captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Good Morning everybody.

It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.

Agenda:

We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)

A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.

Have a great day.

:)

Sounds like you’re going to have a great day.

Here in Toowoomba, I don’t miss the beach and sea as much as i thought i might.

But, it does happen. Every now and then, a sort of (sigh) feeling passes over me, and i wish that…

Calm summer mornings when there was a glassy swell at the Bargara Surf Club, bobbing about as the surge passed by, looking at the coconut palms, and reflecting on the brutality of our existence.

Walking the dog past the same beach, and seeing dolphins body-surfing in the waves.

Days, years and years ago, sailing up and down the NSW coast, fighting with wet sails, then anchoring somewhere quiet, putting snags and steal on the Hibachi, and opening the first beer.

Hmph. That was then, this is now.

I’ve not visited the seaside for many years, but will be doing so next month, when I visit some of the fine west coast beaches near Zeehan.