Beached and shattered

Today's post

is for all the beached and broken

rugged and buggered

and shattered

wage warriors

who have made it 

to Friday.

Bliss awaits.

1/5000

Couple of shots from sunnier days.

Lino x winter

Winter starts this week. 

It has inched its way into town, 

stealing a little more light each day. 

But the mild winter light 

is gentle on the eyes and skin, 

making for epic days at the beach 

or just kicking back on the deck 

jamming with friends or

carving a linoprint.

Highway Chile

Excerpt from my highway diary:
"By the time I pull up for petrol, it's warmed up to 7 degrees. There's not a lot in the highway before dawn and as cold as I am, even in a thick hoodie and cordie jeans combo, I spy a lone soul in the sky gliding his gyro on invisible currents a couple of hundred feet above this highway."

"His old guitar slung across his back 
His dusty boots is his cadillac 
Flamin' hair just a blowin' in the wind 
Ain't seen a bed in so long it's a sin 

Now you may call him a tramp 
But I know it goes a little deeper than that 
He's a highway chile "

from Highway Chile by Jimi Hendrix

Blue Monday

It's probably barrelling 

off it's nut 

right now 

and nobody's on it.

One for the road

The Wreck

- & -

Dusk

Light painting 

at Coogee Beach. 

Happy daze with 

the TooMuchFunCollective.

Out the Back!!

You hear the call from a mate "out the back!" and the heart starts racing as the arms pump furiously over one moving mountain and then another and maybe this one will be the one you take off on, treading the fine line between exhilaration and annihilation. How do you explain such madness to saner souls?

The shooter as passenger

How good is it to be the passenger on a surfari when you're the shooter?
BIG thanks to my mates Ryan and Tiggy for taking me to Byron Shire yesterday (and bought me lunch!)
And let me poke my wide-angle in their faces.

6x6

Butcher's Hook

I'm butcher's hook, 

which is Aussie slang for crook 

or unwell. 

Here's a couple of shots 

from better times.

The Unseen

This weekend

100000 volunteers

will be asking us to

dig deep

to raise money

for the great unseen

in our society.

More info at

Red Shield Appeal

Lunch Break

There's not much you can do 

on a 45 minute lunch break. 

Is there?

Maybe catch one wave 

on The Point on a crowded day.

Catch the news?

Maybe catch some Metal Magic

on a lunch time stroll.

Or maybe tread water 

with an old film camera? 

Life and Death

life and death

we're all on a trajectory

sometimes on different orbits

but a trajectory

nonetheless

longer than some critters

shorter than the stars

finite laps of the Sun

some of us

only leave foot prints

and castles in the sand

some of us only 

leave marks on 

somebody's wall

some of us trap time

in little analogue 

and digital boxes

or moving sounds

plucked from the ether

and shared with family and fans

finite laps of the sun

finite waves to be had

let's go and get out there!

My Stars are Aligning

For some surfers the movement of the moon and the relationship of the Sun's electro-magnetic pulses are tantamount to an exact science of big swell prediction. For me observing the movement of the local ant colonies is enough to warn me of impending rains and floods (though not swell).

For others the movements of the planets and constellations are an exact science. The longer I surf the more I discover I don't know. (But the discovery keeps life interesting.) Some things I know I won't definitely know in this lifetime and astrology is one of them. However, this weeks forecast did put alittle extra spring in my dawn jog-shuffle-amble this morning. The only thing "inventive" (see below) I have been doing for along time is trapping time in my little analogue and digital boxes,,,

"Mercury moves into your 4th house and a mutual reception with Venus, who is expanding your creative talents into uncharted territory. This is the kind of energy where something inventive you’ve been doing for a long time gets noticed and you get the rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of your genius. You don’t have to make any effort this week, the things you do are so readily received there’s no way you can be ignored. Now all you have to do is say yes to the attention. On Sunday the Sun and Jupiter come together at the bottom of your chart and give you the kind of platform you need to be willing to put it all out there on the line. Public acclaim is not your usual comfort zone."

TGIF

Today's post dedicated to my mate Bazza

and all the other surfers in hospitals.

Get well soon cobbers.

Quadly

Back

Been away

shooting mates

surfing

watching the moon

soaking up Autumn

TGIF

Thank

God

It's

Friday!!

The Wasp

Vespa is an iconic Italian 

scooter brand. 

The name means "wasp".

Chuck a board rack on the side 

and you have the perfect 

urban search engine,

for Mods and 

Modyssey fans alike.

Think 

The Who's Quadrophenia

Lone Wolf

I read somewhere sometime that George Greenough would rather surf average waves alone than perfect waves with a crowd. 

All my friends were once strangers to me. So, I'd like to think that a stranger is a friend I haven't met yet.

Though sometimes, when it takes two hours to get two perfect point waves, that I'm a lone wolf in a pack of lone wolves.