big south swells

another calm falls over 34 monash parade

if the guy surfing is 1/3 the size of the whitewater, how big was the wave?

ha, one thing that's popular here is "chaining"...kids go down to one of the pools that built into the cliffs next to the ocean, hold on to the chain closest to the waves...and hold on until a big one washes up and blows them off the chain and into the pool! good times.

i want a waverunner and tow board...looks fun eh? and how 'bout that sailboat? seas are 2m+ and this guy could care less! or maybe he has a date in manly and is doing his best to anchor in manly asap?

they seem to come by often around here, well, let's be honest, most of the swell that NSW gets is from the nasty storms that are generated around Tassie/NZ. the problem with these swells is that they are generated so close to NSW that there isn't much time to mold them into nice long period groundswell. however, the bommies (aussie for waves only break on offshore reefs when the surf goes DOH, double overhead) we're blowing up and a few guys were out on their skis.

Our lorikeet friends

we're lucky enough to have found a spot next to a nature reserve, and these lorikeets pop by every so often. most evenings, they congregate down in the pine trees that line dee why beach...but sometimes we get lucky and they stop by our place for happy hour first.

could you get that...a little to the left....mmmm, there you go, perfect

two peas in a pod

buffet! it's like souplantation for birds!

don't take away our bowl!

Surf Contest!!

brazil!

tag team! usa and peru

slotted, when no one else could find a tube

i woulda gone

Have I blogged this before? Can't remember, anyways, the woman's side of the WCT came down to our local beach to show us how they get down. Women's surfing has come a long way, very impressive. The conditions didn't give them much to work with, but they made it look fun out there, even a barrel or two!

Halloween!!

ok, so we really have blogged in awhile eh? posting halloween pics in march of the next year, geez, get on it! superwoman and el borracho went to a halloween party at our friend's brad and deena's. good times!

Royal National Park

we took a drive down to the southern end of sydney to the royal national park. it's another gorgeous one by the ocean, and a few people have shacks down there that have been there for 70+ years, must be nice. we did a couple hikes, one to a beach just south of the beach you park at, and another through a rainforest type of area. very green, both in the ocean and forest!

creepy crawly!

about to rock off

down the other side to Era beach (left hand point here, shhhhh)

walking over the hill from Garie beach to Era

overlooking Garie beach on the drive down

lefts!!

Animals of Oz

we visited the Koala Sanctuary here in Sydney a weekend awhile back, and these are some of the creatures of Oz!

dingo!

"come on in, i dare ya!"

it's always cuddle time for this crew

ahhhhhhhh the life

wombat!

the last 6 months

phew, so it's been awhile, i had to dust off my blog before i could type anything. sweep is more like it. we have been up to quite a bit as one could guess, but as usual i'll let the pics do most of the talking. we are really enjoying our time down under, there's definitely a bit more room to roam down here. so roam we will!

one saturday we did a couple of hikes in Ku-Rin-Gai Nat Park, which is just 20 min NW from our place. it was a bit hot and dusty, but we did see some wildlife and the end of the trail had a great view of Newport and the lighthouse at the end of the Northern Beaches peninsula.


there's a little wallaby hiding in there somewhere...

the view of the Barrenjoey Lighthouse from the NP. check other blogs for the view from the top of that lighthouse!

looking across to the bayside section of Newport.

end of the trail