Better late than never but happy new year to all.

I have been away, like a lot of others I guess, over the last few weeks and have had a bit of spare time on my hands in between surfing, taking a few photos and just kicking back.

With the spare time I decided to compile a selection of images from my trip to the Maldives last year into an ePub (online book) of 100 pages. So for those of you who are interested CLICK HERE or click on the image below and it will take you there.

This Weeks Images

I have been enjoying the quiet time of the last few weeks so have not been shooting much but did manage a few images. I have included some below. Some from around Cronulla and some from the South Coast.

Between Christmas and New Year I took myself off for a stroll around Cronulla to work of the Christmas pudding and came across this clinker steam boat sitting on the low tide sand just near Darook Park. Someone has done a remarkable job restoring this boat and it does get used as I have seen it putting around the bay.

A little further along on my stroll I came across these flowers at Oak Park. They are usually only like this for a couple of weeks a year and I have shot them before but usually always just on sunrise. This image was shot late in the day and the afternoon light does show the flowers off better.

This is the last image I have included from my Cronulla stroll and it shows a near perfect wave breaking around Shark Island. If you look closely you can see Andy King sitting on the shoulder. He had been out there most of the afternoon pretty much by himself scoring some of the best waves he has had in awhile.

For those interested the three images above were shot using a Canon Powershot G12.

This shot of Alan Smith is the last image from around Cronulla for this email. It was shot just on sunrise at North Cronulla with Canon 7D, a 8-15mm fisheye lens in a Aquatech housing mounted on a pole to get the height above the wave.

Burrill Beach just south of Ulladulla lit by a full moon. This image was shot around 9 pm using a Canon 1Ds MkIII camera with a 24-105mm lens at 24mm and a 2 minute exposure.

Isaac Fields was down from his home at Evans Head staying with me on the south coast. We managed to jag some perfect loggin waves with just Isaac and Tom Bennett, the son of Isaac's sponsor, the only ones out on the beach behind my house.

Tom and Isaac head down the beach.

Isaac on his last wave of the morning. Ten over.