South of Wollongong Peelers....Pic's.

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surfanimal
surfanimal
NSW
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15 Dec 2009 6:49pm
Prior to a very accessable car park, this 'Surfing Reserve' was a sanctuary.

Still an amazingly beautiful spot itself but with a ridiculous south end crowd today being true to recent form but alas, take 1 SUP, paddle to the north end and get peelers all to yourself !

Great fun……and no crowd.......the thought of sitting amongst them or surfing knee to waist A's is a no brainer - thank god for an SUP for these sessions.












(If you don't like the pic's, tough.....cause there's some on here that want them and I'm happy to share).

DavidJohn
DavidJohn
VIC
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VIC, 17570 posts
15 Dec 2009 6:58pm
Jeeez.. Wot a beautiful spot..

DJ
Fast Eddy
Fast Eddy
NSW
174 posts
NSW, 174 posts
15 Dec 2009 7:01pm
Yep can get very good...


surfanimal
surfanimal
NSW
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NSW, 1662 posts
15 Dec 2009 7:14pm
Great shot bro.

Now, we better be careful with these shots huh.....maybe it'll get crowded.




AA
AA
NSW
2167 posts
AA AA
NSW, 2167 posts
15 Dec 2009 7:21pm
One of my faves! Catchit every January for Xmas hols.

Shame about the carpark!
theDoctor
theDoctor
NSW
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NSW, 5786 posts
15 Dec 2009 11:38pm
about fifteen years ago when they stopped the lagoon from flowing onto the beach, the banks began to die...

now when there's swell its mostly closeout city at low tide or unbreaking fat lumps at high tide...

still a fun place to take apart on a sup....

in one form or another, the carpark at the bottom was there twenty five years ago... thats not what killed the place...

... the tar road in, that's what killed the place
Mini
Mini
NSW
77 posts
NSW, 77 posts
16 Dec 2009 10:17pm
Yep its a beautiful spot & only 2 minutes from my front door. But the Doctor's right the tar road to the new car park has made it very crowded with heaps of aggro.

I don't sup there anymore its not worth the hassel. Its a shame as I have sup'ed there in perfect over head conditions.
theDoctor
theDoctor
NSW
5786 posts
NSW, 5786 posts
17 Dec 2009 10:51am
actually, i was talkin' about the tar road TO the beach from the highway...

the old dirt track would mud out for weeks after a decent rain and you'd only see the real locals who'd drive out through the mud or take the quarry road (imagine the pounces that pass for youth these days driving their lowered flashy unit stickered doof doof mobiles along a mud track, the place would still be deserted!)

then there'd be us kids who used to ride across the old golf course (where all the blow-in locals in their ridiculous mc mansions now live) up the old quarry road and down to the beach.

not so long ago twenty people out was super crowded....

now there's twenty people out off one bank at six o'clock saturday mornings when its one foot
Dr Funk
Dr Funk
NSW
348 posts
NSW, 348 posts
17 Dec 2009 11:50am
I thought that the espresso van in the carpark last time was a bit much. Up in the top corner is still pretty uncrowded most of the time. I still love that spot.
surfanimal
surfanimal
NSW
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NSW, 1662 posts
17 Dec 2009 2:41pm
When you purchase a block of land or house / land package in 'Shell Cove' which is the McMansion Estate you drive through to gain entry these days, they actually give you a surfboard and lessons as part of the package !

True/

Times have changed and yep, double figures was crowded once. But's that's progress and we are all party to it at some point.
Mini
Mini
NSW
77 posts
NSW, 77 posts
17 Dec 2009 3:33pm
Don't forget you had to pay the farmer for the privledge of using his muddy track.

Your right the whole sub-division is a mess and the crowds are maddening, but if lucks on your side you can still get it uncrowded.

I took this phone photo back in Feb after an early SUP with only 6 guys out.


boylos
boylos
NSW
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NSW, 769 posts
17 Dec 2009 6:08pm

I know this spot ..... one of my favourites!..... sadly it's now a local beach like Cronulla overcrowded

Ahhhhh the days when you drove down the dirt rd ,right to the bottom and caught some beauiful uncrowded waves...... ahhhhhh the memorys!

Boylos

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