Category Archives: Swimming with the fish

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!”

On the morning of Christmas Eve the waters were looking inviting.  Just a few days before our part of the world will be engulfed in madness.  On Boxing day there is a mass influx of tourists visiting the area and it can last until the end of the school holidays, right till the end ofContinue reading “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

It’s the Christmas school holiday and as is customary for this time of the year the ocean at our beach is blessed with a particular sea creature.  I hear that they prefer calm warm waters and can lurk both at the surface and at depth, also they can at times be close to shore orContinue reading “Right on cue”

Over the last week and bit I have had a few dips in our local waters and found a few gems.  I’ve been a bit busy and also had a few days away climbing so thought I would provide you with a short but worthy collection of the best sights.  And what better way toContinue reading “Stars on 45”

After a great Saturday morning climbing, the mercury was creeping up to 30 as I got home. The trees swayed and the wind was up, so I guessed that a snorkel to cool down would be out of the question. However, I was wrong. There was not a stir on the flat waters off theContinue reading “Snorkelable”