It's been almost 2 weeks now since my
hernia operation, it wasn't your usual case of the intenstine
protruding. My hernia was made up of a fatty layer that hangs over
you intenstines called “omentum”, which was pushing out of a 50mm
tear in my stomach muscles where my sensitive belly button is. The
omentum protruding out was the size from the wrist to the finger tips
while holding a softball! The operation went well and am now
recovering.
My hernia was the main reason why I
haven't pushed myself to chase big waves to photograph of late as it
was getting increasingly bigger every week. I'm sooo stoked that i am
not far away from getting back into it now. So all we all need now is
a couple of big storms to romp through the great Southern ocean into
the sth Pacific sending massive swells to grace the coastlines of
Tasmania, Fiji Tahiti and all inbetween.And hopefully will time well with me days off when I get back to work, that seems to be the hardest part hahaha.
Meanwhile I have been chilln out in
Surfer's Paradise, being stuck in me room for the first few days
after the operation was driving me nuts. As soon as I could get out
and walk around ok i went straight down to the beach where it was
pumping. Unable to pick my camera up at this stage was quite
frustrating but, at least I had me toes in the sand and ocean washing
around my legs while i stood motionless watching the surfers glide
across mother nature. It felt great, bloody awesome to be honest.
At that stage I wanted to be on a boat,
so a week or so later when I felt I was up to it I decided to go on a
whale watching trip. It was an amazing day with us spotting a couple
of whales, one coming right up to the boat and then tripping us all
out as it dove under us to pop up on the other side. The whale
turning gracefully over slightly to get a better look at us probably
thinking what a bunch of nutters. They are so stunningly beautiful,
moving through the water with ease occasionly coming up for a well
earned breath of fresh air. It was the best day I have had in
Australia yet. A huge thanks to the lovely friendly crew on the boat, I highly recommend the
"Sea world whale watch" boat.
So here's a few shots of recovery time
for me. And here's to hopefully a future with no more hernias and
days of big surf to shoot and share with everyone my curious
perspective on the world as we know it.
Sláinte
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| My recovery accommodation |
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| The lovely seaworld whale watch crew |
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| Just luv this shot, so graceful |
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| Looks like they're all staring at a painting on a wall... |
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| I want one of these and I'd say I wouldn't be the only one |
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| One of those moments in life for a lucky lady |
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| That's pretty high and dam impressive, so much trust in this shot |
