Sat 16th: And I’m floating in a most peculiar way

Space Oddity

‘Though I’m past
one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still …’

•  With Neil Beachley’s footprints.  You can set your watch to Neil’s steady jog.  He passes by the yoga steps at 5.52 a.m, 365 days per year …

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Young Americans

 

‘They pulled in just behind the bridge
He lays her down, he frowns
“Gee my life’s a funny thing, am I
still too young?”

•  With Monica (Canadian actually) who runs the Saturday yoga.  Sand’s a bit damp … no-one’s turned up.  “I’m going back to bed.”

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

 

‘Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette
The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget …’

• With Mike – out back of the dunnies

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Rebel Rebel

 

‘Rebel Rebel, you’ve torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so!’

•  With Bianca … a 6.30 Drinks Express regular

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Ziggy Stardust

 

‘Making love with his ego
Ziggy sucked up into his mind …’

•  With JP (my very fave A-teamster)

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“Let’s Dance”

 

 

 

•  All aquatic shots courtesy Peta Bird, with her new waterproof camera.  She’s creating some brilliant work!

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 Suffragette City

 

‘Hey man, oh leave me alone you know
Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta
Hey man, I gotta straighten my face
This mellow thighed chick
Just put my spine out of place …’

•  With Michael

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Diamond Dogs

 

‘As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent
You asked for the latest party …’

•  With Harrison.  Harry is the teen who saved two of our own a few weeks back, after the beach had been closed …

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“Gazely Stare”

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Heroes

 

‘I. I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing,
nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes,
just for one day …’

•  With Sterlo, George, Andrew and JP

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All the Young Dudes

 

‘All the young dudes
Carry the news …’

•  With Cammerette Tilly, who’s been bribed with a hot chocolate and treatie from Point Cafe, while Mum Kate smashes out a double …

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China Girl

 

‘And when I get excited
My little China Girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth …’

•  With Zoe and Nat (one quarter of the newly formed Saturday blogging team)

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“China Girl”

 

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“Major Tom”

 

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Space Oddity

 

‘Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on …’

•  With Saturday Blogs Manager Major Mary

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“Starman”

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The Gene Genie

‘He’s so simple minded
He can’t drive his module
He bites on the neon and sleeps in the capsule
Loves to be loved, loves to be loved …’

•  With local artist Gary (aka Atom Art), who works from benches around the village.  He’s been an integral part of the Manly creative scene for many years now. Eminently approachable, by the way  🙂

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Ziggy Stardust

 

‘Ziggy really sang,
Screwed-up eyes
and screwed-down hair-do
Like some cat from Japan …’

•  With Marco Poggi on NYE @ Skiff Club

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“Rebel Rebels”

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The Man Who Sold the World

 

‘I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here
We must have died alone, a long long time ago …’

•  With these good Bolds folk

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The Gene Genie

 

‘Sits like a man
but he smiles like a reptile
She loves him, she loves him but
just for a short while
She’ll scratch in the sand,
won’t let go his hand …’

•  With … um … err …who ..?

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Starman

 

‘Didn’t know what time it was and the lights were low
I leaned back on my radio
Some cat was layin’ down some rock ‘n’ roll ‘lotta soul,
he said …’

•  With Cass and fifth schooner, at 4.20 p.m. in Steyne beer garden yesterday.  (I’m not doing that again)

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Moonage Daydream

‘I’m an alligator; I’m a mama-papa coming for you
I’m the space invader; I’ll be a rock ‘n’ rollin’ bitch for you
Keep your mouth shut,
you’re squawking like a pink monkey bird
And I’m busting up my brains for the words …’

•  With Julia on NYE @ Skiff Club

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Life on Mars?

 

‘Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go
It’s the freakiest show
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he’ll ever know
He’s in the best selling show …’

•  With Roberto – and Management

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Ziggy Stardust

 

‘Ziggy played for time
Jiving us that we were voodoo
The kid was just crass
He was the nazz
With God-given ass
He took it all too far
But boy could he play guitar.’

•  With Richard – on paleo breads …

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Starman

 

‘There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds …’

•  With Lisa’s butt and Nikki (newbies)

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And still more Newbies!

 

Simone at left, with Swedish friends visiting … Richard and Maria, from Lund

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Bolds Admin

Beach closures on Long Weekend – Two days, applicable to us

Who was responsible for the monkey-tail attack on Bruce’s lemon five days ago?  And; was that a message being written with them – across the windscreen?

 

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After several days, the smashed-up police boat was finally choppered off Queenscliff’s rocky point two days ago.  Good on you Jennifer, for digging deep with flotsam collection off beaches this week  🙂

 

Photo courtesy Sprout Daily.  You can sign onto Sprout’s daily surf pix email, by going to website http://sproutdaily.com/

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Stats:

Swimmers:    186

Newbies:       Thirteen!!!

Temp:            21.6º

Aqua pix:      Many thanks Peta Bird   🙂