[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

My family and I went up to Newcastle on Saturday morning to check out the stranded bulk carrier, "Pasha Bulka" on Nobby's Beach.

We got there early (9am) so were able to get a park close by. There was still a lot of people there, and the whole area is like a construction site with areas fenced off, tractors and machinery everywhere. The place really got hammered.

Driving down King St it was hard to imagine that the whole area was under 1-3ft of water only 2 weeks earlier. Quite a storm it was.

Here's a few pics from the morning. They look pretty much like everyone else's. Would liked to have photographed it in better light, ie: dawn, but it was far too cold to drag the family up there at dawn. Even at 9am the cold was biting!

All photos with 350D, some with 17-70 Sigma and some with the 75-300mm stock lens. Adjustments include saturation , exposure and curves.

Thanks for looking.