Bondi Beach sunrise 2

Not the most encouraging start to the sunrise. Maybe I should have stayed in bed?

As with my previous (my first!) Bondi sunrise post in December, I woke up early today and couldn’t go back to sleep. So I figured I may as well capture the sunrise. The first sight was rather ominous, with all that heavy cloud.

The hundreds of fitness fanatics were not ominous, but they were unexpected.

It’s dark, it’s 5:59am, and they’re running. I don’t get it.

The lifeguards’ day starts early. The sun rises an hour later now (about 6:30am) than in December, but they were already busy setting up.

The lifeguards are setting out their rescue boards and the current warning signs. Still dark.

Cameras at the ready!

Papparazzi gather for the event.

The big event!

Ta da! Here it comes!

Needs a drumroll or a flourish of trumpets.

I had no idea so many people communed with the sea at this ungodly hour.

Yoga, or something like it.

Yoga, or something like it.

I never did figure out what this group was doing.

Greet the day in a group.

Tomorrow, I’ll definitely try to sleep through the sunrise.

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Square Sky 28: The Rowers

Bondi surf life savers practising their rowing — at 5:47am.

I took this photo half an hour after my pre-sunrise photo on 19 December, by when (as you can see) the sun was truly up. What ungodly hour must these people have got out of bed in order to be rowing before 6am? I shall never understand morning people …

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Square Sky 24: Watery sunrise

Who knew the North Sea could look so mysterious?

“Watery” not online because it’s at sea, but because there’s a wavering, watercolour look to this photo. This is off the coast of Belgium, shot on a morning watch from the tall ship ‘Tenacious’ in 2006.

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Square Sky 17: Bondi sunrise

A new day dawns.

I’ve lived at Bondi Beach for 6 years in total, and this is the first sunrise I’ve seen there. I do sometimes wake up long before the sky begins to lighten and am unable to go back to sleep (I hate that!), and I often think I should get up and go down to the beach and watch the sunrise, but I never do. Today, though, I couldn’t help thinking it would make a good entry for Becky’s Square Sky challenge. It was actually quite lovely on the beach at 5am — only a handful of people (including this young man doing his “greet the morning” routine) and colour seeping into the sky. When I left at 6am, the sun was well up and there were hundreds of people, exercising and running and swimming and surfing.

But to be honest, I would have preferred to still be asleep.

Photo taken at 5:18am, 19 December, Bondi.

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Square Sky 11: Indian Ocean sunrise

The most stunning sunrise I have ever seen.

One for Becky, who wants to see the amazing Indian Ocean sunrises. 🙂 The tall ship is ‘Lord Nelson’.

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Square Sky 5: Sunrise over the Sea

Sunrise over the sea.

Taken in March 2015, from the apartment I lived in at the time.

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Square Sky 1: Sunrise over Mauritius

Sunrise over Mauritius, 2013

Becky is back with another month of square challenges. 🙂 This time it’s skies for December — and I’m only a couple days late joining, which for me is remarkable. I’m kicking off with a stunner (if I say so myself): sunrise over the island of Mauritius, taken in 2013 while sailing across the Indian Ocean from South Africa to India on the tall ship ‘Lord Nelson’.

Be prepared for a lot of photos with sky and ocean, though I’ll try to throw in some non-sailing ones too!

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