Just general surfing stuff

[The Mighty Sunbird]

[The Mighty Sunbird]

I recommend the Red Butt Revolution
If we spam the fcuck out of them, maybe someone will take notice

[Over55yrs]

Now up on Swellnet a link to the proposal and a petition

https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet- ... rill-bight

[The Mighty Sunbird]

Give them the arse

[swvic]

For a little while I worked directly for a company extracting gas from offshore formations just west of Bass Strait. The offshore rig and onshore processing plant are relatively new, but require continual maintenance. They're never too far from a potentially disasterous fcukup

The scale of potential extraction from the Bight is massive. Infrastructure will be built as cheaply as possible with second rate steel sourced from China. Within 10 years of commissioning, maintenance will be a serious issue. The most challenging part of this is the high probability facilities will be sold, perhaps more than once. The buyer brings along their own operating and maintenance protocols and there is real likelihood of confusion and lost information

I have a couple of Aussie mates in Norway and will encourage them to raise their voices

[Beerfan]

Signed the swellnet one

[Beerfan]

For a little while I worked directly for a company extracting gas from offshore formations just west of Bass Strait. The offshore rig and onshore processing plant are relatively new, but require continual maintenance. They're never too far from a potentially disasterous fcukup

The scale of potential extraction from the Bight is massive. Infrastructure will be built as cheaply as possible with second rate steel sourced from China. Within 10 years of commissioning, maintenance will be a serious issue. The most challenging part of this is the high probability facilities will be sold, perhaps more than once. The buyer brings along their own operating and maintenance protocols and there is real likelihood of confusion and lost information

I have a couple of Aussie mates in Norway and will encourage them to raise their voices

Most big companies regard maintenance of high risk facilities as a money drain. Like, “sure, it could go horribly wrong but it hasn’t for decades so we’ll cut the maintenance budget a little more”. While not an oil rig, i have seen that attitude become standard where I work. Especially since the GFC

[ctd]

TC Oma possibly crossing the coast in Southern QLD.

Is this gonna be a bomb, bank destroying, outta control swell up there?

just to change the subject from saving the world and back to more RS level discourse, Kirra/Greenmount today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG-nyoE ... e=youtu.be

[The Mighty Sunbird]

Almost as good south Bondi!

[Cranked]

TC Oma possibly crossing the coast in Southern QLD.

Is this gonna be a bomb, bank destroying, outta control swell up there?

just to change the subject from saving the world and back to more RS level discourse, Kirra/Greenmount today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG-nyoE ... e=youtu.be

Hallelujah brother, the gods are smiling

[BA]

The Greenmount cam is classic. Really starting to pump up there.

[Wyre]

TC Oma possibly crossing the coast in Southern QLD.

Is this gonna be a bomb, bank destroying, outta control swell up there?

just to change the subject from saving the world and back to more RS level discourse, Kirra/Greenmount today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG-nyoE ... e=youtu.be

Kirr-ikey!

[marauding mullet]

Heath Joske on Equinor. My gut feeling, based on having a few friends in the maritime industry, is that drilling will go ahead, not by BP for now but there will be others once Statoil / Equinor hit the jackpot. There are certain morons here in SA who are pro oil drilling in the bight, like a mayor on Kangaroo Island who is quite vocal about the benefits e.g. jobs etc. and the usual uneducated guff. Not that he has any say in the matter but he gets press. https://youtu.be/p8eU7idBtZw

[foamy]

Fanno and Parko together at Kirra, perhaps today. How did Fanno make it out of that modest-sized tube? Not as easy as he makes it look.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuInk4bHTED/

[Trev]

Fanno and Parko together at Kirra, perhaps today. How did Fanno make it out of that modest-sized tube? Not as easy as he makes it look.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuInk4bHTED/

[jimmy]

I was getting ready to go out and every knob was talking about it. It’s days like today that I hate the GC whilst loving it.

[Legion]

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[Beanpole]

Yes its time to talk swell size. Hodaddy posted a link for Noosa saying it was 4~6 ft and crowded. Thats what I would call it from the youtube video.