Category Archives: Swimming with the fish

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”

Well I didn’t manage a snorkel every workday this week, and in truth I’m not sure why.  The winds were predicted to be up so I was sceptical about my chances.  However, from early on each morning before it was light I listened out to get an idea of what the winds were actual upContinue reading “Playing hide and seek”

Not that I’m complaining, as what we are going through really is a drop in the ocean compared to so many other people round the world, but we have after all our months of freedom gone into a five day lockdown.  I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets extended and if that happen the timingContinue reading “No complaints”

Seeing I had bouldered on my indoor wall on Wednesday and then climbed at Welly Dam before work on Friday, I had already decided that I needed to rest up from climbing this weekend leaving me two whole days to get some snorkelling in.  Geoff and I were hoping to go in for a dipContinue reading “Trying to focus”