by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

What surprise has Mother Nature presented you lately?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

There was a big surfing championship recently at the famous Snapper Rocks surfing break at Rainbow Bay, where we walk and swim most mornings. Coming upon this black, cylyindrical structure on the reef, early one morning just before the big event stated, we thought it looked like a temple.

A temple to the surfing gods?

Actually it was a tower built to provide a vantage point for the people filming the event.

Then again, given the semi godlike status some of the champion surfers have in these parts, maybe the temple idea was not so far off the mark.

What’s the vantage point in your life?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

In the 5 or so years of walking up and down the beach at Rainbow Bay we have never seen such a unique surfboard as we did yesterday morning.

Creativity Rocks!

Do you put your creativity into what you’re living?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

Installation: “Flotsam, upright, after the storm”, Duranbah Beach, February 2010

Materials: Sand, found objects (timber)

Artist: Some Anonymous Surfer Dude

Duranbah (accent on the second syllable, as in Duran Duran) Beach is only used by board riders and boogie boarders. Walking there one morning this week after big storms, we saw trees, branches, seaweed and various other bits of flotsam and jetsam strewn along the beachfront. Then this, with the upright pole definitely not even a freak effect from the storm.

Tantalizing.

We were reminded of many contemporary art exhibitions in trendy galleries we have visited. Only here there was no cheap wine and crackers, no little card explaining in artspeak what the work “means”. Nor any red sticker, or price tag

Literally, priceless.

Look around. Find some priceless creation today in your neighbourhood.

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh