Typical Winter's Day on the Sunshine Coast

[wazkelly]

Give me Penguin in summer compared with FNQ.
On the other hand just now FNQ looks good.
Oh! to have a summer and winter house and the lack of commitments keeping one nailed to the spot.

Remember going to Pebbly Beach early in October 35 or more years ago and the water was that cold it would not have surprised any of us to see a penguin or maybe even an iceberg. It is a bit north of Batemans Bay and wonder how close that might be to where you live?

[cork sniffer]

Remember going to Pebbly Beach early in October 35 or more years ago and the water was that cold it would not have surprised any of us to see a penguin or maybe even an iceberg. It is a bit north of Batemans Bay and wonder how close that might be to where you live?

I'm a little north of "The Bay".
Between Sydney and Bega the conditions are very similar, possibly seasons lag a week or two further south.
Back in 1972 when national service finished I hit the road on my trusty CB750 and spent a winter in FNQ, loved it!
Wife and I have been to Tas twice and were planning on moving full time until the grand-kids started arriving.
Bottom line ... you acclimatize as long as you have a positive attitude, and I'm positive FNQ is too hot in summer and Tas is too cold in winter :-)

[Dedman]

The Southport Broadwater this morning on my morning ride

[wazkelly]

The Southport Broadwater this morning on my morning ride

Nice Dedman. Lived at Southport for part of 1986 and those photos seem to look more like the northern Labrador end? Don't go down there much these days so not too sure where the shots were taken?

[Dedman]

right at the end of Nerang st Southport Waz. It's changed a lot since the 80's the whole "broadwater parklands" weren't there, it was a bitumen car park, for once council got it right (except you now have to park in the shopping centre and pay)

[wazkelly]

right at the end of Nerang st Southport Waz. It's changed a lot since the 80's the whole "broadwater parklands" weren't there, it was a bitumen car park, for once council got it right (except you now have to park in the shopping centre and pay)

Doesn't look anything like what I used to see out of my office window in Marine Parade back in 1986. Mind you, most of that was bulldozed to make way for the shopping centre upgrade.

Certainly looks much better nowadays.

[Andy40]

Love Kaikoura Waz. Probably one of the better surf spots....yeah I was worried about the sharks.