RealSurf’s Don Talks Summer Waves in Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald
Hey, dude, who stole the waves? Alex McDonald and Deborah Smith February 7, 2009 AS IF a heatwave wasn’t enough, the unusual weather patterns have taken the thrill out of a cooling dip in the ocean. Waves have been paltry, with surfers especially upset at the lack of swell. Read the whole article.
Bikes for Beaches. . . UPDATE
WHERE ARE DAVE AND FOULSH NOW: 4 Feb 2009: Left Batemans Bay yesterday. On their way to Mallacoota. Latest pics: Follow the journey, stay updated and make donations: www.daveandfoulshadventures.com Any donations count, no matter how small, as Peter Cruddas (Dave’s boss) through thePeter Cruddas Foundation, has generously offered to match dollar for […]
Bikes for the Beaches…PLEASE READ!!!
Two men, two bikes, a couple of tents and a hell of a lot of coastline…Dave and Foulsh are two men foolishly giving up a summer of surf trips in the car, to ride their pushies around the coast of Oz. Dave from Sydney to Adelaide and Foulsh from Sydney to Perth. Introducing David […]
Google does the Oceans?
Very interesting project by search engine giant Google is set to be officially debuted on Feb 2, 2009 at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. The Guest list is headed by none other than former vice-president Al Gore, so it could be a big deal. Here’s what we hear ahead of the launch… Following […]
Localism: managing the Commons?
David Bollier is an editor at onthecommons.org and he’s interested in the way people manage common resources – including surf breaks. He opens his essay entitled “A Surfing Commons in Hawaii: The Wolfpak of Oahu manages access to the biggest waves in the world.” thusly: You can find a commons in the most unlikely places. […]
Acidic oceans are coming
On 30 January more than 150 leading marine scientists from 26 countries warned that without immediate action by the world’s politicians, catastrophic damage to the world’s marine ecosystems is highly likely. This is not theoretical, ocean acidification is already detectable – and is accelerating. “The chemistry is so fundamental and changes so rapid and severe that […]
Sydney’s weather in the 1780s-90s
….Horticulture has been attended in some places with tolerable success. At Rose Hill I have seen gardens which, without the assistance of manure, have continued for a short time to produce well grown vegetables. But at Sydney, without constantly dressing the ground, it was in vain to expect them; and with it a supply of […]
Binalong Bay TAS – Teenager saved by cousin as shark loomed
Here’s the second shark attack story for the weekend. Maaaaaayyyybe shark repellors aren’t completely unnecessary. Hmmmm: The older cousin of a teenage girl attacked by a shark in Tasmania paddled to the 13-year-old’s aid and brought her safely to shore as the man-eater continued to circle. The teenager was surfing with her male cousin at […]
Fingal Bay NSW – Surfer saw splashing before shark bite
Two shark attacks on surfers over the weekend. Here’s the Sydney Morning Herald’s story on the first: A man surfing on the far north coast of NSW saw violent splashing before being bitten on the thigh by a shark, a local lifeguard says. Emergency services were called to Fingal Head, south of Tweed Heads, following […]
GREAT WHITE LURKING AT LONG REEF – SATURDAY 27 DEC
Long Reef, AUS — 27 December 2008 — I saw this on the news and here is the story on yahoo7’s news site: Shark menaces kayakers off Sydney A great white shark has menaced a group of kayakers off Sydney’s northern beaches until some quick-thinking fishermen in a tinnie went to their rescue. . . […]