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troubadour

NSW

335 posts

troubadour

NSW, 335 posts

19 Dec 2019 1:50pm

A few pics taken just prior to the cancellation of the SOLAS BBC last week. At one point we were alongside the Safe Water mark off Bradley's Head and could not see any land so visibility below 400 yards

Yara

NSW

1317 posts

Yara

NSW, 1317 posts

19 Dec 2019 2:55pm

That's nothing. If you were in London in the 1960s you would know what a real pea-souper is! Could not see past the end of the bonnet of the car.

samsturdy

NSW

1659 posts

samsturdy

NSW, 1659 posts

19 Dec 2019 4:20pm

That's right Yara. I was there in the 60's and I remember folks driving on the wrong side of the road with their
head stuck out of the side window trying to follow the kerb, it was the only thing they could see. I think the smoke
from domestic fires mixed with the fog, they called it smog. It killed some people apparently.

Trek

NSW

1208 posts

Trek

NSW, 1208 posts

20 Dec 2019 12:26pm

Smoke on the water is eery. We were on Broken Bay in 2013 when it was like your pics Troubador. In the middle it was really thick and since there were twit speed boats flying around (that we could hear not see) decided to retreat back to south end of Pittwater. Unbelievably in the midddle of Broken Bay we could not see which way to go and had to turn on the GPS!

troubadour

NSW

335 posts

troubadour

NSW, 335 posts

20 Dec 2019 3:52pm

Yep I'm hearing you about the power boats and on the way back up the harbour there were tinnies stopped in the channel between pinchgut and Garden Island fisshing?????

Azure305

NSW

402 posts

Azure305

NSW, 402 posts

21 Dec 2019 6:06pm

View of Lane Cove River looking towards Woodford Bay. Shore to the 3rd line of moorings - about 75m. Couldn't see much past that.

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