Where : Brooklyn, Hawksbury River
When : Sunday, 4th November 2007, 6-00pm
Weapon : Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3
This is Brooklyn, on the Hawksbury River, about 20 minutes from my home. This is a top spot, with a small marina ... not a lot of tourists here, but a few ferals, bikies and day-trippers. Locally, there are lots of market gardens up river on the flats and lots of mangrove stands (more than 10 sq kms) and important prawn, oyster and other molluscs in the lower reaches. This is NSW's third largest oyster producer.
Brooklyn still has its awkward, rather primitive, run-down Australian charm.
Today, there were 3 or 4 fishing boats tied up, with their nets out to dry, slung over the rails of the jetty. I think these must be estuary fishermen, as is it's a fair way out to sea from here. Fishing is good here on the river for bream, snapper, whiting or flathead.
It is very bright and yes, the water really is that blue in this sunshine.
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