Showing posts with label Coogee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coogee. Show all posts

Friday, 26 October 2012

CSLSC


The Coogee Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1907 by a group of concerned locals who thought that the surf bathers needed protection from the dangers and the vagaries of the surf.

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Coogee

Coogee looking south

Coogee looking north
The name Coogee is said to be taken from a local Aboriginal word koojah which means "smelly place". Another version is koo-chai or koo-jah: the smell of the seaweed drying.

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Stand clear...


Shows how fragile our world is...

This is the head land at Dunningham Reserve North Coogee, looking back over to Clovelly.

 (remembering Sunday was a smoke haze filled day).