Nobbys

This is a photo of Nobbys Beach looking across to the lighthouse and headland. When Newcastle was first colonised, the head was a separate island called Coal Island and taller than it is today. The colonists blew off the top because it was taking the wind out of the sails on the ships and built a pier/break wall to protect the harbour entrance.

The break wall is a popular walk and gives good views looking both out to sea, across to Stockton on the Northern side of the harbour entrance and up Stockton Beach towards Port Stephens.

One year I was walking along the break wall and heard the whoosh of a whale breathing. Three humpbacks had called in for a visit. It is nearly time for them to start heading north. Picnics in King Edward Park to watch the whales go by will start soon. (Thinking of the June blips already!!)

Nobbys Beach was the site of the infamous grounding of the Pasha Bulker on 8 June 2007. We were graced will a coal ship on the beach for about a month until the tides and gods permitted it to be pulled off.

It is nearly the end of my first week as a blipper. I am overwhelmed by the very kind comments and great community of photographers. I look forward to your new entries.