Canon EOS-1D X - 1/50 @ f/5.6, 15 mm (ISO 640) Approximate location: Clearwater Surf, Halls Head Central Shopping Centre
Last weekend, Lori, Mikah and I took a drive down to Halls Head to catch up with some friends of ours at their new Halls Head surf shop. Clearwater Surf have been trading out of Secret Harbour for many years, but recently the opportunity to open a store in Halls Head came up, and after a lot of hard work, they are now open for business. Check out a few more shots of the new store below, and if you're in the area, drop in and check out the store for yourself soon.
Canon EOS-1D X - 1/60 @ f/4.5, 30 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Clearwater Surf, Halls Head Central Shopping Centre
Canon EOS-1D X - 1/100 @ f/4.5, 15 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Clearwater Surf, Halls Head Central Shopping Centre
Canon EOS-1D X - 1/80 @ f/4.5, 15 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Clearwater Surf, Halls Head Central Shopping Centre
Canon EOS-1D X - 1/60 @ f/4.5, 15 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Clearwater Surf, Halls Head Central Shopping Centre
Canon EOS-1D X - 1/250 @ f/5, 23 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Clearwater Surf, Halls Head Central Shopping Centre
Canon EOS-1D X - 1/80 @ f/5, 15 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Clearwater Surf, Halls Head Central Shopping Centre
Canon EOS 30D - 18 minutes, 35 seconds @ f/9, 18 mm (ISO 160) Approximate location: Zig Zag Scenic Drive, Kalamunda, Western Australia
Back in 2008, I took my camera out to the side of the Zig Zag Scenic Drive in Kalamunda, set it up on a tripod with a very long exposure, and set off in my JZA70 Supra. I left the shutter open for over 18 minutes while I drove around the block and back through the shot to get the light trails all the way through.
May 6th, 2016.
Our last day here in Bali. I think I sweated up the last of whatever has been giving me grief overnight, waking up dripping wet with sweat a couple of times during the night. I ended up using the room towels as sheets to get back to sleep, but in the morning I woke up feeling 100% better. I was even able to have bacon and eggs on toast for breakfast today.
Canon PowerShot G1 X - 1/400 @ f/9, 15.1 mm (ISO 320) Approximate location: Jalan Danau Tamblingan 118, near Gang Penjor Agung, Sanur, Kota Denpasar, Bali
After breakfast, we took a last walk down Jl. Danau Tamblingan, where I snapped the above photo of a little excitement for the workers building the new Popular Express outlet, part of the Pepito group. (The new store opened around 3 weeks after we got home from Bali)
Canon PowerShot G1 X - 1/60 @ f/9, 15.1 mm (ISO 320) Approximate location: Jalan Danau Tamblingan, near Gang Penjor Agung, Sanur, Kota Denpasar, Bali
We kept walking south to the roundabout at the intersection with Jl. Danau Poso in South Sanur. The walk takes you through the main restaurant and shopping strip in Sanur, past Hardy's, past the local village lands and the old Hyatt Resort, one of the original hotels in Sanur, but now undergoing major renovations, something has has been going on for a couple of years, and looks to have a few more to go. Further south you come upon another shopping and restaurant strip, which includes one of the more well known restaurants in Sanur, Massimo's, said to be one of the best Italian restaurants on the island. We stopped in here to grab some gelato for the walk back. I was blown away by the lemon sorbet, and also rather impressed by the strawberry sorbet and mango frozen yoghurt.
Canon PowerShot G1 X - 1/60 @ f/7.1, 15.1 mm (ISO 400) Approximate location: Jalan Danau Tamblingan 97, Kota Denpasar, Bali
We ate our treats from Massimo's on the walk north, and stopped in at Grocer & Grind, the new Sanur location we'd read about while at their Seminyak location. This time we both ordered the chicken Caesar salad and a smoothie to wash it down.
Canon PowerShot G1 X - 1/8 @ f/4, 15.1 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Jalan Danau Tamblingan 152, Kota Denpasar, Bali
By now we were running a little short on time, so hightailed it back to the hotel to pack our bags. Lori had mostly finished packing hers, but I had yet to start. We gave the remaining 1/3 of a bottle of the Gilbey's Gin I'd picked up at Hardy's shortly after we arrived in Sanur, and the remaining cans of tonic water to the first hotel guest to walk past while we were packing. I never did find a shop in Bali that sold anything bigger than a 300mL can of tonic water.
Canon PowerShot G1 X - 1/2000 @ f/4, 15.1 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Jalan Danau Tamblingan 152, Kota Denpasar, Bali
Lori had arranged a pre-arranged a driver to pick us up at the hotel and take us to the airport for 150k rp, leaving at 4pm, and it was now about quarter to 4, so we locked up our bags and headed out to reception, where we paid our bar tab, said goodbye to the wonderful staff here, and checked out. We hopped in the car and got on our way, but before long we were making a stop of the service station I'd had to make an emergency visit to the other day. Back out on the bypass and it wasn't long before we hit some heavy traffic, but thankfully, we made it to the new toll road without too much trouble. The toll road takes you from the bypass, almost directly to the airport, and for 11k rp, it shaves about half an hour off the trip on an average day, probably at least an hour on todays journey.
Canon PowerShot G1 X - 1/5 @ f/6.3, 15.888 mm (ISO 800) Approximate location: Terminal Internasional, Ngurah Rai Airport, Kabupaten Badung, Bali
At the airport we made our way through the first security check, check in, another security check in case you've acquired anything you shouldn't have since the last security check (make you wonder how secure the place actually is) and on to the passport and departure tax check (although departure tax is included in your ticket price now) and made our way to "Last Wave" for a bite to eat. Like most airport food, it's a little overpriced, but still cheaper than home, and they do brag about having beer as cold as your ex-girfriends heart. I wouldn't know if that's true, as I had a luke warm Coke Zero instead.
The flight home was a little bumpy, but otherwise pretty uneventful. Even the trip through Perth airport was pretty quick this time, with the Quarantine counters fully staffed tonight, and due to the poor weather, and not many people wanting to be in the CBD tonight, most of the Uber drivers in Perth were hanging out at the airport when we walked outside, so our ride home arrived as soon as I booked it.
