A day at the beach

Just a chilled afternoon at the beach...

To much surfing & More WA Landscapes

It's been an eventful few days. The surf has showed me the potential of some of the spots up here that i've surfed on good days but i've only ever heard tales and fables of how good they can really get, well now i've seen it and i have been inspired, truly amazing.

Over the last few days i've surfed so hard that i've been sick twice, burnt my face to asunder, let the most beautiful waves pass me by just for a breather, given myself a sore mouth just from smiling, cheering and laughing so much and nearly lost my mind as the total of the sickest waves forever increased with each one getting better and better.

I'm having a day off today i reckon, there's still swell but i'm a broken man, never thought i would say that!

But It's given me time to have a play around with some shots i took last week, i hope you like them.

Beached


Wet Gold Mk 2


South Mandu


Song Bird


Open Water


West Coast

Catching some Rays...

Just hanging out with my man Ray, he even let me stroke him, what a cool dude!

Catching some Rays from lloyd burnard on Vimeo.

WA Landscapes

Here's a few landscape shots i've taken recently. I hope you like them.

The Range


Sandy Bay


Mangrove Bay


West Side Horses


Graveyards

Moons got crabs!

After our little peep show with the Turtles, previous post, we found a whole dead sand crab that looked in good condition on the beach. Katy picked it up and was intrigued by it, in the similar way a dog is intrigued by a sand covered tennis ball. She was staring at it with a blank expression on her face tilting her head from side to side, it was as if she was trying to decide what to do with it, i could only imagine the possibilities running through her mind.

But before she could decide on her own, Dan who must have also noticed the conundrum Katy had found herself in blurted out 'Put it in your mouth!'. Suddenly it was as if someone had turned on the light, Katy now realised that that was exactly what she was meant to do with it and after a few moments of figuring out how, she went for it, it took her a few attempts to work out whether or not to put it in bum first or claws first. All of these mind grabbing moments and not once did she think 'Why would I put that in my mouth?'.

Once it was firmly grasped between her lips, like that drooling happy dog grinning at fitting the whole sand covered ball in its mouth she looked elated for a few seconds happy with her achievement. I think it was then that Katy realised what she was doing and promptly spat it, i still can't believe the simple nature of that fair child Katy Moon, definitely one of my highlights for that day, thank you.

Turtle love

Whilst bathing in the Sun yesterday with Katy and Dan, Dan noticed something rather odd happening a little further down the beach. It turned out to be three Turtles getting busy, we waded out and stood right next to them and perved at this amazingly strrange courtship, to be honest it wasn't as beautiful as it sounds, it was a full on gang rape. The two Males were harassing the poor Female with one underneath to push her up and the other on top, they even swapped over so they could both get their end away. I had heard that when turtles mate it's pretty brutal but it had to be seen to be believed.

I swear at one point the Female looked at us and you could see it in her eyes that she wanted help and in any other circumstances i would have dived right in to help a maiden in distress but i was to busy filming the whole sordid affair to split them up, plus i think some eco warriors would be upset about that i've probably gained a hate squad for what i did to the humpback.

Unfortunately i only had my stills camera so the quality isn't amazing but it was an experience i won't forget in a hurry.

Barrel times

The day is here
The surf is clean and clear
The wind is right
It's time to take a bite

The mission begins
Prepping boards, boats and other things that float
No need to paddle you get dropped right in the channel

You sit there waiting, anticipating
Knowing that one of these beautiful waves might accept you
They've travelled for hundreds of miles to meet and greet you
Treat it with respect do what you can but never be try to be the bigger man

You see the horizon change
You feel blissful and strange
You know this one is for you
You smile and feel the sun on your face
You know your about to be in a godlike place

You paddle to meet it and all at once you are together
The drop was good the line feels right
Your heart is pumping the lip is throwing
You concentrate on your line your body aching

The shade sets in
The light changes
Your mind races with possibilities
You bend your knees and try not to freeze
Keep lose hold your line read the wave
Watch how it behaves

The end is near
Now you feel the fear

How should you handle this
Do you turn tail and bail
Punch on through knowing thats it for you
Do you grow a spine and hold your line
Hoping you will emerge and shine

A thousand and one decisions come and go in the blink of an eye
But somehow you know what to do
You know you must try

The light descends
The shade is pulled back
The explosion from behind engulfs your surfed out mind
How nice it is to feel entwined with something so divine

Written by Lloyd Burnard

Feral Fery

Feral Fery started life a little bit rough
His climb up through Mummies rough just wasn't enough
His way was to be harder than most
A speeding juggernaut with no time to stop
Put an end to his Mummies clock

Hero EJ was on hand
She set him free
And with her merry band
Began the journey of helping young Fery stand

All be it in reasonable health
Young Fery was in no state to look after himself

The vets was the only option
No potions, lotions or magical concoction
Just a good feed a caring adoption

Now Feral Fery is in safe hands
One day he will grow and begin to stand
At first a hop and then a bound
He will be up up up and around

Written by Lloyd Burnard















Not much to do with the story but i thought i looked good with fake pigs ears

To Coral Bay we shall go...

