Monthly Archives: December 2012

Manly LSC Blue Dolphin 1 & 2km Swims

Sunday 16th December, 2012 Beautiful morning for a swim. When surfmuppet first came to Australia twenty three and a half years ago Christmas time was the weirdest time of the year. Used to the Christmas season categorised by darkness at … Continue reading

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Off to the Cabaret

A warm Saturday night. 8th December 2012. Early Southern Summer. Dark streets of Redfern. Hark! Rising swell of huge orchestral wave. Helicopter shot capturing Julie Andrews in a dainty looking pinafore doing a Marian Jones sprint across an Alpine pasture. … Continue reading

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Bondi to Bronte

Driving down the hill into Bondi, white horses on ominous blue grey ocean. No flat, benign waterway in the mode of Coogee last weekend. Shite, thinks surfmuppet, replay of last year’s B2B coming up when the weather trolls launch a … Continue reading

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