BoulderSunday by @shasta - Back to My Home Beach !!
Hi @shasta this week for @bouldersunday i am going to take you back to my home town beach in Sydney , Australia called Maroubra Beach and i am going to give the story on this huge boulder i found on this beach and how it got to where it lays today.
As i am walking along the cliff face of this beach i come across this huge sandstone boulder with a commemorative plaque screwed into this huge boulder sitting on top of the cliff side and it made me wonder how did this huge boulder came to be here , well the story is in May 26th 1974 people of Sydney were not so lucky.
On this day May 26th 1974 , Sydney was hit with a record breaking storm which lashed Sydney leaving thousands of homes without power and sent emergency crews on many rescue missions.
During the event of this powerful storm not only roofs were getting blown of houses also the sand was getting blown off the beach covering all the roads, walkways and car parks it was like you were walking on these great big sand dune's, people were saying never seen anything like it ever.
Now when i saw this huge sandstone boulder sitting there well i didn't think much of it till i read the plaque on this boulder then the story was revealed it definitely took me by surprise can you can image the power of this storm it had lifted this 30 tonne sandstone boulder and rolled it about 15 meters from it's previous position. Now that is incredibly powerful scary mother nature.
Category : #bouldersunday hosted by @shasta
Camera : Sony TX10
As i am walking along the cliff face of this beach i come across this huge sandstone boulder with a commemorative plaque screwed into this huge boulder sitting on top of the cliff side and it made me wonder how did this huge boulder came to be here , well the story is in May 26th 1974 people of Sydney were not so lucky.
On this day May 26th 1974 , Sydney was hit with a record breaking storm which lashed Sydney leaving thousands of homes without power and sent emergency crews on many rescue missions.
During the event of this powerful storm not only roofs were getting blown of houses also the sand was getting blown off the beach covering all the roads, walkways and car parks it was like you were walking on these great big sand dune's, people were saying never seen anything like it ever.
Now when i saw this huge sandstone boulder sitting there well i didn't think much of it till i read the plaque on this boulder then the story was revealed it definitely took me by surprise can you can image the power of this storm it had lifted this 30 tonne sandstone boulder and rolled it about 15 meters from it's previous position. Now that is incredibly powerful scary mother nature.
Category : #bouldersunday hosted by @shasta
Camera : Sony TX10
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Whoa what a astounding boulder story @hangin!!!
That is amazing, yeow the power of mother nature, that must
of been one heck of a storm, holy moly!
Awesome photographs showing this amazing storm stone! :-)
Thank you very much for posting this boulder
for #bouldersunday!
I do remember that day clearly i was in my teens at the time and i was into surfing all i wanted to do was go and ride them big dangerous waves...lol...crazy yeah :)
Wow! That must have been a crazy storm! Wind and water are a powerful force. What a story that Boulder has!
Yeah i remember that day clearly i was in my teens then and all i wanted to do was get my wetsuit on and go and ride them huge waves ....crazy yeah :)
Crazy, yeah. As only teenagers could be!
LOL...
Howdy sir hangin! wow sir, I never saw a boulder with it's own story before of how it got there! Amazing stuff and plus it's a pretty cool looking boulder with all the different colors and all!
You are right about that sir janton coming to think of it , this would be the first boulder that i have ever seen with a history and it is a pretty cool boulder for sure :)
yes sir, sir hangin, it could be one of the few boulders in the world to have it's own story! It's extremely unique..did shasta see this one?
This is true yes shasta was overwhelmed with this boulder indeed :)