That's what they call a beach dump at sunset

Another HOT night, about 3 weeks of 32+ degrees (that around 100 in old money). So we decided to head to the beach for some relief and city beach is a great spot to sit and see the sunset.

There was virtually no wind (hence being so hot) and even then an easterly, with a 2M swell came out of nowhere. Which created a great clean huge set of dumping waves, you had to time the entry well to avoid being smashed and after a brief look decided not to take the boards in! But great fun hanging just out beyond the breaking surf and a great way to cool down for the evening.

Then chilled out on the grass overlooking the beach for the sunset and a drink and some munchies - this is why we're here, so crazy not to do it :)

Doesn't look big surf but trust me...

Chillin out with the sunset

Had to try some slow shutter speed shots

Surviving a night of glee

So I came home tonight to Erin and Janice lining up a few episodes of Glee! As the new series started a few weeks ago and the new toy (T-box) has been put to use recording the whole series which works well for everyone.

Luckily I had to sort a few things out around the house and they stopped at 2 episodes, more next week.

I'm stuck with a trauma planning to potentially get a games console for my upcoming birthday, X Box 360 (with Kinnect) or PS3 ?!?! Although that means that I'll be staring at a screen some more....hmmmm! We shall see.

Diving at Ammo Jetty

Had been a while since I'd gotten under the water, just before New Year actually down in Albany. So after a few abortive attempts at meeting up with the Dolphin Scuba crew for the Sunday morning dive I finally got down there this morning.

Wasn't too impressed at first as the plan was to go to Ammo Jetty which I have dived a few times before, but got chatting to some guy (my buddy to be) and ended up having a fun, relaxing dive with lots of interesting macro life to see. A great example of when there's lots of divers and not great vis, you just need to stop and take a good look at the small stuff. My first seahorse at this dive site which I was pleased with as it was tough to spot, but the movement gave it away. Then while looking at an octopus and nudibranch in one spot a small but frisky cuttlefish glided on in to entertain us, changing colour and texture rapidly as it chased my light around :)

The Canadian Contingent Came Visiting, Aaayyy!

Had a great couple of weeks with Bob and Louise here and great to show them the new house and share it with some family, rather than just the two of us. And only roped Bob into one odd fix-it job which I was glad of the help with and we now have a stable outdoor support beam that was a little wobbly for a while.

Worked out really well with Australia Day while they were here and we took a trip to Penguin Island, with some good snorkelling and a bit of fishing.... and guess who was the only one who caught a fish?!? Yup, me and me :)

Then up to Jurien Bay for a long weekend and got hit by some of the wild weather that spun off the cyclone we had off the coast, nothing like cyclone Yasi thankfully! But some high winds and rain while still being 30 odd degrees which actually made the trip good as it wasn't too hot all the time. The storm tried to stop us seeing the Pinnacles though, but we just ignored the signs and 4WD around them, well there was some small puddles and a few washouts ;) And again pretty amazing aroundsunset time with the light and shadows.

They had some other fun adventures around the city and to the beaches with a few good evenings out too, then left us back to our devices last night and returned to a snowstorm hitting north america big style, welcome back to winter!!

So back to reality for us for a few weeks, although looking forward to Mum and David coming over soon too :)

Will be sorting out the photos and putting them up on picasa at the weekend.