Winter = Wonder

Winter is when the light is soft and manageable.

the UV radiation way more gentle
and when you get those crisp days
with blues skies and no wind at all 

and sometimes a little bit of peeling swell 

on well sculpted sandbanks. 

Wonder and bliss.

Eddie Mabo Would Go

Tomorrow is Mabo Day, though chances are you won't see too much publicity as Eddie represents the main barrier to international mining interests' quest to dig up or drill into the land and sea around here.

"Eddie" Koiki Mabo was just an ordinary fella from Mer Island in the north of Australia who questioned the legal fiction that his island and the rest of Oz were "terra nullius" - belonging to no one and therfore ripe for occupation, exploitation  or desecration by the most powerful at the time. Eddie was a gardener at a university when his 10 year quest for justice commenced.

If Eddie was a surfer, I'm sure he would have gone hard. Sadly Eddie died of cancer five months before the High Court of Australia overturned the legal fiction of "terra nullius". This post is for all who altruistically seek justice against impossible odds. Long may you run.

Farewell Autumn

Farewell autumn. 

Thanks 

for all of the epic swells, 

sunshine 

sunsets

smiles

new friends

and that epic rain.

Clockwise

Jacob Stuth, 

Dirk Van Straalen

and Tom Wegener

thanks 

for your art 

and knowledge 

shared

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