Sunrise and Sunset Kingscliff

It was a dull cold morning with a sharp freezing wind that cut through my body as I walked along the beach beside the water. The sky was grey. I gave up and walked up to the surf Club where a small coffee stand was serving hot coffee and breakfast snacks and walked back to

Sunrise at Hastings Point NSW

I am staying at the Hastings Point Caravan Park. Every morning, the sunrise opposite where I am camped, wakes me up and I pull on a jacket, grab the camera and head off barefoot, to walk the beach. Here the sunrise has always been spectacular and I walk down the sands to the Headland Rocks,

Rocks and Headland Hastings Point

Coastal sites in northern NSW date to within the Holocene period. The earliest of these is a shell midden at the base of East Banora Point on the lower Tweed River where an occupation phase was dated between 4,700 BP and 4,200 BP (Appleton 1993:34). Faunal material showed a predominance of oyster, cockle and whelk

Hastings Point NSW

Hastings Point is located in the Tweed Shire of Northern NSW around halfway between Byron Bay and Surfers Paradise. The area is known as the ‘Jewel of the Tweed’ as it is surrounded by what’s known as the big 4 – the ocean, a national park and reserve, a beautiful estuary and a large stretch

Walk to the Lighthouse.. Giants Causeway

Walking the sands over a rocky area where the lighthouse sits, I see the same fisherman and wonder if he has caught a fish. I was thrilled last night when another fisherman gave me 4 Brim for my dinner. They were delicious with garlic butter and I have fillets for tonight. I shall see if

Sunset and Sunrise at Fingal Heads

Its a beautiful Bay and from here you can see both the sunsets and the sunrises…..the sunset over the Tweed Sand Bridge, and the Sunrise behind the Headland where the lighthouse stands and Cook Island. Sunrise and sunset is also a great fishing spot for the surf fishermen There was one person walking the beach

Fingal Heads NSW

Am now at Fingal Heads in NSW. You follow the M1 Motorway down past Coolangatta and Tweed Heads and after that you come to a turn-off to the left which goes to Kingscliff and to Fingal Heads. You arrive at a roundabout that is Chingerah..and if you have not brought any food, you need to

June Full Super Moon

The June Full Moon is a Super Moon. I saw the moon rise at Corroboree Park in Macleay Island. It was right on time…4.44 behind the clouds. Then it rose above the clouds and was very beautiful though hazy because of the cloud “The common definition of a supermoon is any full Moon that is at

History of Oysters on the Islands

The Islands have a rich history of Oysters. Southern Moreton Bay Islands | Redland City Council (Pdf can be downloaded here) An 1884 map shows oyster leases 19, 40, 16 and 18 around Macleay and Lamb Islands. Oystering was biggest fishery in southern Queensland for years; at its peak the industry employed about 200 people.Lamb