Hobart Trip: Day 3 Morning
Jul. 25th, 2013 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenithLots of photos again, but I cut it down from 160 and couldn't delete any more, because there's a lot of cold ones, I mean cool. Also, some nudity, from a distance.
Good morning! It is morning. If it was night, the hotel would be open.
The plan is to go out to the far end of Sandy Bay to watch the Nude Swim and the Prude Swim and then the Sky Whale. To get there in time we have to catch the first bus from the city. Which is why we are at the bus stop just after 7 am on a Saturday morning in the middle of winter. (You can see the time on the post office clock.)
This early, Spectra is still operating.
We're not entirely sure which bus stop to get off at (the decision being based on a quick glimpse of a beach on our after dark bus journey the other night and some glaring at maps) but this seems to be the right place.
If that looks cold, it's because it is! The sun isn't up yet.
Police boat. There are a lot of people on and around the beach. Participants (who are all wearing red swimming caps), organisers and support crew (including police and surf rescue peoples), and watchers and media. There's some wire fences along the beach away for photo taking people and general public to stand behind. There's a lot of waiting, and it is cold so I go looking for a hot drink.
The birds aren't awake yet! Those two plovers were sitting down, surrounded by frost, until I approached them. I'm going to that shop there. Not the "Coffee" one, it looks too fancy, but the one next door with the red sign.
As I am coming back, this drum starts beating. Out on the beach, all the swimmer are gathered in their red hat. Then there is this huge shout and red smoke is released, and they all run into the water.
Swimmers coming out now, and getting their white towels. The media was reporting the temperature on land as 2oC and in the water as 12oC. The organisers are saying they have permission forms and can organise a second swim if anyone wants to do it.
Still no sun.
Rosellas, but camera thinks it is too early to take photos of things that move. That requires the sun to be up.
One little bird.
More waiting, and still no sun.
Shown these SkyWhale hats before, but now they're in context. Also, you needed to see them again.
Now the sun is up!
In the nearby kids' playground.
We were up there last night... Where the TV tower is actually.
The second Nude Swim.
The Seagull Swim.
Starry sun. Make your own captions for next few photos :)
The drum
The Prude Swim. Nowhere near as many participants.
While waiting for the Sky Whale, we wander around a bit.
I don't know what that tower is about but it looks weird with the sun behind it.
This is the all the Sky Whale there will be this morning :(
We did find a Land Whale in the playground.
Noisy miner.
Having been deprived of the another Sky Whale sighting, we'll head back to the hotel to check out, and then just a few more things to do before catching the bus home.
Day 1: Afternoon
Day 1: Evening
Day 1: Night
Day 2: Morning
Day 2: Afternoon
Day 2: Evening
Day 2: Night Part I
Day 2: Night Part II
Good morning! It is morning. If it was night, the hotel would be open.
The plan is to go out to the far end of Sandy Bay to watch the Nude Swim and the Prude Swim and then the Sky Whale. To get there in time we have to catch the first bus from the city. Which is why we are at the bus stop just after 7 am on a Saturday morning in the middle of winter. (You can see the time on the post office clock.)
This early, Spectra is still operating.
We're not entirely sure which bus stop to get off at (the decision being based on a quick glimpse of a beach on our after dark bus journey the other night and some glaring at maps) but this seems to be the right place.
If that looks cold, it's because it is! The sun isn't up yet.
Police boat. There are a lot of people on and around the beach. Participants (who are all wearing red swimming caps), organisers and support crew (including police and surf rescue peoples), and watchers and media. There's some wire fences along the beach away for photo taking people and general public to stand behind. There's a lot of waiting, and it is cold so I go looking for a hot drink.
The birds aren't awake yet! Those two plovers were sitting down, surrounded by frost, until I approached them. I'm going to that shop there. Not the "Coffee" one, it looks too fancy, but the one next door with the red sign.
As I am coming back, this drum starts beating. Out on the beach, all the swimmer are gathered in their red hat. Then there is this huge shout and red smoke is released, and they all run into the water.
Swimmers coming out now, and getting their white towels. The media was reporting the temperature on land as 2oC and in the water as 12oC. The organisers are saying they have permission forms and can organise a second swim if anyone wants to do it.
Still no sun.
Rosellas, but camera thinks it is too early to take photos of things that move. That requires the sun to be up.
One little bird.
More waiting, and still no sun.
Shown these SkyWhale hats before, but now they're in context. Also, you needed to see them again.
Now the sun is up!
In the nearby kids' playground.
We were up there last night... Where the TV tower is actually.
The second Nude Swim.
The Seagull Swim.
Starry sun. Make your own captions for next few photos :)
The drum
The Prude Swim. Nowhere near as many participants.
While waiting for the Sky Whale, we wander around a bit.
I don't know what that tower is about but it looks weird with the sun behind it.
This is the all the Sky Whale there will be this morning :(
We did find a Land Whale in the playground.
Noisy miner.
Having been deprived of the another Sky Whale sighting, we'll head back to the hotel to check out, and then just a few more things to do before catching the bus home.
Day 1: Afternoon
Day 1: Evening
Day 1: Night
Day 2: Morning
Day 2: Afternoon
Day 2: Evening
Day 2: Night Part I
Day 2: Night Part II
