Photo Diary - First day of Winter 2021

I’ve had this idea running around my head for a couple of years now … Sunrise up at Saddleback Mountain Lookout. A wonderful lookout that affords views up and down the South Coast. From the southern suburbs of Wollongong, down to Kiama, and to the western side of Lake Illawarra, all with the Illawarra Escarpment as a backdrop.

I’ve been there a few times over the years … just to take in the view.

On one occasion I headed to Bombo for Sunrise, which was a bit of a non-event, so started exploring to the west, up into Saddleback territory and was fortunate to snap one of my fave local shots … looking east along a country lane, framed by a giant Fig Tree.

Anyway, after checking the weather maps the night before, and offering a sacrifice to the Sunrise Gods, I was thinking sunrise on the first could be pretty good.

It was a such an enjoyable experience - from the pre-dawn bird song echoing up through the valley, the first glimpses of red emerging on the horizon, to the full blown ‘banger’ sunrise, and a couple of great ‘sun stars’ captured just down the road!

Anyway, here’s some video I captured of the experience …

And some of the pics from that morning …