Next Melbourne catch-up? When? Where?

[SMBooth]

So, are we leaning towards Geelong? Can someone make it warm down there?

Marc!

Warm, I'll be happy with just not being mugged....

 

[Yamaotoko]

Warm, I'll be happy with just not being mugged....

I've been busy cleaning up the mean streets so you city sissies can swagger safely around town.

These girls are doing a good job at promoting the place too!

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

I've been busy cleaning up the mean streets so you city sissies can swagger safely around town.

Sissy here is goin'-a-swaggin' tonight. But...swagger to what and where for the more sexy of the Terrible Twosome (moi)?? Bloody main drag is like a cemetery with lights after 6pm.

These girls are doing a good job at promoting the place too!

Adorable! I like this stuff indeed. A wooden iPhone cover??



Still... where are we supposed to be going, and when??
LJH should be brainstormin' by now, but has fallen silent.

 

[Oxleyroad]

Ok lads pick a date and location. As I have missed the last couple for various reasons, the sooner a date and location is agreed I can either plan to come along or send apologies

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

So, are we leaning towards Geelong? Can someone make it warm down there?

Marc!

Softy! Come on down, it's only 9 degreasies! Six degreasies if you're in the Otways.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Suggestions:
Point Lonsdale (yes, coffee nearby too...)
Swan Bay foreshore
Barwon Heads (mangroves)/The Bluff / 13th Beach (not in bad weather!!)
Waterfront / Steampacket (coffee never more than 300m away...)
Avalon Beach (old boat sheds)
Werribee South (even older boat sheds)

Anglesea / Anglesea River
Fairhaven Beach
... the further you go along here, the prettier it gets.
Lorne / Erskine River (upstream, e.g. The Sanctuary)
Henderson Falls (easy walk)

Where else?

 

[Yamaotoko]

North Shore, for those wanting a little industry... Never been to the You Tangs or Dog Rocks, are they worth the while?

 

[LJH]

Pt Lonsdale for me. Front and back beach. Rock formations. Cliched piers. Lighthouse. Cemetery. Sunrise if you're there at Sparrows'...

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

North Shore, for those wanting a little industry... Never been to the You Tangs or Dog Rocks, are they worth the while?

• Dock Rocks Batesford has a definite 'pull' in terms of attractiveness, but it varies with the weather: dark and stormy days can give it a most forboding look. If it rains (nowhere to hide!), it doesn't then look forboding, just miserable.
• Old Monier Bridge Fyansford (esp. autumn)

I have not been to the You Yangs for decades; but out there on the lonely basalt plains around Lara and Little River one can come across early settlers' ruins.

Got a visitor here from Geelong Camera Club now. Dinna will now be served. 'Night!

 

[SMBooth]

Pt Lonsdale gives a few different options by the sound of it. As for dates not 1&2 of Sept as that's the Melb CC exhibition weekend (come along) and the 16 is box hill photo market.

 

[Yamaotoko]

If Pt Lonsdale is the go, can I suggest picking a date around the tides? I think one real attraction of this place is the amazing rock formations hiding below the water. Low tide they're visible, low low tide and they can be incredible, plus better, ie, safer, access to the tunnel at the very end of the point... come to think of it, even just that spot around the lighthouse could satisfy the naturists (naturalists? Sorry Gary, you'll have to remind me again which is which ) and the Industrialists, with the old gun turrets etc.

A quick squiz on Mr Tides says there's some low, almost Spring Tide looking levels coming up on the weekend of the 25th, with a low around lunchtime... next weekend, too soon?

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

If Pt Lonsdale is the go, can I suggest picking a date around the tides? I think one real attraction of this place is the amazing rock formations hiding below the water. Low tide they're visible, low low tide and they can be incredible, plus better, ie, safer, access to the tunnel at the very end of the point... come to think of it, even just that spot around the lighthouse could satisfy the naturists (naturalists? Sorry Gary, you'll have to remind me again which is which ) and the Industrialists, with the old gun turrets etc.

A quick squiz on Mr Tides says there's some low, almost Spring Tide looking levels coming up on the weekend of the 25th, with a low around lunchtime... next weekend, too soon?

:confused: Naturists (nudies) at Point Lonsdale!? Come off the glue, son! Naturalists yes, similar to Sir David Rabbitburrow...

I agree with the rock formations though, but these look far better in sunset or sunrise light. I have Ilfochrome prints to prove it.
The other option is very low tide in the evening where you can walk quite some way out and photograph the lighthouse, with its reflection in still rockpools. B&W folks may not care much for the lighting but the entire area is a treat when the sun goes down.

I have a roadie to the Flinders Ranges/Port Augusta from mid-September, likely around 16th onward.

 

[Yamaotoko]

...but these look far better in sunset or sunrise light...

Absolutely agree, I was just thinking of the poor big-city fellas who sound like they want to be well beyond our city limits before nightfall! :

 

[LJH]

Kill 2 stones with the one bird and do a Satdee night/Sundee morning shoot?

I'd like to do this in late Sept, perhaps 22nd/23rd?

 

[LJH]

Any interest in the weekend 22nd/23rd Sept?

 

[mrsmiggins]

22nd/23rd is good for me, work permitting.
/Frank...

 

[Oxleyroad]

Looks like I am out if it is 22/23 Sept. This is the first w/e of the school hols and I will be away the family.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

No commitment from me 14th to 29th September. Plans for interstate travel in flux.

 

[SMBooth]

22nd/23rd is fine by me. Although I'm not sure I will make both days.

 

[munz6869]

I am of the same mind as Shane! (help! )

Marc!

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

If you are intending to stay overnight in Point Lonsdale, do your research now as you are timing the outing with school holidays and most non-camping accommodation is booked out. Camping is cheap but theft from tents (and OF tents!) is a worry. Not sure if the campground will be open: IIRC from Melbourne Cup long weekend only -- IDK. Roofed accommodation otherwise is pricey.

 

[SMBooth]

I am of the same mind as Shane! (help! )

Marc!

What unsound....

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

What unsound....

^ He said it.:munch:

 

[Colin D]

I'm at Gold Street Studios the week before , so 22nd 23rd are out for me, expecting two weekends in a row on the loose with the Technika is out of the question .

 

[SMBooth]

Actually I'm now out, my daughter is now having her 18th birthday party that weekend.. Thought I was going to get away without one..