Flying Boards in Byron Bay collide with heads sometimes!

Flynns Reef, Phillip Island, Victoria, Aust

Date: Wed 3rd of Feb 2010

Air Temp: Min 17 degrees C, Max 35

Water Temp: 20 degrees C

Wind: ESE

Swell: 8-10 ft on Open Beaches

Flynns: 6ft on sets

This was the best day i've ever seen at this spot!
The pic doesn't really do it justice! The lines were stacked to the horizon when the groundswell peaked at around 10:30 am! Yew!

Gustav.

Keith Harings Universe includes Melburn Town

I never knew who Keith Haring was up until recently when my girlfriend gave me a book called Kings Way, which is a retrospective of Melbourne graffitti art from the last three decades.
The book features a section on Haring who came out to Australia in 1984 & was commissioned to paint afew permanent pieces. The only one that has stood the test of time is his "Worm with computer brain head"(ONE OF THE LARGEST KH MURALS LEFT IN THE WORLD) at Collingwood Secondary College in Johnston st Collingwood. I'd only seen a tiny photo of it in Kings Way, but on Australia Day (Jan 26th) this week we had a bbq & afew friends came over. Over some drunken banter, my friend Phoebe Parisia mentioned Keith Haring & his mural in Collingwood( that is in danger of being torn down by developers). Alarm bells rung in my head & I had to vizzy the painting, so we walked down & had a peep. I was stoked to see it! Afterwards I did some research into Haring & was shocked to hear of his young death at 31. I had to know more, so I rented the recent documentary "The Universe of Keith Haring" by director Christina Clausen & was blown away by what I saw. What an amazing, talented person, his art has a fantastic flowing, simplistic application but is so mezmerizing.
I am happy to have been transported through Keith Harings universe & am upset that I didn't know who he was when I was living in New York...Rock on KH....Save The Keith Haring Mural at Collingwood Secondary College! Don't Tear it down!

Peace,

Gustav.

Nor Cal Bureau, January Twenty Third, 2010
"Dead Man's. I'm afraid to surf it."
Sounds about right.

If You haven't, You Should

Either try to contribute and/or look at contributions. #4 is presented. Click on the Johnny Knapp photo.

All The World is a great book by Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla Frazee. The only discernible problem with it is that it creates uncontrollable longing for the California coast. Otherwise, it is required Endless Bummer bed time (and pre-breakfast time, apparently, as shown above) reading.