Author: oompalumpa
The alkaline cuts through the lipids
When you have children under the age of five, the festive season takes on a new perspective. Rather than taking on the season through your own eyes you tend to take it on through those of your youngsters. Expectation pre …
Sunday 18 December 2011 – Mid Curly
The classic pose. Gusticas ashamed of his appendage holds his bikkie high. The lads enjoyed some technically challenging surf on Sunday as for the second week in succession we were delivered a 3 foot plus swell. Next to no wind, …
Phoenix – The ‘Famous’ beer of Mauritius?
Really? This reviewer had never heard of it…but then again outside of those lagers available in oversized tins back in the lazy cicada humming summers of the 70’s in far flung locales such as Eastwood, Top Ryde (why top?) and …
I’ve Never Seen a Man beat the Snake before
Bruce Spence, gyro captain, famously uttered these words out the back of Broken Hill as Max beat the snake to get at the choppers fuel tanks….Dave Faulkner did the same to the muso’s of Snaketide earlier this year. Back in …
The one that got away
Illiard’s Reinvigorated Irregulars was at long last revived last weekend. A tradition that had begun some 10 years or so ago, where hordes would assemble at Illiards command to imbibe xmas cheer, the event had foundered in more recent years. …
Obituary
Obituaries are an uneasy task. Whilst the second to back page of the SMH oft provides some of the best journalism in an otherwise tawdry reporting of the previous days or even weeks events – sensationalised to generate sales – the …
The Last Forlorn Cork
Session Sunday 7 February 2010 Location Queenscliff INS Aatkin, Tame, Lombok, Oompa Wave height 6 ft Wind direction still Crowd 6 (400 further sth) Rabbometre 1.5 stars Water temp 21 Incidents Tame lost at sea Other Aatkin challenges bezel record …
Coopers Pale Ale
Botf subscribers will recall that in a recent review I referred to Coopers Sparkling as the ugly sister to this fine young specimen. Whilst Sparkling was commented upon to have great depth of flavour behind her relatively plain and foreplay …
Tame Revives his Trademark Scythe
Session Sunday 31 January 2010 Location Sth Curly INS Abbidge, Eatkeen, Tame, Lombok, Tooher, Oompa Wave height 2 ft Wind direction Light Crowd 20 Rabbometre 0.5 stars Water temp 21 Incidents Interferences aplenty Other Not too dissimilar from …
back of the ferry 