Here's the Lighthouse yesterday afternoon. Lovely little part of the world. Lighthouse is at the end of one of the nicest streets in Australia... Federal Street, Aireys Inley.

Plus my single fin at Bells this morning... Got 2 really high quality ones through the Bowl!




Bells Single











General funny...

So single fins work under the lighthouse wonder how they go in the water

nice photo of that fin Simondo

Great work Simo

nice work Simondo - I love a good lighthouse as well I am lucky to have one just down the road....but this is my favourite.....guess where?

Gee whizz that's a sweet thing too Ted - cheers

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Ted the Kiwi said...
....but this is my favourite.....guess where?

Byron & she's a beauty!

Awesome photos Simo and Ted I am a sucker for a good lighthouse to this is Cape Moreton

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62mac said...
So single fins work under the lighthouse wonder how they go in the water

For some reason I'm so proud holding a Single Fin on the beach... But (as you know) in the water, they miss the AWD traction & acceleration through the first bottom turn, I reckon... but you can wind them up real nice and seem to have limitless top end speed... but vice versa, they are more work on the old cutback too...

But I still love 'em! (singles / single fins)

And by gosh, this one is a genuine keeper!
(below)








PS - nice lighthouse shots boys! We haven't really done a good lighthouse thread actually... Might as well turn this into a lighthouse thread!

Have you ridden it yet

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62mac said...
Have you ridden it yet

Cheeky Pom!
Do I need to show you a photo of it with dirty wax?

I've actually been riding this one the most. She's my 1 board quiver. Handles knee high through double over. I thought I was going to lose her today... Bells shorey was really heavy. I rode one through from right out the back right through into the backwash shorey. Kicked out really late, so late that I left the board behind. The board got a big hold down / tomb stone... I was OK. Could not believe the tug on the rope, and constant hold down. My head and shoulders were up, but the entire board was still under, and not even in the tombstone phase, then tombstone, then finally released. I thought the leggie was gunna let go... (snap/break)... but the board would have just ended up on gritty sand anyway...

heres ours...probably got a few pintails around somewhere as well

My previous local... The great Barrenjoey.



(Palm Beach, Sydney... gotta take the time to not only climb onto the headland, but make the climb into the lighthouse tower. National Parks will charge you a gold coin. Worth every cent! I've been into the lighthouse about 12 times I think.)

Wicked thread - cool Lighthouses lads

Pfft, lighthouses, bloody useless...

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SP said...
Pfft, lighthouses, bloody useless...

hahaha took me a second or third look to see the tanker .... geez how are ya mate

Never now if the the image or the link will show up.

Story of the photo is the lighthouse keeper was waiting to be rescued during storm.

Heard helicopter thinking it was a the one to recue him instead it was the photographer.

He just got the door shut in ttime.

Spot on Vanders and I love that old treasure you found Boofy! Thats a weird looking one in Argee's neck of the woods I shall post some of my local shortly.....

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Indodreaming said...

He just got the door shut in ttime.

Great shot!!! What do you reckon he was thinking as he hit the button on his camera .....that's a keeper

Sea Shells.
lmgtfy.com/?q=lighthouse+stairs+images


www.google.com.au/search?q=lighthouse+stairs&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=chw9Ua3jI62viQf344HoBQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1150&bih=1028#imgrc=_

Black & White spirals...

www.nps.gov/caha/planyourvisit/climbing-the-cape-hatteras-lighthouse.htm

www.lighthouseinn-ct.com/lighthouses-by-state/florida-lighthouses/st-augustine-lighthouse.html

The famous French photographer, Jean Guichard is best known for his explosive “Wave” photograph of a lighthouse off the coast of Brittany, France, showing a keeper at the door about to be engulfed by a titanic wave. The photograph is truly one of the most recognizable lighthouse photographs in the world. When first seeing the famous photograph, most people assume that the lighthouse keeper must have been killed. In fact, the keepers had been living in fear of death during the 1989 storm and at one point had taken refuge in the lantern room of the tower. Waves the night before had smashed through the lower windows of the tower, causing the structure to flood, washing away everything in its path including the television, table, chairs, coffee maker and even the refrigerator. The keepers in fact were waiting to be rescued by helicopter.

As Jean Guichard's helicopter approached the tower he was unaware that the keepers were waiting for a rescue helicopter. Guichard was simply there to take photographs of the waves pounding the structure. The keepers heard the sound of the helicopter and naturally assumed it was the rescue helicopter. One of the keepers opened the lower door of the structure and as he looked up at the helicopter and realized that it was not the rescue chopper, he also realized that a giant wave was about to engulf the tower. He immediately turned about and pulled the door closed behind him. Had he not done so at that second, he surely would have been killed. While all this was happening, Jean Guichard was busy taking photographs as fast as he could click the camera, thus capturing on film the most dramatic action shots ever taken at a lighthouse.

“Since the lighthouses are now automated and no longer have any lighthouse keepers, these photos are now also of historic value and with Guichard's autograph are sure to become a wonderful collectible,” said Tim Harrison of Lighthouse Depot, where Guichard was appearing.

How scary would this be

Freaky Ted - imagine the impact vibes of them smacking up against it if you were inside .... fridge would be well stocked if it were me

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vanders1 said...

Ted the Kiwi said...
....but this is my favourite.....guess where?

Byron & she's a beauty!

tomorrow

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asea said...
tomorrow

Some of us have to work....

Hope you get some....I reckon the current at the Pass will keep you honest though

Ted

Thanks for the video

I had read the story but the video is even more scary that the photo.

I cant believe that they have managed to build the lighthouses in those spots to begin with.

Indo - I thought exactly that as I watched it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ted the Kiwi said...

asea said...
tomorrow

Some of us have to work....

Hope you get some....I reckon the current at the Pass will keep you honest though

asea told me it will be 1ft and he is taking his single fin...meh..im taking the shorty

this is a wiked thread.. thanks for the pics...and ted,i thought that photo was always a hoax glad i got the story,,,crazy goodness

nice lighthouses

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Ted the Kiwi said...
The famous French photographer, Jean Guichard is best known for his explosive “Wave” photograph of a lighthouse off the coast of Brittany, France, showing a keeper at the door about to be engulfed by a titanic wave. The photograph is truly one of the most recognizable lighthouse photographs in the world. When first seeing the famous photograph, most people assume that the lighthouse keeper must have been killed. In fact, the keepers had been living in fear of death during the 1989 storm and at one point had taken refuge in the lantern room of the tower. Waves the night before had smashed through the lower windows of the tower, causing the structure to flood, washing away everything in its path including the television, table, chairs, coffee maker and even the refrigerator. The keepers in fact were waiting to be rescued by helicopter.

As Jean Guichard's helicopter approached the tower he was unaware that the keepers were waiting for a rescue helicopter. Guichard was simply there to take photographs of the waves pounding the structure. The keepers heard the sound of the helicopter and naturally assumed it was the rescue helicopter. One of the keepers opened the lower door of the structure and as he looked up at the helicopter and realized that it was not the rescue chopper, he also realized that a giant wave was about to engulf the tower. He immediately turned about and pulled the door closed behind him. Had he not done so at that second, he surely would have been killed. While all this was happening, Jean Guichard was busy taking photographs as fast as he could click the camera, thus capturing on film the most dramatic action shots ever taken at a lighthouse.

“Since the lighthouses are now automated and no longer have any lighthouse keepers, these photos are now also of historic value and with Guichard's autograph are sure to become a wonderful collectible,” said Tim Harrison of Lighthouse Depot, where Guichard was appearing.

I just love knowing these sort of details, I've looked at that pic for years without knowing that.

Thanks Ted.