Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

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Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby biggerry on Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:57 pm

Hey Ya'all, I need to get my fix of sunrise action for January, Suren and I did South Head a long time ago, for me it was a pretty ordinay session and I am keen to get back there to try again.

If anyone is keen, come along.

Location: South Head (its a bit of a walk)
Time: early :) probably aim to be at the location by 5:15am Jan 15th Sunday.
Official sunrise time is 5:59am.
Weather is forecast to be a bit rainy and cloud, potentially good oil there.

Tide is low at 7:30 and the swell is medium.

PM me for the meeting spot other wise see yas there!
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:19 pm

Working on Sunday but can do Saturday if keen..... :wink:

Have a good place in Bronte for Breakfast that I want to try.
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby Remorhaz on Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:12 am

Hey Gerry - I'll try and make it (either day). If it is on Sat however I'll have to leave straight away (have to be home by 8:40AM).
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby aim54x on Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:38 pm

Work ruins it for me again....would love to have attended.
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby biggerry on Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:43 pm

Remorhaz wrote:Hey Gerry - I'll try and make it (either day). If it is on Sat however I'll have to leave straight away (have to be home by 8:40AM).


cool, cya there.

aim54x wrote:Work ruins it for me again....would love to have attended.

surenj wrote:Working on Sunday but can do Saturday if keen.....


yeah that damn work..always ruining the good times.... Next time guys..
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby surenj on Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:02 am

I just looked through the last lot of images made here. It's got quite a few options for subject matter...

The sun will rise at an acute angle requiring you to walk around the rocks to the south (ish) and the low tide will aid in this. Just watch out for those drug smugglers we saw last time.... :wink:
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby gstark on Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:18 am

Sun? What sun?

It's pissing down, here in Bondi, just a couple of K from South Head.
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby surenj on Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:39 am

I wasn't up at 0600 though. Could have been good then. :wink:
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby gstark on Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:47 am

surenj wrote:Could have been good then. :wink:


Sounded wet from my bed at that time, too.
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby surenj on Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:53 am

gstark wrote:Sounded wet from my bed at that time, too.

Ah, sounds like a low yield day in that case.
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby biggerry on Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:23 am

gstark wrote:Sun? What sun?

It's pissing down, here in Bondi, just a couple of K from South Head.


i chickened out (along with Gary (elver)) but Rodney and his mate showed dedication for the cause, they did get a small break in the weather apparently. Kudos to them :up: .
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby surenj on Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:48 am

biggerry wrote:Rodney and his mate showed dedication for the cause

Major kudos! I heard they avoided the rain as well.
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Re: Sunrise 15th Jan. South Head

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:54 pm

Yes it looked very grim - it was pouring rain in the city when I was driving there.

As luck would have it - it wasn't raining when I arrived at South Head and since I packed a raincoat and carried an umbrella on my walk around to the lighthouse it didn't rain the whole time we were there and only started to rain again when we were about 100m from the car on the way out.

We got a few breaks in the clouds but there wasn't much of a show at sunrise - I got a few shots I liked and will post something up soon.
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