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5:56 am – 14 degrees C at this time of the Morning

Thought we would venture up the Northern end of the Goldie this Morning. 14 degrees at about 6am, pretty good temp considering winter is only moments away.

The weekend obviously brought the Coast some large swell with a fair bit of pounding along the beaches causing more scarping. You can see in the below pic a fair bit of debris washed up here at the Spit so be careful once again.

There are a few waves rolling in but it is looking very messy at the moment. We are expecting some more southerlies to blow this way later today so you are best off doing the paddle over the Seaway or hitting the southern points.

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5:57 am – Facing West, with the moon it looks like an evening. No wonder I feel tired!

6:00 am – Check out the debris the big surf over the weekend has left behind

6:01 am – Fellow photographers capturing some morning shots

6:04 am – lodged amongst the stones

6:06 am – The seaway safety beacon. Thought there might have been a few fishermen out this morning.

6:07 am – Kind of like an oil Painting?

6:11 am – Shimmer over the sloppy stuff

6:13 am – Rise and shine Gold Coast

6:20 am – Mo of the Lorax

6:20 am – One little Curler

5:45 am – Gold Coast spit, this is living.

Is this living?

Doesn’t really get much better than this really does it? Nice warm morning, a little wave that was not too bad on the sets, board and a towel.

The surf was a little small but if you waited long enough the sets gave a little ride and at the Gold Coast Spit this morning there was a little crowd enjoying the waves as they came on through.

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5:48 am – beach cycle

5:51 am – Golden light

6:08 am – the seaway

6:09 am – little curl

6:11 am – Bringing in lunch

6:17 am – Surfing the Gold Coast

6:18 am – Not too bad a wave on the sets

6:20 am – Rocky stuff

I’ve put in my request to Santa, please bring me a paraglider, flying one of these would be so cool. At the Seaway, a group of these guys were flying (and low) along TOS and over the Spit having a great time. Hard to imagine how good it would be to just hover a few metres over the break, yep, I want one. We also have nice light winds, which I’m guessing are good flying conditions, but blowing out the surf a little now. Still, hot Sun and half decent swell is kickin’ around so if you are lucky enough to be on Holidays, then get out and enjoy it.

From us to you, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope you have a bumper New Year. Please take care and enjoy your time together with family and friends.

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8:24 am – yeah here comes one lads, go it

8:27 am – nice work

8:28 am – Surfing the Spit

8:29 am – going round

8:29 am – booger

8:33 am – Lovin’ the wam weather

8:34 am – it is warm in the sun

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8:40 am – Wonder how long that fuel lasts

SOS… The Save Our Spit Alliance and GECKO have organised a peaceful protest on Sunday November 4th at Doug Jennings Park at the Spit. If you are against any development around the Spit and the GC Seaway such as cruise ship terminals and casinos, then you are urged to attend the protest which will kick off at 10am.

It appears that our Council and State Government have bandied together and are allowing almost anything to be brought forward as a proposal for development. As long as there is a cruise ship terminal then it seems that a casino and/or Hotel or whatever can be listed along side… its open slather, the developers even get to choose their prefered site. Ric Grosvenor, the CEO of Sembawang, calls it smoke and mirrors (Sembawang pulled the plug on the recently proposed Wave Break Island development – thank goodness), and he thinks a development around the Broadwater like this will not happen.

So, thousands of surfers and general public are expected to turn up to the protest. Get there early and show your hand that you respect this area and oppose any such development that will forever inhibit the freedom and quality of life that relaxing parkland, enjoyable open space, and good clean water provides for us around here.

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Carvin’ it up at the Spit

Lovely clean water

If development does move forward I reckon a paddle across here will be near impossible in the future

Drop

A typical warm sunny day at the Spit

Twilight at the Seaway

A $4.9 billion dollar development has been proposed for Wavebreak Island. The birds eye view plan provided here looks striking (but is it the right location?), taking the quiet Island from its natural settings to a hub of activity. From the cruise ship terminal coupled with a large marina and all the locals visiting, there will be very much hussle and bussle going on around this new precinct.

Many changes will occur if this concept is brought to life, two terminals to cater for the cruise ships, numerous superyachts and an estimated 400 berth marina, will forever change the Island, the Broadwater, and a large slice of the Gold Coast. Also proposed are the 1500 room hotel, Casino and an Aquarium…..

There are well known for issues and against debates for such an under taking, I’m sure you have many more…

For

– An estimated boost to the economy

– An estimated 260,000 visitors

– New recreational facilities

– Jobs

Against

– Detrimental disaster to the existing sea and surrounding wild life

– Loss of one of the last remaining vassels of nature on the Gold coast

– Pollution

– Congestion on road and water

Not sure if you have dipped your head under the water there and dived or snorkeled the area, but if you have, you will notice that under the sea, there is a whole world of nature going that you do not fathom from above the surface.

You can leave any comments below or you can comment to Facebook. You can also read about this further in the Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin.

Wavebreak Island

There may be a few more obstacles crossing the Seaway…ie: Massive boats.