The locals

Noticed a few Redheadians making the most out of the north east swell this morning. First out there was Surferboy and his mate, and later in the morning I spied The Grom, and Pirate Jules and her boys. It was windy on land but there was a little sunny, smooth patch of water with a gentle lefthander right in the locals corner. (Now I sound like a Bra Boy! Of course foreign surfers are welcome, they just gotta know when the waves are on... They're gone now, sou'easter's up ;)

By the time i got out there it was just me and my boogie boardy mate. He wasn't a local but i let him stay anyway. It's ok to let the odd foreigner in y'know. Just as long as they dont try and overrun us.

Don't upset the locals ok?!

SM

Another day in Paradise....

I awoke to a beautiful sunny sky , the kind of morning you just want to race to the beach and hop on a board with the girls.......
Pull up at the carpark, looks small but I could feel the Surf God pulling me towards the water..
Watch the dolphins frolicking while I wait for  another surfermum or two to show...
Sun streaming down warming my bones, gotta get in that beautiful clear water.... ( do you wish you were there????)
Julie and Michelle rock up , 5 mins later we are paddling out .....ahhhhhhh the smile gets bigger......gotta love our lives.......

NEWS !!! The surf got bigger and better! The young pirate lass jumped up fast , crouched down low, and cut across the waves. She was AWESOME!!  And she did it again and again!
She caught more waves yesterday than the last 2 years.......must have been those tips she picked up surfing at Seal Rocks last weekend. I even heard her comment on a nice 2 ft wave..... NAH not big enough she said (WTF?)

Rumour has it there may soon be a webcam positioned on top of a roof in Seascape...........

Reef chicks

Sooooo jealous right now. Husband has just informed me that the surferchicks from the MOB were out surfing it up at the reef today... Damn full time work. Nothing I like more than surfing with the MOB. Was it good?
SM

One Perfect day...

Remember that childrens TV show that was on when we were kids and the hostess used to look through the hand mirror (without the mirror bit!) and say "I can see Katie, and I can see Frances, and I can see Laura..." as she recognised the kids faces?

That's what it was like in the surf this morning! Just about all the MOB was out cracking waves at Diamond on this perfect Sunday with various combinations of husbands and kids.

When the Acturv's arrived Adam paved the way for the young turtles to follow him into the water, which they did one by one - as if they had just hatched from the egg and made their way down to the ocean for the very first time! A proud Mum watched them go before she went out to crack a few waves for herself. They are officially the Turtles!

Champagnekate finally got wet for the first time since our Crowdy weekend (her head has been in netty land for a very long time!), as did Franbaby I think. The usual suspects were there - Batgirl, Grommie, Laura even made an appearance and was last seen peeling off a lefthander into the distance. Noticably absent were Bel, Jules and Annie. :( We missed you!!

SM

Romper Room! That was the name of that show!

Up close and personal

Thanks Annie for the heads up on these great pics. Emily Washbrook (networkedblogs.com/AdDCo) took this snap of a Sydney swim group getting friendly with a Southern Right Whale on Tuesday.

There are more at ">http://networkedblogs.com/AdDCo">

Worth a look.
SM

Southern Rights spotted

While on a walk this morning Husband and I spotted a couple of Southern Right Whales just behind the break at Diamond. There are at least two big ones and perhaps a little fulla as well. Of course, this must be 'Lefty' and her family from a couple of years ago (see Southern Right tag in labels), don't you think? Eldest named her Lefty cause she's a Southern Right...!

You can distinguish the Southern Rights easily enough as they have the 'V'shaped spout when they surface.

Doncha love living on the coast? Let me know when you spot them.

SM

Hanging out with Occhy

Met a former world surfing champ this morning whilst out on a family walk. Nice guy, Mark - happy to oblige a gawking family with a few snaps! Needless to say, middle child was well chuffed.

Meanwhile, we are getting waves everyday at Rainbow Bay, nice consisted MOB waves. And most of the guys and gals out there are foreigners having a novelty "surf" and making me look like a former world champ. (Thanks for the tips, Occhy! ;)

Love ya's all.
SM
(Its Mark Occhulupo - look him up!)