JUST before 6.30am on a mid-spring day without a cloud in the sky, the Bathers Way is heaving with joggers, walkers and bike riders. The waves along the stretch from Merewether to Cooks Hill are packed with surfers. The carparks of both ocean baths are nearing capacity.
Newcastle is full of morning people. Night owls still unconscious under the doona at 6am have missed what the early larks call "the best part of the day".
