We might be heading into the dark depths of the Australian winter, but - apart from Tasmania - nothing quite comes close to the blistering icy chills of Scotland.
The winter solstice, the darkest and shortest day of the year passed yesterday, but the light continued to shine across Manly with pumping backlit barrels firing off for three days straight.
Not only has Tom Wegener been called a sell out, Derek Hynd also accused him of "killing Bambi". Suitably chastened, Wegener did a PhD on an age old gripe and then turned it into a book.
