Saturday, September 24, 2011

Down the coast again, and again

I've been down to the south coast for 3 weekends in a row.  Twice to go diving with Matt, and once to go to the Moruya races with Karyn.  And then last weekend we went up to Sydney to go to the races at Warwick Farm.  I'm actually glad to have this weekend off.

Here are a few photos from the various weekends.

 Stake Knife running 3rd at Moruya.
 The jockey (Kayla Nisbet) was pleased with the result. Despite coming back with a face covered in mud. She seems to be always smiling.
 We stayed overnight at a place in Bateman's Bay overlooking the water.
 Our room.
 Having a glass of champagne and enjoying the view.
 The view from the room looking out to the East.
 I went for a walk after dinner and captured this view of the bridge over the Clyde river.  The section in the middle lifts up to let sailboats through.
 A moray eel that Matt and I saw on a dive at Broulee.
 Some colourful sponges.
 A large blue grouper that kept his eye on us.

 This is the beach at Broulee where we went diving.  There was a very strong rip just off the rocks that quickly sucked us out into the deeper water.  Just as we were getting dragged out in the strong current I remembered that I hadn't locked the car doors.

 Karyn and I on a bus trip to Warwick Farm with the Women In Racing crowd.  I reckon Karyn had a champagne glass glued onto her hand for the whole trip.
 We were invited by the racecourse manager to view the start of a race from the starter's position.  The next three show the horses jumping from the barriers.




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