The Daily Good News
Recall Chang the Qld Groper got lonely during Covid Lockdown...
Went on a hunger strike...
https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSBrisbane/videos/queensland-aquarium-says-i...
Sunny the Star Sunfish was missing his fan base > went on a hunger strike..
Superstar feels sunnier with his Cardboard Cut-out Only Fanclub base.
They're real Dedicated Fans Ok! My peeps...they love me!
Gotta feeling this might catch on...tbb could do with with a few cardboard only fans...
That's my kinda Japanese Fan!
On a busy day, with devil wind on the points, I surfed my fave spot with a pair of Maui Dolphins.
I know there are a few people on here with close relatives that are hearing impaired , just wondering if you have come across these glasses before ? How stoked is this young girl after her mum gifted her a pair.
Chiko Chook's Surf Safari sweeps Hodad son off his crippled legz.
Mum's 81st Birthday wish is to cure her hodad son...Dawn Patrol Siren Surfs Up....WTF Mum!
Yer goin' surfing from yer knees down...be ready in 54321...Gonna give it a bash Son!
tbb has been isolating for 5 years...we discussed Ocean Ozone Surf as last option cure for Cellulitus.
Med Health info says don't do it, saltwater & sand invites further contamination of deep set infection.
Now! tbb takes that to mean Wastewater creeks & Ocean Outfall...thinking clearer ocean beach as fine!
Ya see the Local Saltwater Talle Ck is easier to access but polluted...so all near beaches are a risk!
In any event it's too late tbb dunked his legs at North Burley for a good hour...
Getting down to the water's edge (Flags) was quite a reasonable trek as tide was retreating!
Never really consider that visiting the surf is only the easy part.
Most ever always downhill into less & less Sand approach to waters edge...
Leaving the beach is the real quest...
Each step involves a slower harder heaving haul of more greater deeper impact under own weight...
Each breath is heavier and task grows harder...needing more and longer breaks, each a new mission.
Heart was pounding...this is a real challenge!
Ya see now each step is deeper into uphill plough of impossible deeper recover with stairs yet to climb.
Evaluation being tbb can only afford max 30 minutes knee wading to preserve energy for a beach exit.
If accessing knee height surf is 3x harder > then exiting the beach is around 15x harder...
Now tbb knew that, but only now can evaluate a ranking of disability by terminology...
Inclusion access for Adaptive Surfers to equally feel free is no doubt a blessing...Applause all round!
How us disabled Surfers exit the beach requires nothing short of a resurrection...not for your eyes...
Ya see now we gotta leave freedom to instantly assimilate into Pitch Perfect Seachange Restriction.
Exhausted we contemplate exiting the beach...we're recuperating as world is racing faster
One step or word outta place spells disaster in bustling Seachange Hustle...outta my way Hodad! Fark!
As tbb discovered he was way to slow for Steps / Shower / Crossing Paths / Esplanade.
Ya turnaround to see yer the #1 problem for others which defies the intent of inclusionary outing.
Foreshores were originally preserved primarily for Senior Convalescence...tbb feels that's important.
To preserve the relaxed healing nature of Oz Foreshores as sanctuaries is still the prime objective!
tbb was stoked with Mum's Surf Safari but it does alert tbb that WSR must prioritise Reserve at heart!
Reserve between Majestic Sanctuary & Madness must remain a chill zone less so a Seachange Folly.
Locals should defend yer hang if only to Chill out yer Blowins...never lose sight of core objective!
tbb & Mum are knee deep in Birthday Bash Surf Stoke...
WOTD ~~~~^ ~~~~/'~~~~/\~~~~/(~~~~ /(C..[ mums )
TBB, you ain’t no hodad. You’re just retired.
Happy birthday to mum!
In an otherwise reflective day (except for Carringbushers), I am happy to pass on that a young lady was hit by lightening. Because she is totally fine, thankfully. Her name, Bloom Kermode. Yep. Here's an interview with Bloom, and her father Billy Ray Kermode. I reckon the son, Staynd was on the money..
The atmosphere was statically charged from Staynd’s prolonged trip to the…..
He managed to delete his phone’s history before the media arrived.
Speaking of funny names that was at Burpengary. Very familiar to us but have lost count of the times visitors traveling the Bruce have mentioned it.
Another person was struck by the big guy in the sky up here last night also.
Valerie the dachshund, on Kangaroo Island.. wot a funny story, global interest and concern from the international dachsund community.
I'm sure it's been all over the news.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/25/valerie-the-dachs...
(haha @seeds, yeh, Burpengary.. we got a town called Byaduk in the borderlands..)
Aussies are a good bunch
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/nannup-rallies-to-help-stranded-f...
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Yeah that's a great bit of hospitality.
Reminds of this time when I was in the south of France, I had a bit of time off work so I rented a car and went for a drive up in the mountains out of Nice.
I figured I'd find a little hotel or pensione as I went so didn't book anything in advance - a lot of the small places are old school and don't have websites anyway, at least not at that time.
I ended up in this tiny little town around sunset, it was well after the summer season and just before the winter season and it quickly became apparent that there was no accomodation open in town.
I headed into the local bar, bought a drink and started chatting with the bartender, who was the only guy in the room who spoke English.
He said I was out of luck but he'd do what he could.
He turned and addressed the room, which had about a dozen people in it, and asked (in French of course) if anyone could help me out.
So this middle aged fella, who spoke absolutely zero English, offered to put me up for the night.
We went back to his place and I have to admit I was pretty wary but it was all above board.
He gave me his bed and slept on the couch, and in the morning made me a coffee and gave me a croissant and sent me on my way.
Unbelivable.
Great that this kind of hospitality is clearly still a thing, no matter what country.
Dammit Andy- I was waiting for the punchline.
You must be a nice fella Andy, you seem to have a way with people. Scruffy Frenchmen, Singaporean hookers, Haitian drag queens...
Mate you don't know the half of it :)
From the hills of France to the gay bars of New York to the beaches of the Seychelles!
Surprised you remembered the Singapore story.
What about you Zen, you must have some good travel stories.
A couple Andy. Pretty vanilla tbh.
For this thread, as long as they're good news.
Nice, that was my home for 4 years
How did you end up there seaslug?
Ha, long story, was in London in 91 for 3 years, then went to Aberdeen for 2y and then scored a new job in Monaco so I drove all the way down from Aberdeen in my trusty Ford Fiesta with the steering wheel on the wrong side, was a hassle on the toll roads. It all started out on with the UK working holiday visa which I think in those days you wouldn't qualify for if you were over 27 or 28, something like that.
What were you doing in Monaco?
Did you commute from Nice?
Engineering, Floating Production Systems, yep either use to drive in my ford fiesta, much to the disgust of the white gloved Monaco police, or the train
Dedicated to good news ....