{"id":9233,"date":"2010-04-16T11:18:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T00:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=9233"},"modified":"2010-04-16T11:18:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T00:18:28","slug":"crunched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=9233","title":{"rendered":"Crunched"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAah the joys of the ocean early in the morning when the surf is big. Huge wave faces to rip after a steep drop on takeoff. Big waves breaking onto a sharp reef not that far below the surface. The thrill of it all. A great way to start the day before work.
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That is until you don’t actually make it across a wave section and you get crunched! Then you really know it. Up until that point I was having fun early this morning out at Nobby’s Reef in Newcastle.<\/p>\n

Now … I am somewhat worse for wear.<\/p>\n

Material damage:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click for the full pictures! A tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Human damage<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reef at Nobby’s is unforgiving. So I have lots of cuts and bruises.<\/p>\n

Tonight I am going to a black-tie fundraiser for community use of public buildings. The governments here think it is sensible to sell off public buildings that they no longer want to use (like old lock-ups and post offices) to developers. In Newcastle, the old lock-up is trying to stay alive as community space. Hence the black tie dinner to raise funds to keep it going!<\/p>\n

But it will be more like a black eye dinner for me given the state of my right cheek-bone!<\/p>\n

Now I just have to ring the surf shop to order a new board! ASAP.<\/p>\n

Real blog later!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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