That Oceanic FeelingAllen & Unwin, 2003 - 288 sider A captivating memoir that explores the lure of the sea and the author's love affair with surfing. |
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Side 1
... past the gun emplacements and the maze of underground bunkers at Fort Nepean and did not pause until the land fell into the sea . Around the corner , to the left , in Bass Strait , the surf was thunderous ; line after line of ragged ...
... past the gun emplacements and the maze of underground bunkers at Fort Nepean and did not pause until the land fell into the sea . Around the corner , to the left , in Bass Strait , the surf was thunderous ; line after line of ragged ...
Side 7
... had almost forgotten . The suburbs had turned into fields , the invisible ocean beckoned and I could hear the past rushing towards me with the explosive crackle of a broken wave . In the 1940s , when my father was a boy 7.
... had almost forgotten . The suburbs had turned into fields , the invisible ocean beckoned and I could hear the past rushing towards me with the explosive crackle of a broken wave . In the 1940s , when my father was a boy 7.
Side 12
... past that had remained preternaturally vivid , a singular memory that I could draw on for imaginative nourishment and solace during the course of daily life . The phrase ' spots of time ' comes from Wordsworth's great poem ' The Prelude ...
... past that had remained preternaturally vivid , a singular memory that I could draw on for imaginative nourishment and solace during the course of daily life . The phrase ' spots of time ' comes from Wordsworth's great poem ' The Prelude ...
Side 13
... past . It is the perspective , you might think , of an old man . Yet at the time he was only twenty - eight years old - one year older than his sister Dorothy , whom he addresses in the second part of the poem . Dorothy reminds him of ...
... past . It is the perspective , you might think , of an old man . Yet at the time he was only twenty - eight years old - one year older than his sister Dorothy , whom he addresses in the second part of the poem . Dorothy reminds him of ...
Side 19
... past the surf showrooms , I felt a pang of nostalgia for the mythical Torquay of Point Break that would forever remain . unsullied by the forces of big business . Yet even before the construction of the surf plaza and nearby Ocean View ...
... past the surf showrooms , I felt a pang of nostalgia for the mythical Torquay of Point Break that would forever remain . unsullied by the forces of big business . Yet even before the construction of the surf plaza and nearby Ocean View ...
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Andy arrived Australia back beach Bass Strait began Bells Beach beneath big wave big wave surfing blue boat Byron Bay canoe carpark catch caught chant civilisation cliff coast dream early Emma eyes father fear feet felt foam French Freud Gally Hawaii Hawaiian head idea of surfing island Jack Jack's Jan Juc John journey knew land lived looked loved Melbourne nearby never Newquay Night Surfing Pacific paddling paradise Peninsula Point Lonsdale Point Nepean Polynesian Port Phillip Port Phillip Bay Portsea Queenscliff realised reef riding rocks Russell sand seemed sense ship shore shorebreak side Sorrento Southern Ocean St Ives story surf breaks surf Corsair surf culture surf lifesavers surfboard surfers surfing's surge swell swimming Tahiti thing thought tide told took Torquay town voyage Waikiki Waimea walking wanted watching wetsuit wind writing young
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