Weather – an East Coast Low and a low pressure trough approaching Australia’s eastern seaboard.

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A very powerful weather system is impacting a considerable portion of the east coast of Australia this weekend. Here is the Bureau of Meteorology link and the ABC link.

Here are three images: the first is an aerial image (drone) at Scarborough showing clear weather conditions before the system began to directly impact this section of the Illawarra Coast, and the remaining two images from Bald Hill show the first wave of weather making its way to the coast.

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Scarborough-2AM-0014. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Bald Hill 2AM 2771-2772 Panorama. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Bald Hill 2AM-002769. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

Here’s to hoping the farmers and graziers get good rain where needed.

2015 Alexandra Headland Winter Longboard Classic – the Sunshine Coast, QLD.

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Dawn on finals day of the 2015 Alexandra Headland Winter Longboard Classic – the Sunshine Coast, QLD. For information regarding the results, you can go to this website: Alexandra Headland Malibu Club.

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-008370 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-002141 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-002151 © Andrew McInnes

 

The following images are of some of the competitors in action on a beautiful golden morning on the Sunshine Coast.

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-002159 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-002153 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-001655 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-001672 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-001699 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-001889 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-001957 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-002093 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-002095 © Andrew McInnes

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Alexandra Headland 2AM-002261 © Andrew McInnes

It was a blast watching these competitors, and such a beautiful morning!

Cheers.

 

Pacific Dreaming

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A very quick trip to Australia enabled some early morning shots (4:45 am for several of these). The location is on the upper NSW coast, late September, 2011.

"Sunrise and Norries Head." Canon 30D with Canon 100-400mm lens and 1.4x teleconverter at ISO 800. 1/160 second at f/7.1.

 

"A Pacific Ocean dawn." Canon 7D with Canon 10-22mm lens at ISO 100. 30 seconds at f/4.

 

"Pandanus, beach, and sunrise" over the Pacific. Canon 7D and Canon 10-22mm lens at ISO 100. 6 seconds at f/5.6.

 

"Boulders and waves 1." Canon 7D with Canon 10-22mm lens at ISO 100. 1.3 seconds at f/14.

 

"Boulders and waves 2." Same boulders, different morning. Canon 7D with Canon 10-22mm lens at ISO 100. 20 seconds at f/4.

 

"Boulders and waves 3." Norries Head, and Pacific dawn. Canon 7D with Canon S10-22mm lens at ISO 100. 1.6 seconds at f/4.

 

"A Pacific Ocean dawn 2." Canon 7D with Canon S10-22mm lens at ISO 100. 1/3 second at f/22.

 

"A Pacific Ocean dawn 3." Canon 7D with Canon 10-22mm lens at ISO 100. 1/3 second at f/22.

 

"Beach cusps." Canon 30D with Canon 100-400mm lens and 1.4 teleconverter at ISO 1000, handheld (it was rather windy on the headland). 1/500 second at f/9.