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Beach Notes: After the Storm

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

After the storm, creative thinking …

With all the driftwood on the beach after recent big storms, some people see debris spoiling the usually pristine sands. Others see a gift for creativity.



What do you see when everything goes pear-shaped and plans fall apart?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Christmas Wish

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh


From us to you …

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Surf carnival

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

Surf carnival at Tallebudgera, Queensland, with surfboats ready to race. The surfboat, with a team of rowers and a sweep, used to be part of the basic surf rescue setup on Australian beaches. They were used when individual lifesavers on long reel lines could not get beyond the breakers for a rescue or for mass rescues.

These days they have given way to inflatable rescue craft. Now the surfboats are used for feats of strength and skill and have become the centre of a flourishing sub-culture within the volunteer surf lifesaving movement.

The surfboats were traditionally crewed by males only, when the surf lifesaving clubs were male only. There are now many all women crews, although we have noticed sometimes, when we’ve seen women crews practising locally, that they have a male sweep on board.

Man or woman, a surfboat is no place for the faint-hearted. There is an old joke that when surf clubs were choosing their boat crews they would line up the contenders and throw bricks at them: the ones who didn’t duck got to be on the crew.



How do you choose your crew?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Water Dragon at Rainbow Bay Beach

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh



Raise your chin and your eyes to the abundance of life and color.

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Camel Rides

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh




Camel rides were a popular feature of the kite festival at local Kirra Beach, Queensland, last weekend. In the 19th century thousands of camels were imported to Australia to help with the colonization of less hospitable parts of the country, mainly in central and northern Australia. Then with the arrival of motor transportation, the camels were released into the wild.

They multiplied. So the very accommodating and apparently docile animals in the picture have a great many wilder cousins in Australian central desert regions. An interesting factoid for a trivia quiz is that, with over one million camels now roving free – and estimated to double every nine years – Australia has the largest feral camel population in the world.

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

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