Turimetta Moods: March 2024
by Joe Mills
It's a kaleidoscope of colours, textures, weathers, people and wildlife.
Thank you Joe.
Week Ending Friday 29 March 2024
If there's a heaven for me, I'm sure it has a beach attached to it. - Jimmy Buffett
Hi Folks
The pics are from the usual locations, but have noted that the sand is back at both the northern and southern ends. I think about 50m of sand has been added to the shoreline.
The other item of sad news is that our friendly Octopus has been taken by a fisherman. His companion has survived and I have included some pics. I guess he will have to take over the role of Occy. It is still popular with the local visitors and swimmers.
The mornings this week were very dark at the 6:30 am mark, with patches of rain.
Some of the pics featured:
- Turimetta Beach & overcast mornings
- Turimetta red pre-sunrise
- Narrabeen Bridge views
- Occy (Survivor)
- White Faced Heron
- Clouds & rain before sunrise
- Translucent baby Sand Crab
- Narrabeen Lagoon Walk - Jamieson Park /Sunday 24 Mar 2024
- Narrabeen Lagoon Sunrise (Early)Wednesday March 27
- Collaroy Rocks Sunrise on Tuesday March 27 2024 morning from the Collaroy rock shelf near Collaroy rockpool
As always, enjoy nature.
Joe Mills
Week Ending 22 March 2024
Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful. They are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
- Luther Burbank
Hi Folks
Mixed bag again this week, with the usual visits to Turimetta Beach, but also including Narrabeen rockpool, home sunrises & a pic of The Spit on my way to visit a friend at Mater Hospital.
Some of the pics featured:
- Turimetta Beach & overcast mornings
- Yellow flowers
- Octopus in tidal flats (ripples)
- The Spit
- Narrabeen rockpool on cool morning
- Narrabeen rockpool sunrises
As always, enjoy nature.
Joe Mills
Week Ending Friday 15 March 2024
Just like the lyrics of the old song:
I wanna hold your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand & hand.
- Unknown
Hi Folks
Mixed bag this week, with the usual visits to Turimetta Beach, but also including Warriewood Beach, home sunsets and a few pics around Darling Harbour on my way to the Seniors concert last Thursday afternoon.
Our resident octopus was very active this week, and I managed to get some pics while he was in the shallow tidal pool next door to Narrabeen Rock Pool. He is very popular with the local residents who always have a quick look to see how he is going.
I say he (for the octopus), but it might be a female, as I saw a smaller octopus nearby as well this week.
Some of the pics featured:
- Turimetta Beach & sunrises & rocks & surfers
- Warriewood Beach & sunrises & seaweed
- Squadron of Cormorants
- Kayakers
- Sunsets from my home at Warriewood
- Narrabeen Rock Pool & sunrises & reflections
- Resident Octopus in tidal pool
- Photo club & sunrise
- Closed Narrabeen lake entrance
- Golden pre-sunrise at Turimetta Beach
- Sunrise at Narrabeen Lake entrance (no wind)
- Darling Harbour pics on my way to the Seniors Concert.
As always, enjoy nature.
Joe Mills.
Week Ending 8 March 2024
Sky above, sand below, peace within.
- Unknown
Hi Folks
Weather is getting milder. It's a lovely time in the morning for a beach walk & watching the sunrises about 7 am this time of the year. Especially if there is no wind.
The big change I noticed is that the sand is back at both the northern & southern ends of the beach. Nature moves all this sand within a week, whilst Council hired trucks & excavators for a month to move the same amount of sand (& cost about $2.5 million).
Some of the pics featured:
- Waiting for sunrise at Turimetta Lookout
- Turimetta Beach rocks, sand & sunrise
- Dead Muttonbird (Shearwater) & Lizard tracks?
- Warriewood home last light
- Sunrise & rocks
- High tide flow over Narrabeen Rockpool tidal flats
- Sunrise from Narrabeen Rockpool
As always, enjoy nature.
Joe Mills
Week Ending Friday 1 March 2024
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
- Gerard de Nerval
Hi Folks
Another mixed week with a struggling sunrises. I have been fairly busy over these past couple of weeks with weddings, funerals & car services.
It was on my last car service today that I went for a walk from Bassett St to Mona Vale Beach whilst I was waiting for the mechanics. I took pictures of the summer survivor flowers along the street garden beds. I was surprised how many still remained.
Some of the pics featured:
- Turimetta Beach sunrises
- Turimetta Beach rocks & clouds
- Warriewood home sunsets
- Rat Park & Perl St Lookout sunrise clouds
- Dead rat & sand crab burrow
- Sunrise beach photographer
- Flowers on walk along Bassett St to Mona Vale Beach
- Norfolk Is Pine bark
- Swimmers at The Basin (Mona Vale Beach)
- Flowers growing in stormwater pit
As always, enjoy nature.
Joe Mills
