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Visit from the surf angel

Yesterday, Faisel and myself went to Bondi Beach (by bus and train as the car was still broken) – I carried my board with no bag, it is lighter that way and leaving the expensive bag on the beach is a big no no because it will probably be stolen. On

In Over Drive

I found this in the g2007 archives. I don’t think I ever put it on the website. It is a bit of an arty video I made whilst in India (and very bored at the same time). It kind of rules looking at it now. It also has some

Huskisson Camp/Surfari Trip

Matt, Mike, Fiona, Rach and myself headed down to Huskisson on the NSW South Coast near Jervis Bay for a weekend of relaxation, camping and surfing. My car is still broken so I got a lift down with Rach and Mike on Friday morning for the 2 hour drive to

Wave Scale + Car Update + Site Update

Found this excellent chart at wavelust.com that explains that actual height of a wave as given as the measurement and the reality of there size from the front – So that weekend that still haunts me on this scale shows the waves at Almost 2x Over Head on the scale!

Tropfest 2005 and motley/sundry

Friday night some of us went down to Thai Nesia and had a really good Thai meal although some of it smelt funny. We then went to Dragonfly in Kings Cross which was a cool club but the DJ was the worse ever, he told Mike “we only do house”

The return of Tagjinda

Jorid (Tagjinda) returned from Norway after a very long holiday and to celebrate Tag had a BBQ and supplied all the food! It was the first time that I have eaten Kangaroo burger and it tasted really good I must say. We were also treated to an impromptu Bhang Lassi

Yeah so err…

Andy and myself watched Shrek in 3D for about 2 minutes but it was rubbish so we stopped doing it. Watching Shrek 3D on the Projector was rubbish Literally ‘fell’ off the front of a 4ft (read 6ft) wave at Manly today, I paddled in, got going, stood up, forced

New Girlfriend

I have a new 6’4″ curvaceous girlfriend. She is so beautiful, I took her out in the sea today and I got on her three times. Here is a picure of her – 6’4″ – 19 1/4 – 2 1/2 For sale: 7’6″ Mini-Mal and 6’7″ Dalhberg

Stanwell Park Surf

Surf surf surfing – that is all I write about now, oh well. Went surfing with Matt yesterday at a place called Stanwell Park on the Coal Coast. I was a bit nervous to be honest, it was all very onshore and a beach we passed had ‘locals only’ written on

Seal Rocks Didn’t Rock

Went to Seal Rocks/Treachery for a surfing extravaganza this week but ended up coming back a day early, the surfboards had not left the roof of the car. A number of reasons brought it on but the main one being red algae at Seal Rocks beach and Treachery Beach

Cereal Dating

I was in Bondi Junction Westfield supermarket tonight and notice a sign on the floor that said ‘Cereal Dating – Mondays at 7pm, ask at information desk for details’. It clearly has something to do with meeting people in supermarkets so me and the information desk – never the twain shall meet.

Rufus Wainwright @ The Basement

Thanks to Magnus I am a big fan of Rufus Wainwright, on my mp3 player at the moment I have the following artists – Smashing Pumpkins (split up) Elliot Smith (suicide) Jeff Buckley (drowned) Rufus Wainwright (alive and doing gigs!) So last night Andrew and myself went down to The Basement

The (Long) Road Home

This morning, in the blaze of a hang over from last nights gig at the East Village to see Gypsy/Punk/Jazz band Waiting for Guinness I worked out that I have approximately 80 days left in Australia. That is woefully not enough surfing time to prepare for Rip Curl

My Favourite Websites

I thought I would share a few of my favourite places to go on the internet –     I feel this one was a little obvious. All its main features are excellent and more useful than anything else out there – web/images/news/groups http://google.com. Deviant Art is an art

Australia Year Out Featured

Sunshine Coast Surf Trip!!

Andrew and myself got some cheapo tickets in the Virgin Blue sale at Christmas. We got return tickets to the Sunshine Coast for $100, which is pretty cheap considering the taxi to the airport is $30. The Sunshine Coast is in Queensland, we were to stay in a place called

New Theme

Hey! I hope you like the new layout of g2007.com, it is loosely based on the Smashing Pumpkins promo single ‘still becoming apart’. The background header is various pictures from various locations. I’ve hopefully made the font easier to read and the whole site a bit lighter on

Forty One Restaurant on Level Forty Two

After a hard days work, tonight, as a farewell to my parents who have been in Sydney for the past two months, we went to Forty One Restaurant. I have to say it was probably the best restaurant I have ever been to ever. This was also the most expensive

Sue’s Leaving Party

Sunday was Sue’s leaving party, although she is not leaving for another week she was kind enough to have it a week early as Andy and myself are going up to the Sunshine Coast for a couple of days. Pictures of that to come no doubt. Here is a

Surf Update

5 people drowned (here / here) at the weekend in NSW because of the waves. It really brings home how dangerous the ocean is, especially after my close encounter. We went out today and the waves are still 4-5ft, this time I was much more aware of my location in the

Beastie Boys, Wave Aid and…. surfing

The swell in the pacific ocean had been increasing since Wednesday and had reached 5ft by Friday and is currently staying around this level. Meauring a wave is a science, just have a look at this page that tries to explain how to do it. My method of measuring a

Australia Day!!!

On the 26th of January every year, Australia celebrates the arrival of the first fleet. The first fleet consisted of 11 boats that brought the original settlers (I use the words ‘original settlers’ loosely considering the aboriginals were settled here long before) to Australia. They were made up of mostly

Kiko, Tracey Redhead, Surfing (of course) picture fest!!!

Went to see Kiko tonight, they played at One World Sports bar in Darling Harbour. They are a really cool band that play a Portishead style of music. You may recognise Matt (pilot) and Mike (friend around the corner) on the left – I am not really a big fan of

Pups with no tales to tell

I went to Birkin Head Point for lunch today with Charmaine. We went to ‘The Pet Store’ where I read this sad sign on the window of a cage of puppies. I am sad to have read this sign, it seems some of these dogs will have no stories to

Household Arguments

We all have them. Although I sometimes wonder how an argument can erupt when it is just about the rights and wrongs of vaccumming bathroom tiles – Right Click .. Save Target As… (REQUIRES SOUND)

Why don’t I remember this night?

Ok…so the night went like this I thought… Went out with Rach, Cecile and Mike to see ‘Hero’ at the open air cinema at Olympic Park (film was ok)… Got back and went to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair to watch the light display on the bridge…got home at