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The Dawning of another great day in Mollymook
Big D. first to tackle the Mollymook surf break
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Monday was the dawning of another typical great day in Mollymook. A beautiful sunrise, ideal surfing conditions for the board riders whilst the swimmers dived in at ‘sooky corner’. Big D. saw the invitation and tried his luck with a ‘racing board’ and may we say successfully escaped getting wiped out. Around the corner at ‘Golfie’ they elected to tackle the surf with more conventional style ‘wave riding boards’ to the delight of the crowded onlookers including Zoe up in the grandstand. (Click on photos to enlarge)
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Mollymook Beach a hive of activity – July 2016
Spills Galore at the Aussie IRB Titles
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The National IRB Championships for 2016 began today at Mollymook Beach. Interstate crews participated as well as a crew from NZ with an estimated overall number of surf life savers participating exceeding 500 from over 40 Surf clubs throughout Australia.
On an unusually hot day for winter, competition was intense here on day one as crews demonstrated their skills in the water at Mollymook showcasing the rescue skills of IRB crew’s in a variety of surf conditions.
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July 2016 Menu
2015 White Stripes – Pinot Grigio
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St Isidore Restaurant one of six regional restaurants in NSW to receive a ‘hat’ in 2015. We arrived to a very warm and friendly reception from our young waitress. Obviously skilled in customer service. From the onset the anticipation grew. She showed us the menu and carefully explained each of the dishes including those just recently added to their ever changing attractive menu.
It was no surprised to see this ‘fine dining’ restaurant full for a Saturday lunch with a mix of dinners who obviously enjoy quality food as you would expect from a restaurant recognised so highly over the past few years.
Our choice of wine followed our waitresses recommendation, a 2015 White Stripes, Pinot Grigio. She explained it was light, vibrant and crisp and would be the ideal compliment to our white meat meal choices. An excellent choice!
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Kamikaze surf break
Mollymook Beach
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The ‘East Coast Low’ during the past few days was not as damaging as its predecessor last month and created excellent surf conditions at Mollymook beach as well as the kamikaze surfing break. (Pics taken yesterday, Sunday July 10) (Click on images to enlarge)
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Ray Ackerman jokes that he has an audience of a couple of regular groupies and two tradies having a beer by the fire when he plays fiddle at Milton’s Star Hotel. Follow this link to the full TIMES article: The Star Hotels Monday arvo secret
Monte’s Resort
Monte’s Resort
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Interstate correspondent, Roscoe gives the following update on what the Mollymook seniors have been up to in Qld.
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Woodstock Chocolate Co. Milton NSW
Convenient central Milton Location
Established in Woodstock NSW, on the outskirts of the picturesque South Coast village of Milton, the Woodstock Chocolate Co. is an artisan chocolate maker creating handmade chocolate delights for locals, visitors, gift-givers, chocolate aficionados, events and businesses.
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phone: 0458 652 280 or Facebook: Woodstock Chocolate Co.
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An early morning start at Airlie Wharf
Look at all the fish
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Roscoe posts this update on their trip up north at Airlie Qld. Yesterday we took an” Island Hopping”, cruise. Suzanne, Graeme, Jacqui, John, Jo and I. We set off from Port of Airlie at 07:00 am just after Mia & Bruno were picked up for “doggy day care”
Our ferry wasn’t due to leave until 08:20 am but being cautious seniors we had to be sure of a parking space close to the terminal.
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IRB Titles
IRB Titles
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The Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRB) Titles: Hundreds of competitors from across the NSW state representing over 20 NSW Surf Life Saving clubs, met at the Mollymook Beach on the weekend of July 1 & 2, 2016 for the NSW IRB Racing Titles.
Racing was incredible close with a number of spills from over zealous crews chasing that elusive NSW title. (See images below)
On the weekend of July 22 and 23, 2016 these team will return to compete with an anticipated 500 competitors for the Australian IRB Racing Championships.