving down their the winds just had a smigeon too much west in it and just wasn't tickling me fancy at all. So back on the bus and headed back north a bit to Burleigh heads and that was also somewhat crap so yup back on the bus again. At this stage I wish I had a car as this next bus trip wouldn't take me all the way to me next port of call Sth Straddie.

   Finally after another bus transfer and a taxi I arrived at the Spit, super clean 3-4ft and pumping as I looked back towards Surfers. Wanting to waste no time I waited for the boat taxi to take me over to Sth Straddie, I could tell it was busy over their as there was 10 guys paddling over and another 10 waiting for a boat. Asking the driver can he drop me off beside the breakwater where it was calm, he asked me who I am and I said I'm know one I just wanna take a few shots. Hahaha big mistake as he refused to take me over, great start to the morning travelling for nearly 3hrs and not one ok surf photo!

   So anyway I decided to shoot from the Spit and from the pier. You know we as surfers and photogs are a bit like sheep alright and I'm glad it worked out the way it did as I got some pretty cool concrete jungle shots. I looked over at Sth Straddie and there must've been over 60 people out there fighting for waves and another 20 guys just in front of me off the Spit dropping in on each other. Then I looked along the coast from the pier down to Surfers through me lense and there were hardly anyone to be seen, maybe a dozen at best stretched out along the coast and there were some pretty nice waves rolling in...mostly empty!

   Here are the shots of that part of the coast, I'll let you judge if the waves are any good...