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[The Decorator]

hahah mate that's a lovely story! brought a little tear of joy to my eye! very nice.

Thank you Danny!

[The Decorator]

Here's some more...

Story I wrote that is in the current issue of white horses magazine. Wish it was on the newstands in the UK it's one of those mags worth collecting. Available for Ipad though www.whitehorses.com.au

Anyway stories here http://mugofsunshine.blogspot.com.au/

[shackattack2]

Few new things up:

http://tomsandbasil.com/

[Craivold]

Can't make a comparison as I've never been to Cali but can tell you a little about the Sunny coast to help you make your own..........

http://mugofsunshine.blogspot.com.au/

Cheers for the info Decorator, sounds like I need to put east coast Oz on the travel list and when I make my way out there I may indeed DM you for some travel tips! Windy as hell here at the mo and the sea's a stormy mess, definitely conditions to get you thinking about sunnier climes!

I'll shamelessly self promote here as well - started a little blog a few weeks back to log sessions and share pics - take a look when you get 5 http://dragonhilldiaries.tumblr.com/

[shackattack2]

^^^^ Likewise with Decorator, I haven't been to California so can't make the comparison. He sums it up pretty well; great lifestyle, great food, laid back, stress free, perfect climate. Just an easy going spot. I couldn't get over how open and friendly people were when I first arrived; big change from N.Ireland. Every other sunday theres a free live gig on in our little town.... just a stroll down the beach from our house!

After researching a couple of years it ticked all the boxes for me. Its just very expensive getting set up initially with the strong Aussie dollar. Lots to explore in the surrounding area too; nothing like getting a pair of trail runners on and heading into the Hinterland wilderness. The great barrier reef is also only 4 hours drive north as well.

If you like outdoor and adventure you'll love it

Surf might not be quite as good as S. California. I do miss those reeling lefts on the west coast of Ireland too. Still, its never crowded here and the water is aqua marine, crystal clear, and warm enough for boardshorts 3/4 of the year.

[Archy_is_God]

Tis a beautiful part of the world, hoping to go back myself one day.

I think what it lacks in consistency, it makes up for in quality. Those coffee-rock beachies are so much fun....

You ever go over to Old Woman's?

[Archy_is_God]

How's this for a teaser?

http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPh ... toOfTheDay

[ATTMFKH]

How's this for a teaser?

http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPh ... toOfTheDay

Could you paint a more perfect wave ? ^^ , if it was a left ?

[shackattack2]

Pic taken in front of the house

I'd broken my toe the day before and tried paddling out and just got smashed on the shorey. My partner thought I was nuts. I was hopping down to the beach on one leg....."what the f**K, you can't even walk never mind surf". So perfect there was no way I couldn t try. I just sat on the balcony all day in silence watching flawless spitting barrels. 17KM beach with hardly anyone out???? Pretty gutted I missed out. And to add insult to injury the usual sea breeze didn't come up and it stayed offshore all day!

That big storm has left some nice banks though. Just got back out today and had some sick bazzas

[shackattack2]

You ever go over to Old Woman's?

Aye took a paddle over with Decorator once...had the Jaws them on repeat the whole way Lovely wave that just grows down the line, but didn't get it any near its full potential. I'm sure last saturday a few of the boys would have been out.

Its usually busy so when the swells about so I tend to opt for the beachies

[Archy_is_God]

Pic taken in front of the house

I'd broken my toe the day before and tried paddling out and just got smashed on the shorey. My partner thought I was nuts. I was hopping down to the beach on one leg....."what the f**K, you can't even walk never mind surf". So perfect there was no way I couldn t try. I just sat on the balcony all day in silence watching flawless spitting barrels. 17KM beach with hardly anyone out???? Pretty gutted I missed out. And to add insult to injury the usual sea breeze didn't come up and it stayed offshore all day!

That big storm has left some nice banks though. Just got back out today and had some sick bazzas

Is that Sunny Beach or Moolooloo? Thought you lived at Mooloo/Maroochydore.

Nice to hear the beachies still stay quiet... When I was there (14 years ago this February) the points would get chockas, but the beaches were empty and really good fun.