After a bloody good knees up watching a touring band called 'The Sneaky Weasel Club' last Wednesday it was mentioned that they were playing in Coral Bay the following night, which is an hour or so South of Exmouth, so after discussing some finer points with the band and a little convincing from Finny (in the red checker shirt) and Nick (in the black jumper), it was decided we were off to Coral bay. Not much convincing i might add something along the lines of;

Finny...
'Hey Lloyd, fancy going to Coral Bay to get smashed tomorrow, this band are playing again'
Nick...
'Yeh lets tear up Coral Bay, it'll be funny as fuck'
MongaLloyd...
'Well I have lots on, i mean i could reschedule my hair appointment but i'm not sure about the Lloyds gay time and his manicure, he needs a good rest after a big bender nowwa days, i'll see what i can do, i'll keep you posted, ok.'

Ok, ok. I lied i didn't say any of that. In fact I just looked them dead in the eye drooled a bit and slurred...
'Fuck yeh, hows we gettin there, cause i'm way to pissed to drive straight and for that long without hurting someone!'

So it was arranged i convinced Dan to join us and our good friend Karen and that was it an adventure in Coral Bay was set in stone, although it was agreed that i shouldn't drive.

It turned out to be a night full of mystery and weirdos and weirdness, mainly weirdos meaning mainly us lot. Myself, Dan and Karen rocked up about 6 with Nick and Finny already on it and causing trouble in the local backpackers, it didn't take us long to join in. We met some fellow numbskulls and proceeded to the local pub.

Coral Bays local pub is revered all over WA, not because of it's idilic surroundings, amazing location or it's somewhat mishap characteristics but for one thing and one thing only. It's the only bar outside of Perth where you can buy shots! I'm not kidding people drive for hours to come here to get smashed on Yager Bombs, Titty Twisters and just good old fashioned Sambuca!

After lots of said shots some serious dancing was to be had on the somewhat small dancing area when the band kicked off, don't worry it conveniently had a pole in the middle so Monga managed to impress everyone with his amazing pole dancing/strip tease dance moves, i'm not sure if when drunk i've been to to many strip joints or i've worked at them, either way, I know how to work the pole!

Monga also tried to explain the Cock or Balls game to anyone who would listen, most of you won't of heard of it, it's a game I use to get the night going and to make people relax and feel at ease with one another. Basically you pull out either your cock or your balls whilst trying to mask its true appearance and get people to guess 'Cock or Balls?' easy really, but, heed my warning, it can go wrong.

And unfortunately for Finny, it did. He just didn't get it and Nick was almost there but the game somehow got lost in translation and ended up with both of them dropping their trousers and walking around shouting 'COCK OR BALLS, COCK OR BALLS?!'.

Although highly amusing and impressively confident it didn't go down the storm it was meant to, Finny even argued with the Management that it was a legitimate game and that it would be unfair to punish him for it, he was saying this whilst Dan was doing his trousers up for him, there's a photo of it in the slideshow and below it I had to blur out the offending implement as i'm not sure Finny would want it blasted over the net, anyway all be it a feeble excuse when there's 70 angry parents and other patrons weighed out by the 20 or so that did find it very funny. But give him his due he pulled it off and didn't get the boot.

It all gets a little blurry after that but it was one messy and hilariously funny night, it just proves that no matter where you are in the World like minded amazing people are always there to hangout and cause a scene with, cheers to everyone that laughed with us and the same to some of you that laughed at us!

Whale fish...

Exmouth Gulf, no surf and glorious weather makes for a day on the water looking for adventure. This is what happens when you chance across a Humpback Whale and it's calf, she didn't appreciate me getting to close and charged at me whilst trying to whack me with her side dorsal fin, after some swift backing off she reverted to a full on tail swipe. It's obvious how close it gets but man, you should have felt the power from that tail and the speed at which it moved was immense.

One awe inspiring moment, that is what it's all about!

Whale fish from lloyd burnard on Vimeo.

Photo, Dan Waite

Liquid Life

Since being here I have seen some pretty amazing things. The Indian Ocean that cradles the Exmouth Peninsula is teeming with a huge variety of marine life. Here's just a small sample of what i've seen, enjoy.

Liquid Life from lloyd burnard on Vimeo.

Dark Side of the Lens

My mate, Mikey Smith, has created something rather special. It is truly beautiful, have a look for yourself.

