New Years Eve - Dinner

We decided to have our evening meal at the beach. The beach we chose is just a few minutes drive from our home and the same beach where our grandson Banjo had his first taste of the Pacific Ocean in Australia. Well today the beach was closed and with good reason as you can see from these photos.

This photo, which was taken from Dee Why beach looking towards the ocean pool and shows just how large the waves were on occasion. The local kids decided that with beach closed this was surely the place to 'hang out'!

Then again, perhaps they should have re-coined the phrase, from 'hanging out' to 'hanging on'! One youngster barely 3 years old, was almost swept into the pool by a rogue wave which surged across where he was standing! His parents were NO where in sight.

Fortunately, my water safety instincts kicked in. It would have made an interesting photo; as I held the tiny form aloft (with one arm) while juggling my camera in the other. Meanwhile as the wave peaked, I was knee deep in water and 'dangling' 3 year old above the water line!

Oh, and I didn't miss the photo - see above and consider that the 3 year old was held aloft above the surge in the photo.