"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Just before the southerly

I knew the southerly was coming, so I dashed over to Edgecliff Blvd and took a few long distance shots of the Collaroy Narrabeen stretch with my 40 yr old Century 650mm lens.

Heaps of people in the water scoring a few fun ones before it went pear shaped as 20-30 kts of wind ripped into it a little after 0900.

Who'd mind something like this? South of Gardens before the southerly.
Who'd mind something like this? South of Gardens before the southerly.
Just part of the crowd at Northy - before the southerly.
Just part of the crowd at Northy - before the southerly.
One grinds in just south of Gardens.
One grinds in just south of Gardens.
Good for beginners at Collaroy, but watch the huge weed build up on the inside.
Good for beginners at Collaroy, but watch the huge weed build up on the inside.
Little one at Whiterock
Little one at Whiterock
Around 0900 the southerly hadn't quite arrived...
Around 0900 the southerly hadn't quite arrived...

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