NAIDOC

Going on the paucity of news, you wouldn't know that this week is NAIDOC and one of the most important in the year for Indigenous Australians. So it's only fitting we feature Indigenous artist Colin Wightman from the small mission town of Toomelah. 

On Sunday the 13th of July, to celebrate the closing of NAIDOC Week this surf board will be up for grabs for $1000 plus postage.It's ready to hang in the boardroom or ready to use, gloss coated and painted both sides, as above.

Colin says: "I paint what I see and what I was told by my Nan and other elders of the Goomeroi tribe. The color in my art depends on the location where I am and what I am feeling at the time."
Contact him on faceybook.

another analogue memory

I've sat at this old silkyoak desk 

for several decades.

It's seen my pencil drawings 

of warplanes during the Vietnam War era 

become 

Captain Goodvibes-inspired doodles 

of perfectly barrelling waves.

It's seen my primary school homework,

 my university assignments 

and even words for which magazines paid me.

For a while 

it was my kitchen table

when I lived alone.

And as my typewriter became 

another analogue memory

replaced by a shiny laptop, 

the yarns continue to seep 

deep into its grain.

The Good Ship

Caffeine, Sheep and Mid-day Sharks

With the surf looking small to nothing tomorrow, it could be a great chance to avoid the mowing, the pruning, the annual tax return mess and head to the Teneriffe Festival in the Big Smoke to eat, drink, watch the runnng of the sheep (real animals, not politicians) or to catch Amy Shark (midday), The Belligerents, Caffeine and a bunch of other lesser known but hugely entertainng musicians. FREE

Non-surf images in this post courtesy Teneriffe Festival

Nikkor 135mm F3.5

Wach Wach

Never tire of observing the fine balancing skills of Christian Wach on a long, uncrowded point wave.