Sardine monologues

I just went onto my mate Bens vimeo site, he's a talented gent with the camera. This is one of his videos of a load of us mid winter messing about in the backwash at my home break Praa Sands.

Backwash from sardinemonologues on Vimeo.

Here's one of my all time favorites, him and Gay Tom were hanging out one day and came up with this, love it!

The Serial Hobbyist from sardinemonologues on Vimeo.

Go check out his other stuff he's a very talented bloke.

How to have fun, lesson one...

Lesson number one is; If your going to do something, make sure you do it the funnest way possible.

Well, another amazing day in NWA. Although slightly tired and hungover plus the added bonus of a really burnt nose from surfing all day yesterday, myself, Dan and a few others decided to have a look at a nice beach i found the other week, it's an amazing spot with no one around. You have to get to it over a sandy track. Here's a little video of the trip back to the main road.

Pot Shot Hotel, Exmouth, WA 6707

Exmouth is indeed a town blessed with a bounty of crazy locals and travellers a like. Most Fridays are pretty packed out with tour buses of younglings travelling up through, all of which want to let their hair down and get loose creating a haze of drunken naughtiness and random drunken adventures and if you play your cards right a good old knees up at the 'bimbo bar'.

But Saturdays and other random week nights are more of a locals thing. Last night was a typical example, with the call being spread around town that a band was to play at the Pot Shot Hotel every soul in town who likes to smash it up and dance the night away with fellow wreck heads was on it! The Bottle Shops were raided, the bars stocked ready and the girls dressed to impress, the blokes, well they were just drunk and ready to stalk the girls!

I had to work till 9, but was straight on it after and by the time i rocked up the pub was in full swing and the band rocking out. I've had many a good night at the Potty but i felt that i was missing out on some golden photo opportunities so with my camera in hand i set to make amends, here's the results...



Highlights were...

o A bit of Ray, Dan and Lloyd time, not sexual
o Hanging out with Jim, slightly sexual
o Catching up with everyone to see if anything had changed since i last saw them, which would have been 24 hours ago on the Friday night
o Mark and Adam, i swear Mark was wearing lipstick
o Hearing the best compliment ever... 'your my favourite retard'
o Hanging out with Lauren and being her phone carer for the night and also busting some serious dance moves
o Said dance moves being complimented on by a new found friend 'You two are a beautiful couple and would look great on Dancing with the Stars' I'm not sure if he knew it but neither of us are famous
o Sticky floors, slippy floors, sweaty walls and a strange set list from the so called DJ/CD
o Finny, Levi and the boys alls mashed right up
o Mitch biting my ear, that really hurt but i kinda liked it
o Watching everyone in the bar go mental when INXS came on, unreal

Here's to more nights like that.

I think i'm going to have trouble leaving this Town!

Biff Bosh Bash...

The local break here, Dunes, was pumping yesterday a bit windy but 6ft sets and clean. I surfed first thing in the Morning and being the first in the water is always exciting and i got a little carried away, as i was making my way in i wasn't paying proper attention to how the reef had changed over the last couple of days. What sand there is has shifted over the last few days, and unearthed a nasty ledge i haven't seen before.

Well unfortunately i went plowing into it toe first, creating a rather fetching slice right down the middle of my big toe. Annoyed but unperturbed i carried on and surfed for a good 3 hours whilst a good amount of blood flowed into the Indian Ocean and no doubt attracted some men in grey suits. I did see a couple of fins but i don't think i have the right blood type for sharks anyway.

I know it's only a small slice but it's hell deep and i feel a good job was done indeed. Once home i scrubbed it with limes and give it a good clean, i filmed the scrubbing bit as i thought this might entertain some of you and disturb the rest, it stung like a bitch!

Cleaning products


Before scrubbing


After scrubbing


Thats a bit better

Charles Knife Ridge

After a great early Morning Sunrise the weather turned a little bit and the wind decided to blow coupled with a strong prediction of rain, instead of hiding like most would myself, Lauren, EJ and Jim decided to go and have a look at Charles Knife, a Gorge near Exmouth.

It was only when we got there that Lauren said we should do this amazing hike, it was amazing but it was also a very narrow ledge pretty much the whole way round and with the gail force winds and driving rain, we should have turned around and gone to the pub like everyone else in Exmouth, but no, we're different, we went for it and it was absolutely amazing. We were all very wet happy people after a couple of hours, what a great day. Thanks Lauren, EJ and Jim ; )

Back to Black...

I had a pretty good shoot at Bundegi this morning and took a few in good old Black and White, with so many colours bouncing around out here it's easy to forget the beauty of pure simple Black and White. So here's a few i've done over the years and here's to you B&W...

Bundegi Walkway


Penrose Walks


Loe Bar


Porthleven


Loe Bar


Friendship Woods