North from Merewether Heights on a clear day.  Yesterday's pic gave the opposite view.

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South from Merewether Heights.  Murdering Gulley and beyond where more wild things are.  A green reserve is left over to buffer the sanitation works! 
Newcastle's camino takes the pilgrim along this coastline along a prepared track.
In coastal towns the headland is a typical place for a viewing platform but residences have beat us to it on the city side . A new platform is now above Bar Beach, only accidentally pictured.

Today's surf where things wild are.

Strange Newcastle Slides on Youtube by TheVincinia

Cheers from Newcastle NSW as it was seen this very evening.

Newcastle Slides on Youtube by TheVincinia.

Lambtonparkplayground

The park has interesting new equipment. 

And seems the council has built features using recycled stone slabs. 

 Trockenrutschen/kinderrutschen made by Wiegand,  Rasdorf, Germany.

Macedonian christenings are celebrated in fine style judging by this peep in on the party.   Congratulations Eva!
The band and the distinctive ethnic music was terrific, tones and rhythms completely haywire.

A lifetime of music is out there, to catch up on, as a long lasting treasure.  A lot to discover after my failing to give much attention to it over time and leaving me completely ill informed, except for classical this and that.

Thank you SBS!  Vintage Sinatra was played on SBS TV1 and old film showed us his artistry, the perfect phrasing and ad lib games, hard to go past the slow reflective numbers although, up tempo, New York ditto was outstanding at an outdoor evening concert in his mature years.
The vintage big bands were something else, beautiful style, quite different before the advent of electric guitars and seventies rhythms.  What's next?

Entrance doors at Saint John's Lambton.
Generally, we look in vain for redundant artistry on the local scene.
Kids matter school?!

Community. Taken in very small doses. Yet have noticed that churches are significant for community and are where you will confront the seven ages of humanity in all its glory and struggle.

All the drama is present.

Youthful energy; marriage; births; extended families in a whirl; illness and recovery, ageing as well as the gradual chilling loss of familiar old faces. And our response. The stuff of our existence and sure to ground you.

Can't really say much about the subject of worship except, surely it is not an act of individualism.

True, few children are church goers. There are other ways.

When church going is found to be redundant, then the role of community in our lives is overlooked.

                                                                                                                

Guess what?  It's Newcastle once again.

How would you like a crib room like this?  Vans for the Council workers on location. 

May is a terrific month. Yesterday, sunshine, waves, a giant white cloud, low tide and sand castles.

Pittsburgh to Oz.blogspot: yes, saw your post about Glenrock (or Yuelarbah Walking Track) and glad you liked the nature reserve,  although several of the photos have suffered a wipe out. As well, the chronicles go far and wide during what must have been an action packed time in this region. Hamilton, northern side, is still going strong, some rebuilding, ubiquitous coffee shop etc - I have occasion to visit the suburb.

My blog trivia can't last forever and trust that you follow other blogs from hereabouts. We move on but the past is simultaneous with the present! Over time, my change from one PC to another meant that bookmarks got overlooked and I lost the reference to Pittsburghto so have just caught up with your snapshot and it serves a purpose, I know an Aussie family expatriated to the UK for several months who publish and I like to see their blog diary.

Everyone knows how the USA is a small place (not) so do look out for the Newcastle University Chamber Choir in NY and at the 7^th World Choir Games in Cincinnati!! According to their web page.

    

Here is the start, at Nobbys Beach, of a terrific sign posted walk to Glenrock, maybe 10 ks, and beyond, passing above the beaches and cliffs, then down to the beach, in easy stages and includes sandy beaches under foot.

View from above Bar Beach.

Are there plans to coal mine in Newcastle?  Wallsend, Kotara South, Minmi, King Edward Park, Glenrock? Look at the possibilities!

Newcastle Beach.  April evening.   Swim between the flags or not at all.  Lifeguards: once known as lifesavers.
Caught a boardrider but the rubbish bin in not so good.

By all accounts vinyl is Stayin Alive, the bee gees vol 2
(probably acquired at a garage sale)

view from Newcastle Beach 

this is present day Newcastle just for the record

Newcastle Beach when a tallish building casts a shadow.

Our secular society holds official ANZAC Day services with content that has Christian overtones. We must make up our minds. Are we for or against certain beliefs? On that day liturgy is celebrated and tolerated by citizens at large. Tradition. Timelessness.

Ironically the leading memorial service is held in a Muslim country. Australian service men fought in countries steeped in Muslim, Orthodox and Christian beliefs. A whole array of Christian saints of long ago are from those same lands and battlefields of Asia Minor, the Mediterranean and even France. So. Just saying.

Are we flexible or inflexible?

A choral festival or contest (Songs of Praise, BBC via ABCTV1) features choirs of primary and high school students of the UK who sing songs of praise – traditional and modern – in outstanding style.

Strangly, the students were not necessarily from church schools, some were, while government schools participated and won some.  I doubt one of the largest churches was representated.

Contrast this with Australia where I imagine our legislation proscribes songs of praise in our state schools, yet there, you may even hear said a prayer invoking a deity. We are aok over contradictions. Some of the time.

Today was one of those magnificent clear days due to a strong breeze from the right direction.  With the first winter's chill.  Newcastle South Beach.
Lower: A game of Two Up in the car park at a hotel - a once in a year activity on Anzac Day.

ANZAC Day 2012.
National Day.

Those taking part in this commemoration placed sprigs onto the cenotaph. 
Corpus Christi Church.

Pacific Street. 
The end of the street was closed up for developments, that were demolished and replaced by the current development named 'the Royal' something or other.  How insensitive.

 

EMPIRE PARK Sunday. Skateboards, Bar Beach, Football, Tennis, Bowling Green Meet, Tee .

 

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a person of mature age said recently how she 'thinks' younger now, than when she was young,  and its true of me too, regardless of how this blog usually sounds. 
Men at work -  it takes me back to hearing Land Down Under in a village pub in the Netherlands...vegemite sandwich was making its presence felt over the tulips and farms.....Vale.