While a man was enjoying windsurfing at the Swan River near the sandbar, I took this opportunity to practise my skills in panning photography.

Look, the background is moving but not the sail that was attached to the surfboard.

Another water sport can be found there was the kitesurfing.  This guy moved really fast with help of the strong wind.  I thought that he might knocked onto the sandbar, but at the emergency moment, he managed to make a turn.  I wonder what will happen if the kite brings a human into the sky, and whether there is any method to get down.

I have just learned something new to me:- if the wave is not tall enough, as long as the wind is strong enough, surfing can still be done (windsurfing and kitesurfing).  If both of them do not exist, water skiing can be done instead.  :P

Years ago, I saw the water skiing with a parachute attached behind the players on an island in Sabah, the players could fly into the sky when the boat pulled them at high speed.  There were 2 people at a time.  This is called parasailing.

Although the sandbar is not as clean as other beaches in WA, the scenery around this area is still quite nice.  When we were there in a weekday evening, it was quieter compared to the Cottesloe Beach in any weekend.

There is an artistic shaped stone sign about the Avon Ascent.

There is a small jetty not far away on the beach next to the sandbar.

This is how the beach looks like (located on the east side of the sandbar).

Walking further east, we found a horizontal tree.  We wanted to take our photo together with the tree, but our eyes could hardly open facing the strong sunlight.  So, we just left our shadows there.

Next time, we will get sunglasses.

This sunset looks typical, but it was taken on the sandbar at Point Walter in a special evening, special sandbar, and witnessed by a special couple - Colin and SiewPeng.  :D

Viewing from different angles, we may get different results in our photos as well as many other things in our lives.

Here I am showing you the 2 photos of the sandbar at Point Walter with a great contrast.

The picture above was taken inwards, looking at the land, whereas the following was looking outwards towards the opposite side across the Swan River.

The colour of the first photo is warmer compared to the second photo above.  This is because the sunlight was showering the sand from my back.

If you look at the second photo carefully, you are going to notice that the sky on the left is brighter.  Yes, the sun was not too far away, but it was just outside my camera’s viewfinder.

Yes, we were in the middle of the Swan River and few hundreds meters away from the coast.  We were on the sand bar.

The sandbar told us that we have blocked him in the photo, and let’s have a “take two”.

The green arrow is the furthest sandbar we have reached.  And the red arrow is pointing at the most challenging part for us.

We went there on Chinese New Year.  I was wearing long pants, and had to roll them up to my knees.  The water was only 1 foot depth.  I am not afraid of the depth, but to keep my pants dry was challenging.  We were afraid that we have to swim back, and I do not know how to swim.

We decided to put our first step forward when we saw this lady and a child did it.  From their steps, we knew how deep it was to get to the second part of the sandbar.

Others did it as well.

So I rolled up my long pants and we decided to get to the middle of the Swan River.

Before I got my feet wet, I could see the waves from both directions (east and west) hitting each other mercilessly.

My shadow on the easy part of the sand bar.

Finally, we got our feet wet.

My previous post might not clearly show how the sandbar at Point Walter looks like.  Now I am going to zoom into the sandbar from near to the far end to let you see what is its shape (if you have never been there).

From google maps, it is about 1 km.  Although there are other longer sandbars in other parts of the world (few hundered kilometers), but this is the first longest sandbar we have seen.

I am not too greedy, but I want to see the longest sandbar in the world.

At the far end of the sand bar, it looks like an island, with some plants on it.  We did not reach here.  We hope that the tide can be lower, and we do not have to get ourselves wet.

This is the part near to the coast.

This is how the sandbar looks like on Google Map.

… … To be continued … …