Paul Tombleson

Another Day on the Bay

My base in Sydney is the suburb of Manly. A beautiful location right on the waterfront and just a short walk to the ocean if required… you can see it via Google earth. The sites and sounds here are numerous and sometimes even loud yet always soothing and relaxing. A great place to unwind and take a load off and even load up if need be! The Manly ferries set the pace… these ferries ply the waters between Manly and the Sydney CBD. Providing quick safe transportation for tourists and workforce alike. Of course for those in a hurry there is the Jetcat, which is 3 times as fast. I can’t think of a better way to commute than with salt air in your face on a 10 to 30 minute floating experience. No stop lights, no red-light camera’s no one cutting in… no road rage.

Para Sailing Manly

The harbor side bay of Manly is a living thing complete with the accompanying smells, sounds and constant movement either by the wind and waves, the Animals and birds both land and sea and of course people who use the bay as a place to play, swim, sail and meditate.

Just because the sun goes down in the evening doesn’t mean the bay goes to sleep. Oh no it’s alive with the ferries all ablaze with lights until midnight. The waves continue to slap against the sandstone shore and the furry penguins start their night of chatter, although it sounds more like screams of agony. Of course Australia has a large contingent on nocturnal animals and they come out for a “look see”. I suspect “Money” the cat is most active at night for this very reason.

Lone Fisherman Manly

My images however are of the daytime like this one of the lone fisherman on his boat parked just off our balcony at 6.30am. Continuing on through the day with kayakers, paddle boarders and the para sailors.

It’s early autumn here now (Fall) and the clocks just turned back an hour but not the weather. We have had a few stormy days lately setting up some interesting skylines. Manly it seems is one of those unique places that stimulates the senses and the soul making it a little slice of everything, for those needing that little sliver of something. Yep, Manly will do just fine for my base here…

Storm Moving into Manly

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