Swellnet Dispatch

What at first appears a standard hero's journey story, promises something altogether different.

The pre-dawn air bites as Ryan Scanlon trudges across the frost-covered paddock, gumboots crushing grass beneath his feet. While the surf might be pumping at Bells and Winki, just seven kilometres to the south-east, he's got 100 cows to milk before school.

Through the fog, he can just make out a glow emanating from Torquay – Australia's surf capital and home to industry titans Rip Curl and Quiksilver. The same distance that takes fifteen minutes to drive is a distant world to the teenage farm boy, hands raw from manual labour.

Belinda Baggs sees new enviro group Surfers for Climate as another tool in the activists armoury.

Ensures local and visiting surfers always have access to Honkys and Sultans.

"Thank you to the boys at the Byron cop shop."