Puresilk Images (AWAY)
Catherine Hill Bay
The village is the oldest continuous settlement in the City of Lake Macquarie.
The settlement was first made on 1 April 1865. The town of Cowper was created, to serve as a base for coal mining when it was discovered here in 1873.
Approximately 1000 tons of coal a week was taken by horse-drawn skips from the mine to a loading chute on the jetty.
The name Catherine Hill was adopted to commemorate the schooner Catherine Hill that had run aground in 1867.
Since the almost last 100 years the coal mines where opened and closed many times and finally ceased all operations back in 2004
Mid October this year, a huge bushfire that burned more than 1500 hectares, also engulfed the historic Wallarah House which was built in 1887 and parts of the Jetty were also burnt down.
Brad O'Brien took some amazing images 2 days afterwards of the burning Jetty as the stumps still burnt hot.
www.flickr.com/photos/58972261@N03/10368828774/
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Straight forward Panoramic of Catherine Hill Bay.
14 Portrait Images, each with 5 exposures. (3 would have done thou)
I first did this one as a black and white. Due to a boring cloudless sunrise I figured the b&w was the better choice but after much playing around, I ended up not liking it. So I went a more realistic color representation of what I saw the morning of taking. I'll have to head back here one day and try my luck at a more dramatic sunrise.
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BTW the top of the jetty looks warped but it's actually like this. I debated for a bit on whether to fix it all and polish it up a bit but decided to leave it as it's really the personality of the old beaten up and abused Jetty.
Catherine Hill Bay
The village is the oldest continuous settlement in the City of Lake Macquarie.
The settlement was first made on 1 April 1865. The town of Cowper was created, to serve as a base for coal mining when it was discovered here in 1873.
Approximately 1000 tons of coal a week was taken by horse-drawn skips from the mine to a loading chute on the jetty.
The name Catherine Hill was adopted to commemorate the schooner Catherine Hill that had run aground in 1867.
Since the almost last 100 years the coal mines where opened and closed many times and finally ceased all operations back in 2004
Mid October this year, a huge bushfire that burned more than 1500 hectares, also engulfed the historic Wallarah House which was built in 1887 and parts of the Jetty were also burnt down.
Brad O'Brien took some amazing images 2 days afterwards of the burning Jetty as the stumps still burnt hot.
www.flickr.com/photos/58972261@N03/10368828774/
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Straight forward Panoramic of Catherine Hill Bay.
14 Portrait Images, each with 5 exposures. (3 would have done thou)
I first did this one as a black and white. Due to a boring cloudless sunrise I figured the b&w was the better choice but after much playing around, I ended up not liking it. So I went a more realistic color representation of what I saw the morning of taking. I'll have to head back here one day and try my luck at a more dramatic sunrise.
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BTW the top of the jetty looks warped but it's actually like this. I debated for a bit on whether to fix it all and polish it up a bit but decided to leave it as it's really the personality of the old beaten up and abused Jetty.