Category Archives: Australia

Down Unda: stuff in and around Oz

Children of the Sun

Posted on November 22, 2010 by ed

Children of the Sun is a beautiful  Kodachrome document of the surfing scene in New Zealand from 1965-1967. Most of the surfing is at NZ hotspots like Piha, Raglan and Shipwrecks, but there’s also great footage from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, … Continue reading →

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Working Holidays in Australia

Posted on November 20, 2010 by ed

Australia recently opened work-holiday visas to American citizens. Previously, this was a perk limited to Commonwealth nations — Canada, Britain, New Zealand, etc. Now young Yanks can work in study in Oz for up to one year. The visa is … Continue reading →

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Solo Sailor Returns

Posted on May 14, 2010 by ed

Sydney is set to welcome Jessica Watson today when she completes her solo circumnavigation. The 16-year-old set out from Sydney 210 days ago aboard a 34-foot Sparkman & Stevens sloop called Ella’s Pink Lady. Along the 23,000-mile route northeast to … Continue reading →

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Apostle Spared; Sister Cops It

Posted on September 30, 2009 by ed

Reports a couple days ago that one of Australia’s Twelve Apostles tumbled into the ocean were mistaken. The Apostles are a set of  limestone sea stacks off Australia’s southern coast between Melbourne and Adelaide. They are a big attraction for … Continue reading →

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Tasmania Report

Posted on May 29, 2009 by ed

Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state, has received a bit more attention in the surf media of late. Tas has a rep for being big, burly and cold. That cred has not been diminished by recent disclosure of “Fluffytonka”, a reefbreak off … Continue reading →

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The Gold Coast

Posted on November 14, 1996 by ed

But what in fact was clouding his vision, and it took him a second or 2 to register the fact, was the falling lip of this, now A-frame, Kirra tube. Continue reading →

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New South Wales Surf Beta

Posted on November 3, 1996 by ed

Whilst in Sydney you should surf the Northern beaches (Manly through to Palm Beach) and check out the posh NSW style. Continue reading →

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Fang in Western Australia

Posted on September 8, 1996 by ed

On the fifth day, full moon, deep tide, I blew the go-out and got washed into a cave behind an encrusted sharp rock. After escape and reconsideration I went out again and got knocked into same cave. Continue reading →

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