Category Archives: Swimming with the fish

As I drove home from Welly Dam, after a morning out climbing with Steve, the wind was strong and the trees were bending this way and that.  However, it looked like it may have been a southerly wind, i.e. offshore, so I checked the beach before going home and it was looking good.  When IContinue reading “Nice to see you again (maybe)”

Friday morning instead of stretching as soon as I got up, I prepared myself to head in for a swim.  I was working today but wanted to get a swim in while the conditions looked favourable, as the weekend wasn’t looking to crash hot.  As such I found myself getting into the water a littleContinue reading “Nowhere to hide”

Last weekend there was no time for outdoor fun, as Lisa and I spent every daylight hour of both days working in the garden.  While there was no playtime on rock or in the water, we did however get a workout.  There was still more to be done in the garden this weekend, but notContinue reading “The flat battery”

Last week a low pressure system came over the SW, which dropped the temperature, brought some wind and resulted in the waters looking a little cloudy compared to the previous stellar conditions of last weekend.  I was however keen to get out and seeing Sunday morning was booked up with a climb Lisa and IContinue reading “Being Stalked”

The last day of the long weekend and in view of the beach having been crazily busy on Sunday, we thought it would be safe to head out this morning without the crowds.  Sure enough the plan worked like a dream and today Rongy and Alana tagged along, with Lisa and I.  It was alwaysContinue reading “The old stomping ground”

It is the last weekend of the summer school holidays, which also happens to coincide with the Australia day weekend.  It is a day when everyone feels there is a need to get to the beach, especially on the big day itself which this year fell on Sunday.  As such we were expecting it toContinue reading “Feeling green”

Being school holiday I thought I would take Friday off and have a short week.  No reason other than it would be nice to spend a bit more time at home with the girls, and ease into 2020 more gently.  On the flip side the weather has been good for a few days with offContinue reading “Lisa Tags Along”

This weekend the forecast was looking good to get out for a snorkel, but having planned a climb for Saturday it had to be a Sunday morning dip.  The conditions were supposed to be so good that I had suggested Lisa come out with me, and it would have been her first snorkel this season. Continue reading “The Little and Large Show”

I’m coming to the end of my two weeks holiday and with the return to work my posts will slow down, but before they do one last tale of a dip in the ocean.  On Saturday morning it wasn’t that great and it felt like everything was in hiding, and as the day wore onContinue reading “Climate Change”

On New Year’s Day Lisa and I went down to river mouth end of our beach, which meant we jumped in the car and drove the 3km to the most eastern carpark.  The reason for this was purely because I wanted to have a snorkel at this end, my first dip in these waters whereContinue reading “A Lucky Find!”