Category Archives: Swimming with the fish

The sun sets and rises really quickly in this part of the world, and if you look away you might miss that magical moment.  In a similarly fast fashion the season seems to have switch over almost overnight.  It seems that after weeks of looking at a grey and weed ridden ocean things have magicallyContinue reading “The star attraction”

Sunday morning came in a bit strange.  Lisa drove in for her fitness class in soupy fog and it was still lingering when she got back mid-morning.  So instead of going for a snorkel I was up for a beach walk with Lisa and the dogs.  Blue sky crept in and it looked like itContinue reading “Garden ornaments”

After a fun session of climbing at Castle Rock, Tomski, Jaime and I walked back to the car and as we walked I pondered whether the water conditions made it worth jumping in for a snorkel.    It was hard to say as there looked to be a bit of swell, but the only way toContinue reading “Staying in control”

Friday night after work Lisa and I took the poodles for a walk down to the beach.  The sunset was incredible, tendrils of the sole cloud bank stretched across the sky and turned yellow, orange and finally a fiery red as the sun dipped below the horizon.  We stood watching the amazing show but IContinue reading “The glass house”

By all accounts it had been a very sensible move on Lisa and my part to stay home over Easter.  The roads had been insanely busy and there were tales of trips to local places taking twice the time or more to get too, if you were unlucky.  To avoid the tourists I also hadn’tContinue reading “Fingers crossed”

With light breezes and a low swell continuing into Sunday, and after seeing the awesome conditions down the coast at Bob’s Hollow, it would have been crazy not to have jumped in the water today.  Geoff had said he had a late night and was not up for a dip, despite me trying to convinceContinue reading “Up close and personal”

Driving home from work on Tuesday it felt warm and the leaves on the trees weren’t showing any signs of movement.  So before pulling into our driveway I did a quick loop up over the hill to see what the water was looking like.  Flat and clear, so it seemed, so I got home kittedContinue reading “More reading material”

Midweek, on arrival home from the climbing trip down south it was unusually humid.  Cloud hung in the sky each day and it felt sticky.  It seems that our summer and now autumn will continue to be a bit out of character.  Humidity is the type of weather that I struggle with, making me feelContinue reading “Barren ground”

Just in case you were wondering why there was no post of my underwater adventures last weekend.  I did head out but despite the water looking calm, underneath it was a whole other story.  There had been some strong winds and swells, up to 4m, in Geographe Bay and the outcome being there was veryContinue reading “Autumn arrives”

The same troop of us headed out past The Point as last time and as we drove out we finally came across a bay that was free cars.  Each bay seemed to have occupants already set up, and in the bay we chose we were nestled between two parties.  Behind us a couple were fishingContinue reading “Déjà vu”