Flat

Report Wed - almost no swell today. Certainly its so small as to be unrideable. No wind in the morning, light sea breeze for the afternoon.

Thursday Update - unpredicted and unexpected swell came in overnight/morning. Sets 2 - 3 ft. Morning winds light NE - calm. High Tide 10.05 am.

Wed - No surf pictures today, so there is one of the view from the front porch instead.

Such a calm day. There's still plenty of warmth in the sun and the water. After an hour so walking the harbourside beach with dogs in tow, I have put the day of rest to good use. Spent the day doing tax, and calculating finances, which got me thinking.

How long can this lifestyle be maintained?

Right now seems like a great time to enjoy life. My old man spent his whole life working day in day out, week by week, year by year to support his family looking forward to retirement. Then as the age of 65 approached and everyone had left home, he wondered what he was going to do to pass the time each day.
6 years on at 71 he's still working. Obviously he enjoys it, but at some stage between being a teenager and a pensioner he forgot how to relax and enjoy life. Of course the family appreciates it, but it makes me think what are we all working so hard for?

If no one worked, then society wouldn't function. So its necessary for someone to do it.
Up until this year, well I was one of those someones, but its an experience that on reflection is not as rewarding as it should have been. Spent so many years creating new blocks of land for some other guy to make money on. So many times the development was not needed, ugly, a blight on the landscape and caused the destruction of what used to be a nice piece of bushland.

So for now its surfing most days, some marketing and just hanging around on the others.
As far as lifestyle choices, coastal living for me is the optimum. Having lived in large cities, suburbs, small cities and rural areas, to be by the beach certainly stands out as the pick of the crop.

Thursday Update - Every now and again all the right factors come together at your local surf spot. The ones that turn it from being just an average wave to the kind that people publish photos of on wannasurf.com or surfingatlas.com
This morning was one of those times.
One of the advantages of flexible work hours is the ability to take time off at moments that best suit yourself.
Unfortunately this particular blogger left his camera at home, so no photos. He didn't forget his surfboard though.