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GuySmiley started the topic in Tuesday, 7 Apr 2020 at 6:11pm

In semi lockdown I'm finally sorting through a lifetime of photos and inspired by what Craig and Andy recently posted I thought why not.
We travel a fair bit and there has to be some crackers in the vaults.
Good if we follow the Swellnet tradition of not naming or being too obvious.

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blackers Wednesday, 20 Oct 2021 at 10:07pm

Lovely shots Craig. Have never managed to see one in the wild, and they keep dying when I try to grow them down here. Too cold and/or dry, or maybe its my brown thumbs. Lockdown is about to end here so we are all off to the Island to visit Indo. :)

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inzider Thursday, 21 Oct 2021 at 12:35am

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blackers Thursday, 21 Oct 2021 at 10:26am

Tasty.

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shoredump Friday, 29 Oct 2021 at 3:59pm

How’s this shot my brother captured last night. Epic hey

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blindboy Friday, 29 Oct 2021 at 6:02pm

I'll second that.

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gragagan Friday, 29 Oct 2021 at 6:44pm

That pic deserves an award

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blackers Friday, 29 Oct 2021 at 7:20pm

Love the phosphorescence in the shorey, we get that down this way but usually in autumn.

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Craig Wednesday, 3 Nov 2021 at 6:12pm

Wow Shorey, incredible shots, I missed that, bummer!

Other worldly..

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zenagain Wednesday, 3 Nov 2021 at 6:22pm

Cracking shot Shorey.

Yours isn't too shabby either Craig.

This is a great thread.

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Supafreak Friday, 5 Nov 2021 at 3:24pm

Only 203 days to go 06-F0-ABF9-12-D1-4-DB6-9-CDE-6-CA82-F3-DB9-F3

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blindboy Sunday, 5 Dec 2021 at 3:02pm

Lot's of invertebrates out and about!
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Craig Sunday, 5 Dec 2021 at 6:34pm

Wow, wasp?

Also this Kooky flew right over to show off this skink it had caught!

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blindboy Sunday, 5 Dec 2021 at 6:48pm

Nice one Craig. It was on the track to Lockley's Pylon.

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blackers Sunday, 5 Dec 2021 at 7:12pm

Nice x2. Good work gents.

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tubeshooter Sunday, 5 Dec 2021 at 8:46pm

Cool photos guys , thx
Nice kooka shot.. Got introduced to a new baby one today by the local mob.. Noisy little bugger.

At this very moment though I'm dealing with a stand off between 2 brush tail possums. 'Brutus' (the large alpha and undefeated champion) and 'Popeye' (a cheeky upstart who lost an eye in a battle with the big fella a year or so ago). It seems Popeye has pissed on Brutus' territory again and is about to learn another lesson in art of claw to claw nocturnal arboreal combat from the master.

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stunet Monday, 6 Dec 2021 at 1:16pm

Birds..? How's this bluebird image taken at the top of Kozy Express last week.

No clouds, no wind, new trails running mint, and a solid day of mtbing with the eldest.

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Blowin Monday, 6 Dec 2021 at 2:00pm
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Birds..? How's this bluebird image taken at the top of Kozy Express last week.

No clouds, no wind, new trails running mint, and a solid day of mtbing with the eldest.

Looks unreal.

I’d assumed you’d somehow made your way to Nudge Nudge Wink Wink Island. Looks like it may have had a bit of something to offer lately?

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stunet Monday, 6 Dec 2021 at 2:05pm

Yeah, nah. Saw that too. Not sure if the Barbarian and his comrades are there or not.

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seaslug Monday, 6 Dec 2021 at 4:03pm

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Craig Monday, 6 Dec 2021 at 7:18pm

Not a cloud in the sky Stu!

And not my shot but a nice drone shot of me last swell. Little shimmy out the local reef shot by Liam Lehane..

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udo Monday, 6 Dec 2021 at 7:59pm

White Haired Bandit Head Dippin....riding a Twinnie ?

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Craig Monday, 6 Dec 2021 at 8:25pm

Haha, flapping away, 2+1.

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tubeshooter Thursday, 9 Dec 2021 at 10:20pm

Thought I'd try this posting photos thing .. testing 1 , 2 , 3
Taken this morning ,
Brutus 'the old dog' possum sleeping off a long night after chasing broads and bashing cats. God knows what fermented fruit he consumed beforehand. Obviously didn't have a plan B and just parked it on my verandah till the sun went down.

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GuySmiley Thursday, 9 Dec 2021 at 10:28pm

seaslug & Tubeshooter great pics

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tubeshooter Thursday, 9 Dec 2021 at 11:07pm

Cheers GS and thx to all who contribute these great photos.

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Craig Friday, 10 Dec 2021 at 6:01am

Awesome TS!!

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seaslug Friday, 10 Dec 2021 at 10:45am

Love it TS

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stunet Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 8:22pm

Mate sent me a link to a random Facebook page, 'Old Surfing Car Photographs - Australia & NZ', so I click and, lo and behold, there's a photo of my first car.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1534554450185357/posts/2709635539343903/...

Taken on Wheelbarrow Road, opposite the Potholes turn off, around 1991. No surf, lots of rain, took the cars for a sideways drive and this is how it ended up.

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lostdoggy Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 8:26pm

You look like you’re enjoying the show too. If that’s you far right.

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stunet Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 8:34pm

Yeah...sorta. Not as much as my mates obviously. I was figuring out how I was gonna explain it to my parents - it was their car.

Front wheel bounced on a bent axle all the way back up the highway. Told my olds someone backed into me.

At my 21st the third arsehole from the left made a speech about it. I winced, but Dad didn't look a bit surprised.

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groundswell Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 9:25pm

I miss that part of Australia...some of the best waves in Australia, next to Blackfellas that is.

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tubeshooter Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 10:40pm

Ahhh the old Corolla ... wasn't a bad rally car..
Looks the front left tyre is shot though . Retread ?
I bent the stub axle in a 200B once , drove it for 2 months before I got it fixed.

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lucky-al Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 12:02am

Quite a posse you had back then Stu! Of course you never would have turned up at any of the surf spots down there all at once would you? :)

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stunet Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 7:23am

From memory it was an Easter weekend camping trip, Al. Not all of them surfed, some were just there for the shenanigans.

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 8:27am
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From memory it was an Easter weekend camping trip, Al. Not all of them surfed, some were just there for the shenanigans.

Sounds like where i grew up and my grommet hood surf trips, there was a core of hardcore frothers of which i was one, then there was guys that had boards but they rarely got wet they there more there for everything else, they were always the biggest pot smokers too.

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Craig Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 8:46am

Great shelf cloud coming in last night..

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blackers Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 9:42am

More rain to come then Craig. No surf (again) so have been bush walking in the hills behind where we are staying.
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lucky-al Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 3:06pm
stunet wrote:

From memory it was an Easter weekend camping trip, Al. Not all of them surfed, some were just there for the shenanigans.

we must have crossed paths at some stage in those days stu, sure of it!

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stunet Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 3:48pm
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stunet wrote:

From memory it was an Easter weekend camping trip, Al. Not all of them surfed, some were just there for the shenanigans.

we must have crossed paths at some stage in those days stu, sure of it!

Well I used to hang down that way a lot, and a couple of times your Thirroul mates stole my clothes so there's a good chance of it.

Off topic: Very big waves heading Haven way.

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lucky-al Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 5:38pm

sorry about your clothes stu. stupid grommets.

i've been watching typhoon rai too. wish i could be there - i'm stuck in bangkok. hope it doesn't blow the roof off.

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seaslug Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 5:47pm

Lot worst place to be stuck than bang-knob

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goofyfoot Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 7:43pm

Sth Africa

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goofyfoot Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 7:45pm

Home. Big and clean
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seaslug Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 8:36pm

Noice GF

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Supafreak Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 9:30pm

@goofyfoot , is this you ? 5-FCE5-EA8-FF13-4928-AB8-F-DD19866-A2567

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Island Bay Friday, 17 Dec 2021 at 4:42am
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Sth Africa

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Is that Bo Kaap in Cape Town?

Miss Cape Town, and we were supposed to go back in 2020.

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goofyfoot Friday, 17 Dec 2021 at 5:34am

Supa - no it’s not, that is an amazing wave though! Is it Kandui?

IB - yep that’s it. Hope you can get back there soon. I’d love to spend more time there.

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Patrick Friday, 17 Dec 2021 at 8:46am
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Fantastic. I haven't seen a pic from that angle. Did you catch a bus with your board or were you on a tourist jaunt?

I remember the days negotiating the rock & cave. It's been decades. I never walked as far as where you are there (and the cliff top was out of bounds).

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goofyfoot Friday, 17 Dec 2021 at 9:26am

Hey Patrick, this was just during a bike ride with the missus one evening.
That peak would of been 8 foot easy. The set standing up way out the back was even bigger. Nice to watch

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Supafreak Friday, 17 Dec 2021 at 11:01am
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Supa - no it’s not, that is an amazing wave though! Is it Kandui?

IB - yep that’s it. Hope you can get back there soon. I’d love to spend more time there.

Yeah its kandui , thought you would like the photo, how’s the white water ? Looks to be exploding about 5 times his height. Beautiful looking wave .