The Asling's Beach Rock Pool is tucked away at the southern end of the beach, in the beautiful seaside town of Eden, New South Wales. Located only half an hour drive from the border of Victoria, Eden boasts the 3rd deepest natural harbour in the southern hemisphere. With beautiful beaches, stunning scenery and amazing fishing opportunities it's a popular holiday destination for families and fisherman from across Victoria and beyond.

Eden and the entire far south coast of New South Wales is a very special place to me. Some years ago we lived in nearby Tura Beach before re-locating back to Victoria and setting up on the Mornington Peninsula. When we left, a large part of my heart stayed on the far south coast so a few years later I was very happy when we were fortunate to be able to invest in a beach house in Eden. We now consider this to be our second home and head there as often as we can.

In May of 2021, after a particularly stressful 14 months navigating our business through C0VID and almost losing our Eden home in the bushfires, Suzy suggested that I take some time out to go and get back to my passion, capturing some new photos. I thought it was a brilliant idea and decided to spend 5 days at our house in Eden.

It was going to be a great time to rest, recuperate and re-ignite my love for photography that was waning a little with all the business headaches in recent times.

With 2 solid days of driving from our new home on the Sunshine Coast I spent a lot of time in prayer thanking God for all of our blessings and for helping us through the recent difficult times. I also asked him to bless the weather and light conditions during my trip, helping me to capture something truly special that would honour him.

When i arrived at Eden and settled in, I checked the weather forecast and could see some strong potential for a special sunrise the very next day. The tide was also looking perfect for a shot I had envisaged for over 10 years!

I had an early night and woke up at 5:30am ready to head down to my favourite photography spot in Eden, the Aslings Beach Sea Baths. When I arrived and parked my car, I could see a beautiful red glow appearing on the horizon, it was looking very promising!

I raced down the beach, barefoot in my boardshorts and noticed the swell was breaking right over the sea baths with almost knee high walls of water rolling right across the platform. To capture the shot I wanted for all these years, I was going to have to get very wet!

I waited for a break in the waves to climb up the rocks to the Sea Baths and once I was up, I setup my gear quickly! I started shooting immediately and with the waves rolling around my legs I watched in awe as the sky lit up into the most insane sunrise i've seen in many years. The intensity of the colours captured on the back of my camera was just unbelievable!

As the colours started to fade and the sun rose for the day, I praised God and thanked him profusely for delivering yet again on my prayers. I headed into town with a huge smile on my face. God is GOOD!