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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 4h

The corner of my backyard and the bush behind. No chooks in the run, too many foxes. Today we’re looking at 30C, but rain for Friday and Saturday, so hopefully a dip this afternoon after some gardening. That’s my far south coast of NSW report for today.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A pelican on the prowl. Far south coast of New South Wales.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The sun sets at Mystery Bay, far South Coast of NSW. Another day dealing with moving boxes and polystyrene recycling and filling in the gaps in the pantry before wetting my feet.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

After our big move, we had to go to the Brou Tip and recycling centre. Cardboard boxes, polystyrene and soft plastics all to be recycled. And that allowed us to find another new (to us) beach. Brou Beach on a gloomy day.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Even on a drab day, the far south coast of NSW has that paradise feel. We were the only ones on 1080 Beach, it was named after the fox bait used here to rid the area of those marsupial eaters.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s a little grey this morning on the south coast of NSW, so no dawn wonder. This national park view is 20m from my driveway. Still dealing with moving boxes. Off to a local festival in a little while.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Day two of the move 5.5 hours south of Sydney. The house is a box “bomb shell” at the moment, but looking over my side fence is pretty nice. The beach is off to the left, and we’re here to mid December, so plenty of time to warm up for swimming.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Day one of two for a far south coast move. Three months in paradise then back for Christmas. This one of three rooms full of stuff to go. We’ll be setting up our coastal cottage for our holidays and as a holiday let for trusted folk.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This inviting structure is a pedestrian and cycle overpass that connects Woolloomooloo to The Domain and the Art Gallery of NSW. Another Sydney attraction.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

They say shower or two, Sydney’s Double Bay says glorious sunrise.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There’s not too much of colonial Sydney left, and the communities that lived here in public housing have been cast asunder. But it is still wonderful to wander about, especially in the wee hours when I can have it all to myself. These cottages and stable door are on Argyle Place in The Rocks.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is where most of the fleet for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race moor before the great event. Rushcutters Bay at sunrise was a little brisk this morning, but by early afternoon it will be a stinker.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I usually go for a serene Sydney dawn shot, but today, Circular Quay offered me a headache of city lines. Luckily, it was rather cool this morning to keep my head at ease.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Woolloomooloo Bay Finger Wharf at sunrise.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Most Sydney beaches get an early morning rake to smarten up and remove rubbish. This is Coogee Beach on a ‘too cool’ early morning just after it’s had its regular comb over.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Australia has more than 100 ocean pools, they get the water refreshed by the tides. NSW has the most, and they are mostly free, but not this one. Sydney’s Bondi Icebergs on a chilly spring morning when the first rays of sunrise colour the breaking waves.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The footbridge that connects the two sides of Sydney’s Moore Park and passes over ANZAC Parade fascinates me. Not the fact that it cost $38m, not the fact that no one uses it, not the fact they built another 100m down the road… but the lighting is lovely, especially when you move your camera.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A 25” exposure has the boats on Sydney’s Rose Bay blurred.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Named Parsley Bay after profusion of native sea parsley that grew around the bay. The scurvy ridden First Fleeters dined al fresco on this plant that looks like parsley and tastes like a vibrant cross between Italian flat-leaf parsley and fresh celery, backed by a distinct salty, peppery punch.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

James Street in Sydney’s Redfern feels a bit edgy in the hours I’m about. The rats leave me alone, it’s rare to see anyone, but the tension is there.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m in a dunny lane in Sydney’s Newtown, and it’s a study in green. Not the envious type, but the green emitted from a mercury-vapour lamp. The green gets stronger the older the lamp is.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m under fine clouds and stars at the northern end of Sydney’s Gordon’s Bay, the lights on the right are from the southern end of Coogee Beach. What you can’t see is the 620m chain guided path for trainee scuba divers that traverses the bottom of the bay.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Gadigal people referred to the place as Kogerah, or place of reeds. They fished here, gathered oysters and hunted along the tidal creek. These days, Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay is less for the hunter gatherers and more for the well off types.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Is the collective noun for multiple Sydney ferries a blur?

