Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Bethell and O'Neill Beaches in motion

My post today is composed of mainly videos. I start on Bethell Beach with the first four and then cross the dune to O'Neill Bay. Finally, on our way back to the carpark at the end of the day, I take a quick 'spelunk' into a cave on Bethell.  (In the cave video, you'll notice that my camera lens is speckled, no doubt with salt from the surf earlier.) 

 Dianne, Jeanne and I arrived at Bethell about 1 1/2 hours after high tide. The waves were still pretty intense at that point and it shows on my first video. Later, the surf quieted down and I was able to get some good shots along the edges of a rock outcropping. (starfish and kelp)

 Bethell/O'Neill has absolutely everything anyone could ask for from a beach. The scale of the place is immense. The sun, sand and surf are beautiful. There are all manner of caves, cracks, cliffs, rocks, pools, shells, seaweed, creatures, and plants. People swim, sunbathe, beach comb, explore and fish here. 

 I wish all of you could experience it in person. This is my attempt to share it with you. Enjoy. Do you have a heat-lamp or can you sit by a sunny window? Put a fan near you to simulate the wind. The only music on these videos today are the wind and waves. 







These next three show O'Neill Bay and beach. The first one is taken from the dune separating Bethell and O'Neill. 








The cave I go into in this last video is just right of center in this picture.  (This photo was not taken on our last trip. It dates from sunset on December 31, 2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evo8dH5OwxY

I also plan to show you lots of pictures that I took on this trip in a later post or posts.  Jeanne and I had real fun when we climbed down into a crack that extends clear through a headland at Bethell.  Take a look back at this earlier post about Bethell.

http://fostersoe.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/high-tide-at-bethells-beach-for-header.html


The first two pictures in it show a rectangular hole (narrow cave) about 50 or 60 feet long that allows waves from the other side of the headland to crash through to Bethell most of the time. At very low tide however, it is possible to climb down and walk almost to the waves on the other side, as we did. I got some interesting pictures. Be watching...             -djf




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4 comments:

  1. Dianne2 March 2017 at 11:02

    I just love these videos - makes me feel like I am there. [Oh yeah, I WAS there! (tee tee)]. Besides the sounds of surf and wind - there are the cicadas. You can hear them especially well in the first video of your O'Neill's group.

    I have to say that all of these videos really bring these wonderful beaches ALIVE without having to trudge over the sand dune between them.

    Thanks so much for sharing these priceless memories!

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  2. Doug Foster2 March 2017 at 22:15

    You're even in one of them, studying the little sea critters. And yes, those cicadas were amazingly loud up on that dune. They really drowned out the sound of the surf below.

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  3. Anonymous3 March 2017 at 15:17

    The cave was just breathtaking. I am not into small spaces but I would have checked that one out. I would not want to fall into that wild surf. I loved the videos. You are really getting good at it. I always love seeing the starfish. I had an old dried one as a kid and I loved it. McKenzie

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  4. Doug Foster3 March 2017 at 18:00

    Glad you liked it McKenzie. If it's low tide when we go back there, I'd like to take a video in that little passage through the headland.

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