It was 5am the birds were awake and singing their joy at the start of a new day. The lorikeets with their chatter almost drowned out by the kookaburra family’s infectious and unmistakable, manic laughter, the raucous crows and sweet warble of the magpies all herald a new day is dawning as the grey light filtered through the blinds.
Looking out at the pink light spreading from the horizon we jumped on our bikes to race down to the beach to catch the sunrise over the ocean. It was pure magic.
I would like to share with you our early morning, 2 hour, photo shoot at Burleigh Beach. I took 243 photos. Jack took 295 photos….
It took quite a while deciding what to put in this post. I hope you enjoy your early morning stroll with us…
5-30am and here comes the sun
Such lovely soft morning colours
Capturing the moment. So pleased I got up early (Photo by Jack)
Wow…
Fishing, notice how many rods he has…
Capturing it on his IPhone
Another stop for a chat. This husky had pale blue eyes. (Photo by Jack)
Tractor grooming the beach
Freshly groomed and clean beach ready for the tourists
3 fit surfers
Had to stop and chat and tell them they will be in my blog…(Photo by Jack)
Surf life saving lookout, notice the beach erosion from recent storms
Miami headland and surfers sky-line
Seagulls in the sun
Seagull taking off
Fishing boat heading home
Pandanus
Taking the dog for a walk
Surfers Paradise sky line from North Burleigh Headland.
Breaking waves and spray
gypsy life 
Wonderful photos!
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It’s so unthinkable for U.S. coastal byways to look so utterly wild yet have a skyline so close. Magical!
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Those photos are taken on an Australian beach that is right in the centre of the Goldcoast a major Queensland, Australia city
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Pure magic.
Loved every photo and savoured what it must have been like. I live inland and miss the sea a lot.
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It is beautiful in all its moods and it does keep the temperatures down a bit
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Beautiful – we get sunsets over the ocean here in the west but no the light of a sunrise.
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I really loved the sunsets of WA
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The sunrise ones were my favourite
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Well worth getting out of bed for 🙂
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Aaahhhhhmazing!
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Thank you
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Well worth getting up early for…..the light is so soft. The beach looks beautiful, lovelyfine golden sand, it’s dark and gritty here.
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The weather was perfect too
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These are gorgeous!!!
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Thank you Victoria for the comment
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Wow, what wonderful images! I loved the one of you talking to the three fit surfers! the dramatic light and shadows paint a lovely picture. The image of the seagull is amazing! it seems to have its foot caught in the shadow!
Thanks for the lovely sunrise stroll. it’s always worth getting up and out early in the morning!
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The light just rippled across those 3 fit blokes.They were fun to talk to.
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Pauline, these are absolutely fantastic!! Oh, how I wish I could be there! Very cool the three surfer dudes made it into your blog. Beautiful skies, amazing water, sand, birds … such a nice walk with you! (What was Jack wearing? ;-))
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I was giving them my blog address, maybe they will come visiting.. :)I bet you can guess what Jack was wearing!!! You got it… His happy pants.:)..
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Yay for happy pants! 🙂
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