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Beach Notes: Waiting

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

It might not look like it from this picture but there is a big surf running here at world famous Snapper Rocks. Usually we see the surfers just plunging straight in and paddling out to the waves. On this day, we noticed everybody waiting, waiting: nobody was trying to get out to the break until they could see a short respite in the pounding surf. A little while later they had all paddled out, but for those few minutes as we were walking by there was obviously a collective “let’s all not do anything stupid here” experience.

Fortune may favor the bold but sometimes it’s really smart to wait till the right moment, not just dive in.

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-Suzie and Des

Beach Notes: Did Santa Surf Here?

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

We saw this Santa hat on the beach at world famous surfing spot Snapper Rocks. The amusing thought of a portly Santa on a short board was quickly dispelled by realising it was probably just a leftover from a Christmas Day lunch.

Strange as it may seem to those who live where Christmas means cold and maybe snow and ice, in Australia it is the height of summer. On Christmas Day on the beach here it is not unusual to see people having a family picnic, celebrating in swimsuits, sunburn cream and Santa hats.

-Suzie and Des

Beach Notes: Beach Games

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by Des Walsh and Suzie Cheel

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For want of something better, the pic is called “Beach Games”. The juxtaposition of the small child’s brightly colored truck and the rather scary representation of a crocodile emerging from the sand was what we found fascinating. We thought we could have called it “What really goes on in children’s minds and imagination?” or something along those lines

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh