Dispatch from Bali: Let’s hear it for Global Nyepi!
Thursday 28/05 27
It's not a pandemic, it's enforced Nyepi - the Balinese day of silence, where people stay indoors and reflect on their lives - and that ain't such a bad thing writes Matt George.
Swellnet Dispatch
Sunshine Coast Wavepool to become the new Hyatt Coolum, says Andrew Stark
Thursday 28/05 179
With little available work and an unproductive wetland just sitting there, Stark promises to make the Sunshine Coast great again.
Plastic debris washes up on Sydney and Central Coast beaches from lost shipping containers
Thursday 28/05 14
For the second time in four years, the cargo ship APL England has lost containers and fouled Australian waters.
On Any Sunday (with eight foot of south swell)
Wednesday 27/05 59
Documenting a weekend of heavy water.
How the Gold Coast's new backpass pipeline will work
Monday 25/05 35
Though surfers have heard little about it, a new project has the potential to alter surf conditions on the Gold Coast.
Five surfers killed, more missing, in the Netherlands
Wednesday 13/05 35
Tragedy in the North Sea.
Travel: The end of the road in Timor
Monday 11/05 51
The search for surf takes a sinister turn for this inncocent abroad.
Surfer punches shark during attack at Bells Beach
Sunday 10/05 63
"I punch him one time, two time."
Beyond Shidashita: Chasing Olympic-size waves in Japan's south
Saturday 09/05 48
Tokyo's five-ring circus may be put on hold, but little has changed for surfers in the south of Japan as they keenly await the typhoon season.
Opinion: Booze never sleeps in Bali
Thursday 07/05 17
In Bali, surfers may be starved for surf…but they ain’t thirsty.
Perfection and Regret
Wednesday 06/05 30
A story about getting caught short at the very worst time.
Celebrating Australia's first surf report
Wednesday 29/04 58
“Ye captain went away in ye yawl, but could not land for ye surf."