Archive for the 'Des Walsh' Category

Beach Notes: Not Your Average Surfboard

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

In the 5 or so years of walking up and down the beach at Rainbow Bay we have never seen such a unique surfboard as we did yesterday morning.
Creativity Rocks!
Do you put your creativity into what you’re living?
Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Priceless Beach Art

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh
Installation: “Flotsam, upright, after the storm”, Duranbah Beach, February 2010
Materials: Sand, found objects (timber)
Artist: Some Anonymous Surfer Dude

Duranbah (accent on the second syllable, as in Duran Duran) Beach is only used by board riders and boogie boarders. Walking there one morning this week after [...]

Beach Notes: What Goes into Effortless?

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh
A couple of times recently we have seen this man at our local beach, Rainbow Bay, with a didgeridoo ( or yidaki), the traditional Australian Aboriginal musical intrument.
This day we saw and heard him playing with the end of the “didge” submerged at the water’s edge.
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Beach Notes: Sandimal 4 – Tina Turtle

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh
This is the fourth of our “Sandimal” pictures of sand-sculpted animals and probably the last, unless our mystery sculptor returns one day. We have called this one Tina Turtle.

We couldn’t think of anything particular to say about Tina, so we did some research on the [...]

Beach Notes: Sandimal 3 – Cedric The Crocodile

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh
This is our third “Sandimal” post, this time with the sand sculpture of a crocodile we have dubbed Cedric.

The challenge we had with coming up with a few thoughts prompted by Cedric was that some of them were frankly scary. Although for Cedric it’s just [...]