[shackattack2]

Yeah that's Sunshine Beach area...I'm in North Peregian which is about 3/4 up that stretch of sand from Coolum to Noosa.You have Coolum-Peregian-Castaways-Sunrise-Sunshine then Noosa. Its all one big beach with peaks up and down, and the backdrop is just coastal heath and a few houses....no big development. And empty!

Yeah the points get pretty nuts...took me a while to adjust to the crowds. I thought there were crowds in ireland but here its like sometimes you only get 1-2 waves the whole session! Its a social affair

[shackattack2]

Couple more shots of that day (posted them up elsewhere too I think):

[hedgemonkey]

http://www.arestlesstransplant.com/

Don't know if this one's been posted before...

[The Decorator]

Just tapped out a few words about the surf I had in the waves pictured above http://mugofsunshine.blogspot.com.au/

[danny1]

Nice mate. Made me I started paddling at one point!

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[danny1]

great bl;og by a UK guy who moved out to bali and built a house, the fella is an ex BMX guy and good skater....some great stories and photogs in his blog which spans a few years

http://www.jasonlunn.com/2010/08/25/des ... to-upload/

[The Decorator]

Liking that one Danny ^

In the meantime I just bunged up a photo heavy post on http://mugofsunshine.blogspot.com.au/ about my recent Mentawais trip.

[The Decorator]

This is the first piece I've had published that I got paid for... free to you lot on my blog http://mugofsunshine.blogspot.com.au/

[Poo Stance]

Hey. Nice piece bud. Done well to condense your journey into that. Some q's if u dont mind.

Any plans to expand any of those chapters?

How did you end up selling the piece? You approach them?

They using the pictures as well? And is there image size/resolution issues for the mag if they want to use the pictures?

Thanks for sharing.

[The Decorator]

Hey. Nice piece bud. Done well to condense your journey into that. Some q's if u dont mind.

Any plans to expand any of those chapters?

How did you end up selling the piece? You approach them?

They using the pictures as well? And is there image size/resolution issues for the mag if they want to use the pictures?

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers Poo,

Yeah there's definitely alot more stories to come from this trip. I've got a heap of word folders that need tinkering.

They used about 8 pictures but no issues with res. I'm not too savvy on all that photo stuff but the pics they used were taken with the same camera as the ones on the blog a Canon Ixus 4mp !! I took the shots down to the mag when I went and met the Ed. They look great in print so maybe some magic used... I don't know!

I emailed Gra Murdoch the Editor, Issue one of the mag (it's a quarterly with very little adevertising (when I say very little.. back cover and inside front and back cover only) and masses of content) The general vibe was something that I knew the story would fit in with. I actually sent him the piece that won the Carve comp (joke) and an introduction piece along with a few shots and he invited me down for a chat then encouraged me to write some more about the whole trip. He offered to pay me!

[Poo Stance]

Cool. Thanks for that. Looking forward to hearing more. We drove the Gibb in a '77 rear wheel drive datson 120y. The car drank more water than us.

Did you drive to Mitchell Falls off the Gibb? Thats the one place I regret not visiting in Oz, but from the stories we heard there was no way our car or us would make it there and back alive.

Here's us tackling the Pentacost, thankfully it hadn't rained in a while.

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[danny1]

Inspirational

[bena48]

Incoherrent mumbings...http://lyricalwaxing.wordpress.com/

[The Decorator]

Cool. Thanks for that. Looking forward to hearing more. We drove the Gibb in a '77 rear wheel drive datson 120y. The car drank more water than us.

Did you drive to Mitchell Falls off the Gibb? Thats the one place I regret not visiting in Oz, but from the stories we heard there was no way our car or us would make it there and back alive.

Here's us tackling the Pentacost, thankfully it hadn't rained in a while.

rsz_img_1701_pentacost.jpg

Unreal! The locals in Kununarra tried scaring us to death with tales of the Gibb river road, we ended up dissapointed but in that Datsun it would have been a blast! Yep we drove up to the falls, still very pedestrian but heading further North to Kulumburu was more of a challenge especialy when it started raining!

[The Decorator]

I've mentioned White Horses magazine on here before, but one of the contributors, Matt Webber, http://www.mattwebberwrites.com has let me reproduce one of his stories on my blog. Check it out, I think it's great. http://www.mugofsunshine.blogspot.com