"The first professional surf competition, the Om Bali Pro, was held in 1980. But what really accelerated the popularity of Bali as a surfing destination was the release of the greatest Australian surf film ever made, Morning of the Earth in 1972, revealing surf’s new frontier – the discovery by a few loners of Uluwatu’s demanding breaks at the end of a long arid dirt road, a time when monkeys not people watched from surrounding cliffs.

After that landmark film, the floodgates opened with the influx of 20,000 tourists by 1973, about 1000 of them surfers. The release of BBC’s film Balinese Surfer in 1976 only fed into the mythology and quickened the pace of arrivals. Kuta and environs became the lair of shady con artists, layabout heirs to fortunes, pseudo-surfer-fetishists, spiritual seekers, rock stars, itinerant yachtsmen, rag, silver and bead traders, dope dealers, career criminals, fugitives reinventing themselves and other infamous characters including naked skinny long-haired hippies who ingested mushrooms and smoked Sumatran weed on the beach and bought fake student IDs to buy discounted airline tickets." - Bill Dalton

Steve Cooney was the first person to ever surf Uluwatu, Bali in 1971 (for the film Morning Of The Earth at the age of 15) and he has a very personal attachment to the region.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of Ulu was the abundance of seas life. At high tide a dugong would come over the reef with its calf and loll about in the shallow, going back outside the reef as the tide dropped. If we were surfing at low tide the same pair would surface near us. They were there the whole time and seemed to be as interested in us as we were in them. There were turtles, reef sharks, heaps of fish, sea birds and sea snakes and we never felt as if we were on our own in the water. Aside from surfing, we did a few trips around the place - up to the mountains, over Sanur, etc - and came to appreciate the people and the cultural history of one of the most unique places on earth.

Over the last several decades whale watching has become an amazing form of entertainment for millions of people all over the world who want to get a glimpse of the amazing majestic creatures we all know and love as whales.

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WHAT IS WHALE WATCHING?

Whale watching is the act of observing of whales in their natural habitat (similar in a way to bird watching) which involves spectators standing at the end of a pier or on the deck of a boat with binoculars watching these marine mammals as they live undisturbed in their natural habitat.

Whale watching in Australia is a popular recreational pursuit and a tourist activity along various coasts. In 2008, whale and dolphin watching was worth an estimated A$31 million in direct expenditure to the Australian economy with an estimated 1.6 million tourists participating in the activity.^[1] Whaling in Australia took place from 1788 to 1978 and was once commercially successful. The Australian Whale Sanctuary was established in 1999 to protect dolphins and whales from hunting. Humpback whales are the most common species seen in the waters surrounding Australia while Southern right whales, Minke whales and Blue whales are also seen.^[2]

Whale watchers are restricted to approaches as close as 300 metres (984 ft) in order to protect the animals.^[3]

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In 1984 American artist Keith Haring visited Australia & created a mural in Collingwood, Melbourne. This is the story of the mural which is now one of only 31 known murals by Haring that are still in existence worldwide.

Victoria’s project to restore the artwork and bring back its vibrancy and vitality.

Visiting the mural site today, Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria said the conservation project, led by renowned Italian conservator Antonio Rava, marked the start of a new chapter for the Heritage-listed, internationally recognised and much loved public artwork.

“The late, great Keith Haring gave a wonderful gift to the people of Victoria when he painted his mural at what was then the Collingwood Technical School in 1984,” Ms Victoria said. “He was a highly influential artist who brought street art to the attention of the art world and the broader public. He gained worldwide acclaim in the 1980s for his art and for using his talent to promote important social issues.”

source:http://melbourneharingmural.com.au/

Expencive Porno Movie from Tv Dinner Motion Pictures on Vimeo.

THIS IS A MUST WATCH

This critically acclaimed project captures surfing’s cutting edge and embeds their styling’s onto luscious Super 16mm, mixing East Coast cool with West Coast vibes. It features some of the world’s most fluid waveriders – Alex Knost, Dane Peterson, Kassia Meador, Trevor Gordon, Ryan Burch, Jared Mell, Billy Death, Mikey DeTemple et al, mixes in an essence of Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino, adds music that’s pure 70’s Sexsploitation and action that is pure surf porn, shooting the whole thing on celluloid – which certainly cost a pretty penny. I just wonder where he got the name from?

Source: magicseaweed

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Pink Floyd deserve some kind of award for their career-spanning dedication to freaking people out, but of all their scary songs, ‘Ummagumma’'s positively petrifying "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" tops them all. Think a song needs frightening lyrics to terrify? Just turn off the lights and listen to this atmospheric masterpiece until it climaxes with Roger Waters’ blood-curdling screams.

Source:http://ultimateclassicrock.com/scary-rock-songs/