Hahahahaha...
I just thought to myself,
the title, traveling through oceans of time,
you'd be expecting some sentimental or ambient first image.
Instead, i used this amusingly chaotic one. Messed up the vibe.
Splash! hahahaha!
aha..mab some of u guys are wondering the wtf is big deal?
Hahaha...Sorry...im just shioking sendiri...
Fortunately, the title clicks with the second half of this post.
I just love this image.
So fun and chaotic.
Anyways, classes are over and the holidays had started.
Decided to head down the bogie hole and hang around.
this one of me fav spot in newcat.
I could stay there the whole day.
Just watching and listening to the breaking of the waves.
You sit on a rocky cliff and there is this
small river where the waves come in and break pretty close to you.
Gets you excited every time the splashes almost get to you.
Along came this crazy bastard who jumped into the bogie hole from the cliff.
I would estimate...
one a half or two stories high??
gonna try that one day when i bring me swimmers.
This is how it feels like to be in a tsunami.
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Few days later i decided to take a hike down the beach and stay over somewhere for a night.
My initial intention was to hike down Sydney via a 14day bush walk track(250km),
"The Great North Walk" route.
But i dint had any camping equipment. Tent, sleeping bag, mestins.
Ultimately, my mom did not allow me to go alone.
Took awhile to make up my mind on what to do cuz i was still
driven to go all the way down to Sydney.
I recently watched into the wild, a story of Christopher McCandeless
aka Alexander Supertramp who was my main inspiration to go on my solo adventure.
I finally made up my mind at the last minute, to just take a short hike along the great north walk till the end of newcastle.
The last minute. Thats why the first image of this second half of the post appear to be pretty dark.
I started at Newcastle bout 7pm, then i reached the last public beach when it was dark. Mereweather beach.
Beyond Mereweather beach was the end of civilization.
Well, it is not isolated to the public. But, there wasn't any city lights or party music.
Not very ideal to walk the path during the night.
There wasn't a moon that time to give a little shine of the way either.
Aint that just the thrill of it?
So it was dark, i was alone and i wasn't very familiar of the route ahead of me.
The sounds of the breaking of the sea became more intense and i was worried that the high tides might flood the path.
The beginning of the dark route appeared to be really rocky. There were large boulders i had to cross. I guessed sandy areas were already flooded and i had to stick close to the cliffs.
I tried to minimize the use of the torch, because i wanted to make use of my night vision.
Not night vision goggles, the natural night vision ur eyes have if you let it get used to the dark for a while.
I finally reached the end of the beach and there was a route leading up the hill.
I settled down and decided to stay there for the night.
It was just me, the hill, ocean, and the stars.
It felt pretty awesome.
Anyways, i still wasn't that far away from newcastle city. I din't walk that long.
perhaps 7km?
I realized i had forgotten to bring my damn remote for the cam.
Couldn't take desired long exposure shots.
Thats why this pic has so much noise. I blew up its brightness on photoshop.
Sorry guys, ill go there again and take another.
Anyhow, sleep was awful.
the wind was strong, it was cold and it started to drizzle from time to time.
Once again, i had no tent or sleeping bag. But o well.
hardly had any sleep.
Dawn began at 5am.
It was freezing!
Quickly gone down the beach to do the shit(the photography thing).
The was air was pretty humid and the lens constantly caught vapor after wiping it.
The breaking of waves and strong winds added to the wetness of environment.
After taking these pictures, i realized that dusk make sunrises look like crap.
Actually, i knew that since a long time ago. Never really had a personal proof.
Sunsets are more colorful, the sky turns from red to purple to blue.
Sunrise, the sun rises and its yellow/orange all the way.
Unfortunately, im at the east side of aussie.
I dun get to see the western setting of the sun on the horizon.
The only reason why some of these images appear to be more colourful is because they are all heavily photoshoped.
Anyways, it doesn't mean I don't appreciate its beauty, ur able to clearly see the eggy edges of the sun. Which is quite fascinating.
Ah, sunrise, smunsrice, people who live by the sea who wake up early see it all the timeeeee...
Surfer dude just came out from no where.
Never really mentioned what ive been doing here at uni, haven't I?
sh)
