New Year's Eve fireworks

Glenelg is one of Adelaide's prime public places for people on New Year's Eve. Promoted as a 'dry zone' it is a place for young and old to see in the new year. At midnight there was fireworks show from the end of the jetty that lasted about ten minutes.

Every year I plan to have a party on my yacht and motor out and anchor just off shore to see the fireworks. Yet once again the weather was not kind; after a scorching hot day a cool change came in - windy and lumpy seas.

Our new trams

This is one of Adelaide's new trams; a French-built Citadis. It made its first public run on Proclamation Day; a return trip from Glenelg to the City.

This tram is one of six recently purchased from the Mintra, the Spanish Rail Authority. They will supplement our existing fleet of eleven German built Flexcity Classic trams.

Proclamation Day at the beach

South Australian's enjoy a public holiday on Proclamation Day, December 28th, the day when in 1836 the Province of South Australia's government was constituted and a proclamation was read; a proclamation "requiring all to obey the laws, and declaring the Aborigines to have equal rights, and an equal claim upon the protection of the Government with the white colonists."

Read the full wording of the proclamation here.

So what do we do on the day? Some people go to the beach; this is Glenelg beach looking north from the jetty.

This is a view of the beach south of the jetty.

You can view other of my related blog entries; Proclamation Day, The Old Gum Tree and HMS Buffalo.

Bay Sheffield Carnival

The Bay Sheffield Carnival is an annual event in its 123rd year, featuring the state’s richest and most famous footrace; a 120 metre sprint. It is a free event, held at Colley Reserve in Glenelg.
This year a near record 714 athletes from all over Australia competed.

There are events for men and women, and even a series of sprints for under 14 year olds; sponsored by Mars, with a prize for each child that runs; you guessed it - a Mars Bar.

Aquathlon

This was the start of the South Australian Elite Aquathlon today at the Bay Sports Festival. The event consisted of a 1.7km run, 500m swim, 1.7km run, 500m swim and a final 1.7km run.

After the run .... shoes off and goggles on

Now for a swim

Out of the water after the last swim and sprint home to victory!

Ultimate Frisbee

There's lots of action and entertainment at Glenelg this weekend; the Bay Sports Festival is a three day event culminating on Monday with the Bay Sheffield final running race on Monday afternoon.

Today three exhibition games of ultimate frisbee showcased the sport. This is a fast moving game; teams of seven players move the disc the length of the 100 metre field - running and passing. A team loses possession of the disc if it touches the ground, and scores if one of their team members catches the disc across a line at the end of field.

Christmas lights

I recently read an article on photographing Christmas lights, so tonight I went for drive to find some. Essentially take the photos before it gets really dark, use small aperture and of course a tripod as the exposure time is lengthy. In this shot; ISO 200, f8 and 1/3 second.

I wish all my blogger friends a Merry Christmas.