Re: Just general surfing stuff
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:40 pm
Sounds exciting! Where are you planning to hit? Waist high Sandon again? Or that fat wonky beachie?
Don't think i could get in there. Besides the fact that just paddling to the break would probably be enough for me to require an AFTERNOON SNOOZE.Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:32 pmWell it's gonna BOMB FROM THE SOUTH on Monday with light winds turning NE so go to DEPOT BOMBIE and get fcuking BARRELLED!black duck wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:27 pmWell, here's the rub. There are guards at the entrance to Bendalong road off the highway, GUARDS, checking licences and rate notices so that if you are not a resident, YOU DON'T GET IN. All the holiday rental houses are empty. All the caravan parks are empty. The local shop is closed. There is nobody around. It's locals only and THE SURF IS FCUKING SHIT.
Yes, locals can to and fro for supplies. It's still burning in patches on Bendy road and trees are still dropping, or being dropped while they install new power poles (timber of course, so they can burn down in the next fire). The burning timber is mostly hollow logs and such sending out smoke signals.
Totally wrong conditions for Sandon. But ideal for a trusty south facing Sydney reef.godsavethequeen wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:40 pmSounds exciting! Where are you planning to hit? Waist high Sandon again? Or that fat wonky beachie?
Water's not so much the issue Beany, although i have been putting water out. It's more about food. Water is a scarce as it was previously, besides the early morning dew on flowers which i think counts for a reasonable portion of a honey eater's daily intake. Feeding black cockatoos and other birds that have similar diets is tricky, the casuarinas and bottle brush cones are gone and the black cockatoos aren't like the king parrots, they don't tend to want to interact as readily with humans so they don't tend to go for seed put out by people trying to help them. Maybe it will change if they get a bit more desperate but i think a lot will die. The distances they need to travel now without guarantee of a feed are quite vast. Just my empirical non scientific view.
Who are these guards Duck? Cops? If not, who is paying them?black duck wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:27 pmWell, here's the rub. There are guards at the entrance to Bendalong road off the highway, GUARDS, checking licences and rate notices so that if you are not a resident, YOU DON'T GET IN. All the holiday rental houses are empty. All the caravan parks are empty. The local shop is closed. There is nobody around. It's locals only and THE SURF IS FCUKING SHIT.
there's that but there's also official warnings not to visit the South Coast. A few mixed messages. Sure when things get cleared up but you would be putting a lot of strain on places right now.channels wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:34 pmWho are these guards Duck? Cops? If not, who is paying them?black duck wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:27 pmWell, here's the rub. There are guards at the entrance to Bendalong road off the highway, GUARDS, checking licences and rate notices so that if you are not a resident, YOU DON'T GET IN. All the holiday rental houses are empty. All the caravan parks are empty. The local shop is closed. There is nobody around. It's locals only and THE SURF IS FCUKING SHIT.
Odd that every suggestion is to visit the south coast to get the local economy turning. Is that the only place on the coast like that?
Not cops generally now, they stopped doing it a few days ago. Seems to be all sorts, National parks guys, council road guys and local guys with some quasi certificate and a hi viz jacket. Not sure about payment, assume they are paid. Some of them seem to enjoy being bureaucratic cnuts and some are cool.channels wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:34 pmWho are these guards Duck? Cops? If not, who is paying them?black duck wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:27 pmWell, here's the rub. There are guards at the entrance to Bendalong road off the highway, GUARDS, checking licences and rate notices so that if you are not a resident, YOU DON'T GET IN. All the holiday rental houses are empty. All the caravan parks are empty. The local shop is closed. There is nobody around. It's locals only and THE SURF IS FCUKING SHIT.
Odd that every suggestion is to visit the south coast to get the local economy turning. Is that the only place on the coast like that?
Yeah, nothing about Neilsen Park excites me at all