The forecast was for gale force onshore winds with an 8m+ swell around Pt Campbell on Sunday, peaking a few hours after midnight - and that's what happened. Coastal cliffs just west of Loch Ard Gorge & Mutton Bird Island The wind at the time this was taken was blowing from the SSW at 30-44 … Continue reading Big waves breaking over cliff tops on the West Coast near Port Campbell
If you are neither a good swimmer nor an experienced ocean swimmer, or if you don't swim with someone who is, swim between the flags on a patrolled beach, and don't swim alone. No swimmer ever conquers the ocean. The sea requires the utmost respect from all those who submit themselves to it. The ocean … Continue reading Rips and Ocean Swimmers
The migration of southern right whales and the humpback whales across the oceans south of the Australian continent is a winter phenomenon. After breeding in the warmer waters along the southern coast of Australia (and along the east and west coasts of the country) between May and November, they head back to Antarctic waters where … Continue reading Gibson Steps, Bay of Islands and Logans Beach, a nankeen kestrel and a singing honeyeater
The Rip is a notorious stretch of water at the entrance to Port Philip Bay on the south eastern coast of Australia. It is narrow, with a distance of only 3.2kms between Point Nepean on the eastern side and Point Lonsdale on the western side. It is also deep (especially in the middle) and has … Continue reading Six Apollo Bay ocean swimmers swam across the Rip today
One year ago to the day I swam from a deep water start just north of Point Nepean, across the Rip to Point Lonsdale lighthouse beach. The shortest distance between those points is 3.2kms, the distance I swam was 4.6kms, but the journey to me was much more than the distance. I have done longer … Continue reading Thoughts on swimming the Rip, a year later
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