Thanks DJ.
So will this be good or bad for your daily paddling environment?
And by the way, we all know that you pick the good days to photograph these things for us - the days like yesterday when the rest of us us sitting in our office boxes looking wistfully out at the sunshine wishing we were out on the water, too...

supmego said...
Whats the water temp like at the moment DJ.
Cheers Mark

I think it's still similar to the air temp.. A bit nippy..

DJ

Will you be down there Friday DJ and if so what time.
Cheers Mark

"Will you be down there Friday DJ and if so what time.
Cheers Mark"

Tempted to wag the day and escape the office box as well.
If only to hit DJ over the head with my paddle for antagonising us with his Autumn photos...glassy, glassy, glassy indeed...
So what time?
Mark E (aka Helmy)

Arrrrrr yes.. Autumn in Melbourne... T'is the best time of year for glassy paddling..

Here's a few pics from paddling with Mark today..

It was Hawaiian shirt weather..

DJ

Thanks Craig...
The yellow Hawaiin shirt was on the Op Shop pile for a while, but I couldn't part with it...Thought it would match the board well.
Sorry about the black booties, very unfashionable, but the water temp is down to 14.6 now, and getting colder by the week.
Also had a rashie and short wetsuit pants on, so looking a bit dumpy - the forecast was for an increasing westerly, but even now there's no wind.
Without a doubt it will be cold and wet for the weekend....this is Melbourne...

Make note everyone - Hawaiin shirt should be compulsory dress attire when paddling with DJ...

We were talking about a city cruise up the yarra...maybe we could organise a Sunday "mid-winter hawaiin cruise", hawaiin shirts being mandatory...???
Lunch somewhere up at Docklands, then paddle back?

Been rolling by on my way to work lately, had a bit of an explore this morning...with all the structure they're wrapping around that area in there it looks like it's going to be a bit of a flat water haven. Sprint series anyone?

Thanks for that DJ.
Once again I was sitting in my office box looking wistfully out the window yesterday...
However I did manage to make it out this morning at 7am for a quick paddle off Sandy beach.
Would have taken photos for you, but didn't really have the time.
Felt nicely invigorated afterwards, and ready for a day's work...
Alas I'm still sittin' here at 9.30 am poring over the forum instead of doing any work...
There's gotta be a better answer...

Tony [the local Italian guy who's in his mid 80's and there every day] and I were the first of the public to walk on the new pier when it opened yesterday.