In the trailer for the upcoming Aquaman movie, I noticed a scenic location I’m intimately familiar with: Newfoundland’s very own East Coast Trail! Specifically, the towering cliffs halfway between Torbay and Flatrock are where young Aquaman gets his first swimming lessons, diving down from dizzying heights into the waters of Whale Cove… The trailer flashes […]
October 5 2011 was a day filled with RDF, until about an hour before sunset when the sun broke through in spectacular fashion, prompting me to jump into the car and drive to Torbay Point. The light I found there was nothing short of amazing: as the sun was setting the sky was filled with subtle yellows and […]
Yesterday, Karen posted some great pictures of an iceberg with a cool looking spire. This afternoon I checked up on the berg and wouldn’t you know it, the thing has broken off: This sort of things happens all the time of course, icebergs evolve on a daily basis!
This morning Marije and I played a little guessing game about how much icebergs we would see on the way to work. She guessed 0, I guessed 1, we saw 2! One small iceberg was close to the cliffs on Father Troy’s Trail, halfway between Torbay and Flatrock. The other was a small pointy iceberg on […]
The storm has passed and all is well, it was a severe storm elsewhere on the island but here in Torbay it swept over us in the middle of the night and didn’t even wake us up. The wind is still very strong, making it a bit chilly outside, although you wouldn’t know it looking at […]
The formation of massive ice walls along the coast is one of the many marvels I look forward to each year. The ‘big ice’ that’s easiest to access for me is on the east end of Middle Cove beach: This wall of ice comes crashing down on mild days, but forms all over again when […]
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