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If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it did it really make a sound? If i post a blog and nobody reads it was there really any point? You have entered the random thinking space of Morgan Bell . . . These are my musings . . . things about my life written off the top of my head . . . written in an informal disjointed style almost completely devoid of punctuation, this is where i flesh out writing ideas, discuss my life, and generally be self indulgent . . . it is also the bargain bin for articles which do not fit in with the film or arts themes of my other blogs . . . so have a wander around my mind, have a laugh, have a think, be nice, and humour me!

Photos: Foreshore & Nobbys Beach, Newcastle

September 13th 2009 14:16
It was a beautiful sunny day in Newcastle today, so I hit the beach.

Im not much of a swimmer but I did go for a nice long walk, camera in hand. Newcastle is my home city. It's a city of petrol-heads, singlets and thongs, manufacturing and mining, and drinking in the day. When I was taking these photos a nicely dressed man with no teeth approached me and asked for $1.50 because he was short for the cost of a cask of wine.

People yell out of car windows a lot in Newcastle. The beach carparks and foreshore is packed with utes and V8s, illegally modified and lowered, sometimes with holographic paint.

This is Nobbys Beach in Newcastle, NSW.

Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 1 - by Morgan Bell


Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 2 - by Morgan Bell


Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 3 - by Morgan Bell


Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 4 - by Morgan Bell



Nobbys Head lighthouse.

Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 5 - by Morgan Bell


Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 6 - by Morgan Bell



A boy in a skirt at Nobbys Beach.

Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 7 - by Morgan Bell



This graffiti is so Newcastle.

Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 8 - by Morgan Bell


Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 9 - by Morgan Bell


Nobby's Beach Newcastle Australia
Photo 10 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 11 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 12 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 13 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 14 - by Morgan Bell



Customs House, Newcastle.

Customs House Newcastle Australia
Photo 15 - by Morgan Bell


Customs House Newcastle Australia
Photo 16 - by Morgan Bell



We like phallic symbols in Newcastle.

Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 17 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 18 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 19 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 20 - by Morgan Bell


Newcastle Foreshore Australia
Photo 21- by Morgan Bell



Here is a map of Newcastle Foreshore and Nobbys Beach. The lighthouse is slightly off the map, but the route I walked to take photos is marked in yellow. The coffe cup symbol on Bond St is Customs House.

map of Newcastle foreshore
Newcastle, NSW, Australia






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Comment by Jason King

September 13th 2009 20:25
Looks like a nice area - not the mental picture I get of Newcastle Is that Troy in a skirt?

Comment by Spring-Heeled Jack

September 14th 2009 01:42
The same day you spent in Newcastle, I was in Sydney. Probably passed you on the freeway!

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 14th 2009 03:43
hi Jason,

its kind of the scenic end of town, i plan to do a few more sessions of particular places in there . . . boy in skirt was just a random on the beach, Newcastle is a very random place





hi SH Jack,

are you from Newcastle?

Comment by Wilson Pon

September 14th 2009 10:23
Bravo, Morgan. What a nice and beautiful shots you have here. You actually have the talent to be a photographer! By the way, I think that the Phalic symbols is one of the most "unique" symbols in Newcastle, isn't it? Is the Phalic symbols open for public visit?

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 14th 2009 14:10
there was this bogan song by Daniel Arvidson called "Newcastle" that came out when the Knights won the NRL grand final . . . it quite accurately described the area and became a drunken pride chant



NEWCASTLE (The Song)

In west wallsend its flannos and motorbikes
Bar beach its a surfing life
Cooks hill they,re being arty
East end party, party, party
Iso,Caro lock your doors
Or if your lucky pull down your draws
Hamo,s cosmopolitan
Throsby creek looks great but i,d skip the swim
BRIDGE
He got out a civic station
Walked across the lines
Saw the big penis
Said "Where the fuck am i"

CHORUS

Newcastle OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
Newcastle OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
Newcastle OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
Its so beautiful my dear
They can bury me here

Does show , bucks night
Pubcrawls in a double decker
Dickheads in a fight
Probably over someones haircut
The JR is rocking hard
With black T-shirts and mini skirts
Jumpclub , Fannwaas
Oh can we get a cab , coz my feet hurt
BRIDGE
With kae-sahn on the radio
And orange shit in the sky(Mayfield)
The tourist grabbed his roadmap
Said "Where the fuck am ï""???

CHORUS

Well its time to head
Its getting ugly
Shitfaced people
With the munchies
They migrate to maccas
Or Hamburger Haven
Beer and mull and egg and bacon
The bogey hole for skinny dippin
Strezlecki car park kissing
Some are sightseeing
Some i bet are
At John Hunter nine months later

BRIDGE

With 30,000 people screeming "Go the knights"
The footballer looked around him
said "Where the fuck am i"?

CHORUS

Who,s been to the Beaches on a Sunday night?
Newcastle OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
And who,s driven over Stocton bridge and seen the city lights at night?
Newcastle OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
Because i,ve been to Nobby,s to watch the dawn
Nearly pissed my pants from a ships fog horn
BOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

CHORUS

words and music
Daniel Arvidson
© Copyright 2003

Comment by IandMe

September 14th 2009 15:26
I love all the pictures, Newcastle seems like the type of town I'd love to visit. Pictures I loved: #2,4, 6, 9, 12 and 17. Liked all of them, it was a wonderful pictorial story, but loved those six especially, but then I love scenic photography.

Janice

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 14th 2009 15:59
hi Wilson,

thanks for the compliment

i hope the little song i posted further explains the Newcastle attitude towards phallic monuments





hi IandMe,

Newcastle is a great place to visit if you like the beach and you like driving . . . and drinking lol

you can do wine tours up in the Hunter Valley vineyards, and theres a vibrant nightlife

funny how you never take photos of the place you live because you think well i can see that any time, im glad i made an effort to capture the place in photos

thanks for the comment

Comment by Spring-Heeled Jack

September 15th 2009 01:19
Yeah, I was born in the Newcastle area and have lived here most of my life. For someone of an intellectual turn it can take quite a while to find a niche here, and I've given up looking for good books locally.

Beneath all the drunken boganism there is a quite tight-knit little creative scene going on. You just need to look really, really hard to find it... Or go to the Lass O'Gowrie!

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 15th 2009 04:08
hi SH Jack,

theres quite a thriving little art and culture scene, kind of like the uni student bohemian scene, and the theatre scene

i couldnt find my niche in Newcastle when i was growing up, i moved to Sydney as soon as highschool ended, but now i kind of enjoy the simplicity of the place, the people are kind of genuine and content

i like the Gateway Hotel but i can be dragged to the Cambridge, theres a lot of creativity going on at the This Is Not Art festival and Watt Space gallery

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