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Dunedin Light
Dunedin Light is your weekly dose of stoke from the surf lifestyle and culture of Dunedin's beaches. To find out more visit www.dunedinlight.com
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Size counts
I recently added a new lens to my bag of photographic wizardry – a new addition that has given me a fresh perspective on this coastline of ours. And it's a whopper: a Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L complete with Image Stabilizer. The front element is the size of a dinner plate and it weighs more than five kilograms.
Superstition
This spell of crazy good weather coupled with swell after swell after leg-burning swell of magic surf conditions has been incredible. I hesitate to say it, but it does seem like the longest summer I can remember in Dunedin. Now I've said that it's likely to all end in a snowstorm that brings down powerlines, closes roads and turns the hot salt water pool into an ice rink.
Showing off
Call me a show-off, but I love it when friends and family from overseas or up north come and visit Dunedin. It gives me a chance to show-off the town, revisit my favourite haunts and try out some of the tourist activities for myself.
Jet skis and dolphins
What do jet skis and dolphins have in common? Not much, but they both formed part of an experience for me this week that I will never forget.
Good times
I don't know about you, but I'm almost starting to feel a bit guilty about how good we've had it this summer. Last week was just another out of the box with back-to-back surf, perfect St Clair Point (nice to see the sand shifted back into place there!) and dreamy, azure autumn days.
Dunedin Light: Gem and her pup
January 24, 2012: Gem and her pup - Most surfers don't like sharing the line-up with sea lions and for good reason – a 300kg-plus male can certainly play rough and like to make their presence known in the water.
