On Monday WA had a public holiday, so we took the opportunity (with wind and swell conditions aligning favourably) to go on an excursion to Boranup beach and give the Prado her first run on sand. It was an awesome day, and we pretty much scored a bank to ourselves. Our mate Rita who’s over from Sydney came with us (she took some of the photos below and that’s her on the first two wave shots too). Luca? He slept through most of it.

This was at Bears yesterday afternoon…

Quick question - does anyone have issues seeing the video? I’m using Quicktime as a format, but assume most of you on PCs would have iTunes installed by now anyway, so should have the player already installed.

Shortly after this photo was taken, the troopy was handed over to her new owners. All the best to Bec and Ross, may she serve you well.

[7pm Sunday 05.04.2009 Edit: ] Introducing Luca Jonathan Tanner.

He arrived kicking and screaming at 10:49am on 04.04.2009 after an all-night labour weighing in at 3.66kg and 52cm in height (just over 8 pounds and around 20.5 inches in old-school measurements). Ears like his dad, hands like his mum, face of a wizened old Jedi master.

Thanks to Ang for these photos. I’ve been a real slacker lately when it comes to taking pics and updating this site… and Jane’s got a lot on her mind and belly

Anyways, we’ve had crew from Switzerland over - Ang, who spent last winter with us down at the block, freezing in the shed and dodging possums, and her sister Anais. It’s been a bit of social whirlwind, but awesome fun catching up with them and all the crew. Highlights include me getting coached and brushing up on my Schwiitzerdüutsch, poker night, a run of awesome weather and definitely the food.

In other news, it looks like the surf season is about to start; we’ve had a swell a week for the last few weeks, and a few days of all-day offshore wind. Sorry, no photos. But I have had some awesome fun waves at Other Side of the Moon, Bears, Noisies/Little Ulus, and got to surf Peabreak for the first time on dusk the other night. And the water is still warm enough for boardies. And yep, the photo above is a pretty clear indication of the water colour and clarity over here.

Don’t all get too excited, it’s not populated yet …but we are slowly approaching readiness. Note that we’ve put the baby capsule in the side position, not the middle of the seat. That way, we can still fold one seat down and fit boards in the back. It’s all about priorities.

(Thanks to Ang for the photo.)