Here in Terrigal, yesterday, Christmas Day, was hot. Today is even hotter and tomorrow is forecast to be hotter still.
Sadly there are massive bushfires raging in the Grampians National Park region of Victoria, down south. The forest vegetation is very dry, the temperatures are extreme, there are high winds and dry lightning has started multiple fires. So far no loss of life but thousands of square kms burnt out and sadly thousands, perhaps millions, of native animals lost.
The photo above was taken on New Years Day, 1989 on Terrigal Beach. The world windsurfing championships were being held in Terrigal that year. Today windsurfing is not nearly so popular and the scene on the beach is much different.
This photo was taken with my Leica M6 with a 28mm Elmarit lens on colour negative film. The negative has badly degraded and is now unusable but many years ago I made a very large block mounted print which hung in my old house. I photographed that for the photo above.
For comparison I have just taken the short stroll down to the beach and shot the same scene today-at 11.30am. Photo below. A big difference. The beach is much less crowded but that may be down to the difference in days as not all the visitors have arrived yet. Also it may be hotter today that on NYD 1989. Today people are much more sun conscious. The umbrellas have been replaced by cabanas and there are more hats being worn. This photo was taken with my Leica Q2 with its 28mm lens.
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