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The forecast said showers, the reality says not. Reality used to be a friend of mine. Sydney Opera House in a dawn blur.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sydney’s Kamay (Botany Bay) wasn’t a place I wanted to swim in when I was a lad, but it’s much improved these days. In this dawn shot, shark proof netting, scattered light clouds and just right of centre is the Port Botany Industrial Complex.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For many years I’ve spent too much time worrying about wheelie bins in my pics, I’ve decided the you just have to embrace them. Example here is a back lane in Sydney’s Chippendale on a clear, and rather warm, September early morning.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm off on an adventure, so this will my last episode for 2026, so join me, Tim Ritchie, for When The Levee Breaks on 2SER, Saturday, Sept 5 for 2 hours of musical delight, 6pm-8pm. All thrills, no spills. And I will be back in Jan 2027. wp.2ser.com/episodes/whe...

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sydney Park (Bulanaming) is minutes away from the city, was a place to hunt kangaroos and fish in the streams, then a clay pit for bricks, then a landfill site for rubbish, now a wonderful wetlands and park. Most off leash for the best of us.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Looking across Berrys Bay, over Balls Head Bay and on to Sydney Harbour and the city. It’s warm, clear and feels that spring is here. I love early morning serenity, and some days I don’t get why others aren’t trying this joy.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

William Hutchison was transported to Australia as a convict in 1799. And showing an astute business mind became a significant businessman after his sentence was served, acquiring much Sydney city land. Hutchison Street, Place & Lane are named after him. This is Lane in Surry Hills.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Back in Sydney, checking out my mate at sunrise as the girders direct the rays. And an added lovely bit of gum tree from the Barangaroo Reserve.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Farewell Hobart, you were great.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The sun sets on Seven Mile Beach just a 25’ drive from the centre of Hobart.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Richmond Tasmania. Bridge built 1823, gaol built 1825, blossoms opened in 2026.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

From my MONA visit on Friday, in the park part there is an open room with some glass slits to capture, focus and display spectrum.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

While a lovely day in Hobart near the water, on the top of Kunanyi (Mt Wellington) it was bitterly cold and very windy. The terrain was harsh, the plants had to fight to get by.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

While making the obligatory Saturday morning visit to Hobart’s Salamanca markets, I rested my weary feet at St David’s Park and spotted a magnolia.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I had an early dinner before heading off to the opera last night, and Hobart bought some pre show drama.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hobart’s MONA, where the art and the architecture compete. Loses and fortune each year, but it is equal to the best in the world.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Down at the docks on my first morning of a four day Hobart trip to see my daughter’s touring company in action.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I had to catch a bus into the city this morning, the whole trip was an uninterrupted anti immigration rant from a middle aged white AM radio shock jock. The weird thing was the bus driver had selected this station, and he was clearly from the group that was the rants subject.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sydney this morning is devoid of colour in the landscape, so I’m in my backyard welcoming a tiny begonia flower into the world.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sydney is built on sandstone, geologically known as Hawkesbury Sandstone. Up to 6km deep, and 220 to 250m years old. This sedimentary rock defines the landscape, ecology, and architectural identity of Sydney. On a drab day, I’ve decided to introduce you to a bit of it.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A grey Sydney dawn sends me into abstraction. Recognise my friend?

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Originally named Little Coogee by colonists, renamed Clovelly in 1913 by rich landowner who liked the north Devon coast in England. What I like is the spirit of locals getting ready for the dawn ritual of swimming across the inlet run around the beach and repeat. Sydney heroes.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Liverpool Lane in Sydney’s Darlinghurst looks pretty much the same as it did when I worked nearby in the late 70s and 80s, back then the 4 bedroom terrace houses were let for $70 per week, but they were pretty dingy.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A cool golden dawn on the Cooks River sees fishing boats still asleep, Botany Bay is beckoning and the fishing grounds off Sydney’s coast are quite a distance away. Seems like no wet lines this morning.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A drab Sydney morning has me looking for another angle, these angles are brought to you by a car showroom in Waterloo.

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Night is leaving on the left and day is starting on the right. Even though the hero subject is overused, it still feels special to be here.

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