Whale of a time with some smaller friends

 

Drive to the moon and back

Well another few months has passed, kinda scary how quick it goes, time does fly I guess..

Quite a bit of surf since the start of Autumn, I even went for a bit of a drive south chasing some slabs. It's been pretty much 6yrs to the day since I've seen any waves of consequence so yeah the drive was definitely worth it standing on the reef only a few meters away watching these heavy waves break on the dry slab with such force that the reef shook! It's not far from where I was meant to work before the fires happened then covid, the drive would've been alot shorter...

May has been an exceptional month for surf and looks like next week will be pumping too, so might be another trip south on the cards but to somewhere different and not as far. Ohh by the way you will be getting some pretty amazing surf next week, you have a bit of a low brewing off the tip of NZ which is what will bring the surf to here, hopefully.

Anyways here's a few shots from the last while, a couple of drone shots too and the one of Hinze dam is spilling at 117% full.

Ohhh a new version of my drone video, I tweaked it a little. WATCH IT TO THE END, there's a short bit from the wrecks 3yrs ago...!

Enjoy

Don't forget to tap on the cog wheel and tap on "720" then hit the full screen square box button to the right of it to watch.

Click on the photo below to bring to full screen

Drone, Burleigh heads

Found these nutters taking this slab on!

A wave in a wave, freak show 

Mutant beast no one wanted any part of

Morning light is amazing

These 3 shots the same wave, bottom turn

Pulling into the barrel

Coming out after the spit, that's deep!

Hinze dam 117%

Crescent moonrise/sunrise

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Surfers Paradise, home

Cyclones, sunsets and lightning

 So here's a few shots from recent times. We had 2 cyclones send swell to us, not very big but was nice to see some decent surf with friendly winds after 2 frustrating months of shite. It's amazing how energised you get when there's heaps to photograph, I ended up down south a few hours to get some more photos chasing the swell.

As you know Uncle and Aunt came down for a few days to have a break from their little town, they really enjoyed it and were treated to a pretty amazing lightning storm from their balcony. The lightning photo I captured below is something I've been striving for for as long as I can remember, a single bolt with a heap of streamers coming off it, I am one happy chappy. 

The sunrise photos are of course taken from my balcony, I still get up every morning and watch the sunrise, never take it for granted and make the most of it. Well I hope you all enjoy these shots, not quite the variety as my last posts but at least I'm keeping busy .

Merry Xmas from across the ditch

 A little clip from my drone outings

Sound on, click play then click pause, go to the cog wheel at bottom right and click that then 

change the "quality" to 720p, then click on the rectangle beside the cog wheel to make it full screen and click play again

Enjoy! 

 I hope you all enjoyed that short clip of my recent drone antics, still

far from perfect when moving the drone but at least I'm not crashing

it anymore hahaha, although the birds attacking it is starting to peeve me off!

I hope you have a great Xmas day and a very happy New Years, I miss

 being able to just drop in and see yas when ever I want which is giving me

itchy feet to come home, but I know once I get a permanent job things will fall in

place. It will take me 5yrs to pay an apartment off here, but will take me 20yrs

in NZ and no where as nice an apartment with these views. That's why I'm

 trying to stick it out, I know it will benefit me greatly when it comes to

retirement and super as well is a lot better.

Anyway here's some recent shots I've taken too, not much surf lately and it's

 been a bit windy for the drone but I've managed to get a few in between it all.

Hopefully a good cyclone season the next few months to keep me busy.

Lots of love

AJ

Click on the photo below to make full screen

The view I wake up to every morning

The road to the waterfalls

Purling Brook falls

Hinz dam

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The sun reflecting off the Jewel towers. Funny fact they've spent 1.4 Billion and counting 

and it's still not open due to changing owners and covid19!

Above and below, the Jewel towers sitting completed and still empty...

                   

Click play for a 10sec fun clip