sonny photos

Kid's turn

When's school finished, we picked up the kids form school and on this hot day took them straight to the beach
little balancing lessons
zero waves
so we go for a paddle out to sea

even the dogs have it hot today and enjoy dropping their bellies down into the cool ocean
And seems like half of Avalon is down here now

Next day, even smaller still

Very hot day today, been a good boy all morning, working on the computer, but come 1 o'clock it was just too hot, and no one at the beach , had the beach to ourselves. That's because it is Melbourne cup day, so a lot of people are at the pub or melbourne cup luncheons ( in 37 degree heat, not me, I'm swimming )
But look at that photo, not a ripple, flat flat flat
so good day for a snorkel
and a float
a few more people look like they are ditching the idea of the "race that stops the nation " and have a swim instead
I'm off looking for fins that would have come of boards from surfing off rocks
Jacs has never been to jump rock, which is at northern headland of Avalon beach, so after an hour of swimming in the water I take her there
it's a good 10-15 min walk, but with this heat , and then all the flies that are blown in with hot wind
nice rock formations

spot the jac

I asked Jacs to join me for a jump, but someone had to take the photo
one , two
three

I did not feel like walking all the way back on the hot rocks, so that's me swimming back
stopping on a rock I just swam over to make sure I don't swim too close again ( well ,there was a shark attack at this very spot this year )
made it
and the crowd goes wild and has uncontrollable urge to do a handstand
nice to be able to just float, and then to think people pay money to go on a holiday just to be able to this, and for us it's just up the road from home, how lucky are we

Just does not cut it

Next day, after those awesome waves on the big screen, Avalon just doesn't cut it, pretty tiny today

Australian Surf Movie Festival or ASMF

My friend Tim Bonython , has his surf movie festival on again this year at the Palm Berach RSL club. But first to Palm Beach for dinner, and what beautiful light
Nothing beats a good fish & Chips
Waiting for our meal at the Palmy fish & chips shop
After dinner, off to the RSL for Tim's surf movie night, here he is setting up the projector, room slowly filling up

Before the night gets under way, Tim has a brief chat about what he is about to show us tonight
packed room


And then we are treated to a little acoustic session by Nick Saxon from Newcastle, and he's not bad, check the grommets
Nick did another session during intermission as well
before the big waves, lucky door prizes, and lucky us, Belle won a little goodie bag, and now India wins apair of sunglasses, lucky
The deal was though , who ever had the lucky ticket, to get the sunnies , they had to model them on stage
cute, crowd loved it of course
now for the reason we are here. . . .waves....big waves
monsters
and hollow
grommets frothing at the front there I'm sure
now check this beast of a wave out. It's an outer break called Shipsterns ( shipwreck ) in Tasmania, so cold water, and solid waves, but this sequence is just hairy scary
how small is he compared the beast frothing behind him
but wait, check this little ( big ) step building up in his path
n o  w a y  !  !
total silence in the room, as the crowd is gobsmacked
Airborn ! This would have to be up there with someof the sickest, heaviest wave Tim has ever got on footage
awesome. Thanks Tim for another awesome night of entertainment. And all you surfers out there, what am I saying, you don't even have to be a surfer to appreciate this footage, all of you out there, do yourself a favour and check out Tim's movie.
Here's a list of Venue's
Byron Bay The Great Northern Hotel | Wed 4th Nov 8pm
Milton/Ulludulla Theatre | Sat 14th Nov 8pm
Newcastle View Factory | Sat 28th Nov 8pm 
QLD
Coolangatta Sands | Thurs 5th Nov - 8pm
Kirra Surf Stock Festival - Currumbin | Sat 7th Nov 7pm
VIC
The Astor Cinema | Tues 10th Nov 8pm
The Espy | Wed 11th Nov 8pm | 18‘yrs ONLY
The Espy | Thurs 12st Nov 8pm | 18‘yrs ONLY
SA
Streaky Bay Hotel | Thurs 19th Nov 7.30pm
Semaphore Odeon Star Cinema | 20th Nov 8pm
Adelaide Mercury Cinema| Sat 21st Nov 6pm & 8pm
But to be sure , check Tim's site just check the site for dates and also for the trailer, it will have you wanting more

Palm Beach Kindergarden fundraising night

Jacs and I at the Palm Beach kindy fundraiser, Jac's contributions ( her photography ) raised over 3000 bucks. Good on you sweetheart !
Now, this photo, yes, I did not shave, yes I did slick all my hair back ( it was a 50's them )

Just found a pic of me

It was taken back in August at Jayson Brunsdon shop opening and I found on this Australian site called Kluster. Aaaah, it's when my G10 was still working

RA after party at ScheldApen

Anna, in that great outfit , and her sister ( thanks for a great party btw Anna )
P &  B
party peeeeeople

Etienne
not only did Andrea set up a love tent in the backyard of the party venue, but there is also this amazing tree house in thebackyard ( oh, and Andrea did not have much luck with his love tent )
Irina
Kasia
Andrea, trying to get people to come check out his love tent ?
Mic Eaton, aka material boy
Fellow Vandevelde, Karolyn.
I'm sure lots more fun things happend at the party, but I have to be at the airport in 3 hours, so me go home now, bye bye

Outfit change at Bruno's

Instead of jumping on the bus, the Pholoso and Kasia wanted an outfit change, so we walk back to his place
and not partying in those boots


a few songs and we should be ready to go
or not :-)
girls will be girls
Jacqui is asking me, who;s that spunk
Thanks Lutz btw for my new jacket, and Bruno for these awesome sunnies ( keeping )
going down, party time

Bus to the RA after party

Romain and Anna organized an after party, about 10 minutes out of Antwerp at ScheldApen, so they organized a bus to come pick up people and take them to the location ( as there are a lot of people from out of town )
and what a cool bus, I made it outside just in time to see it drive off
Andrea
giving himself a ride


the scene outside RA on kloosterstraat
what's with the shower cap ?
p&K
oh, the bus is back again
second party load ( or maybe already the third )
And what an awesome looking bus !

RA, the opening

Well, I made it to the shop opening, without my beloved G10, but Dan form RA, has one, so he lent it to me for a few hours, so slipped in my memory card, and took these pics for us all. Yes, not only did I receive a nice glass of Veuve upon arrival ( and plenty of top ups-thanks Roland ) but yummy food all night long as well
Pholoso and Kasia
Man of the hour ( or night )
Mr. Pieters and Miss Selebogo
Thomas & Thoas from ButterFlySoulFire flew over from Berlin for the opening
Jean L'Olivier
Hung and Andrea ( 2008 Academy graduates )
Did she really break her back  , or is it some sort of fashion statement to wear a brace
Narelle ( first Australian graduate )
Lieve Gerrits
Andrea
Partiiie people :-)
Dieter and Bruno
Rad Hourani
Burger purse
after all night of yummy food, they are now serving up desert as well, yum yum

Hannah Marshall made the trip from London
couple of quick shots of the actual shop

do you see a ghost
woauw, those bikes look awesome, shot through a window so, excuse the bluralism
sold

the office
music corner
this boy's been busy

I'll take one
nice
Irina
love this shot, it's in the restaurant, and I like it as it looks real homey, the tiles, the tables and then these two in matching colours
little angels
Happy Birthday