Perth City

comment by Dreaming!!, 2007-06-18 02:24:42

Say What Rune?
Sydney has surf, the Goldy is only about 1/2 hr to 1hr from Brisbane, Melbourne surfers travel the hour to Torquay, Phillip Island, Mornington.Perth surfers travel a minimum of 1/2 hr to crappy locations or a minimum of an hour to somewhere half decent. Lets get one thing straight here - Perth gets swell, but has few waves of any quality. Trigg point undoubtedly the best. May as well live in Launceston!

comment by funkin_l@hotmail.com, 2007-06-17 04:01:28

Be grateful............
Yes....we all know that Perth isn't that consistent and we have all been disappointed at some stage by what's on offer and or the crowds involved with what's on offer. But just look what we have around us. The reefs and beachies of Lancelin...if you are organised and have the time it's not that hard to get there, same with down south...and not just the big name spots like Yallingup and Margies. There are heaps of little gems on the way down there if the conditions are right and you know where to look. We are so extremely lucky here, I think that there are at least 200 spots I could name between Lancelin and Margaret River...probably more, if you can't find somewhere to surf on our coast that isn't Trigg then you are not looking hard enough. Also, I lived in the UK for 6 years, London for 3. If you want to really appreciate what we have here...even knee high Trigg in a Nor'wester...go there and live. Most of those people don't even know what it's like to swim in the ocean let alone surf, it's a real eye opener. There were so many occasions I wished I was home to paddle out in sloppy conditions just to get wet and feel normal. To cut a long story short...be grateful for what we have at our doorstep, there are literally millions who would kill to have what we do.

comment by Rune, 2007-05-21 15:26:02

Stop whingeing
I keep reading comments from Perth surfers complaining about the surf. Consider yourself lucky, although the surf isn't epic at least you can find surf in a capital city. Only one other capital city in Australia has surf, Sydney. Everywhere else you have to travel for a surf (about the same distance as Margaret River/Yallingup). Stop whingeing or drive down south and leave the local spots less crowded. Wankers.