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Beach Notes: Getting Ready

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

Bike with skateboard, owners presumably off surfing.

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This weekend marks the start at our local Rainbow Bay beach of the annual Quiksilver Pro + Roxy Pro international surfing event. The big blowup cubes in the picture, decorated with the Qiksilver and Roxy logos, are about to be towed out on a Red Bull liveried jetski, to mark out the official surfing area. Local ordinances at this time reserve a large surfing area for competitors, from the 8 am start till the the end of each day’s proceedings. It is a huge event, with a carnival atmosphere, top competitors from around the world, packed crowds on the beach and local vantage points on the final days, and of course lots of money being injected into the local economy for accommodation, food and general partying. We like it.

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Sand Crab Camouflage

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

We gently encouraged this little sand crab to go onto the rocky area for a photo shoot, because it blended in so well with the sand that it was not easily seen.

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Had this mad thought. If there were marketing consultants in the crab world, they surely would not get a good hearing if they told their clients to stand out from the crowd, would they?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

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.

Map http://bit.ly/fqMlzC

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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