Awesome !!!
 

Fuck I am one lucky guy !!!!

The penthouse I live in is right on the beach (as many of you know) - http://www.palmspringsresidence.com.au, an unbelievable place to live at the worst of times....

Let alone the best...

So late this afternoon, my roommate CJ and I were sitting on the balcony watching a bunch of fisherman chasing the tailor (type of fish - nice and sweet fish - good grilled with lemon and thyme.. another story) that run right off the beach in front of the penthouse..

And then I saw them.

It's been months since we had seen the pod of dolphins that used to feed every afternoon off the rock groyne right in front of our place.. and they CAME BACK.

Now the couple of times I have bolted down the beach to try and swim with them before, they were gone before I got there.

NOT TODAY !!!!

I flew down the beach with my snorkelling gear and dove straight in.

CJ was only strides behind me with the camera and tripod...

As I first went under one of the suckers came up from behind right beside me, if I had thought I could have stroked it, but it scared the shit out of me !!!

I then hit the school of tailor...

Holy fuck !!!

A WALL of plate size fish, briomming in a big shoal, obviously having been herded into that by the dolphins.

I was literally swimming thru fish, pushing them out of the way and feeling swim into me and brush part my body.

Un-fucking-believable ... I couldn't see anything but fish.

Then I swam clear of them and dove down.

The bottom dropped off there and I was probably in about 15 feet (4 metres) of water.

And the dolphins came to play...

2 or 3 swam by my side, crossed in front and swam alongside me as I swam with them.

SIMPLY AWESOME

I suppose this went on for about 10 minutes and then we were in the fish again, but not so thick.

And THEN I saw THEM.

2 or 3 reef sharks (there is a deep reef off the beach in front of our place, about a mile offshore, where dozens of boats fish on weekend mornings.. again, another story).. probably only about 3 feet long on their best day, milling around looking for dinner.

As it was coming on for dusk (reknowned shark feeding time), my concern for where the baby sharks mother, father, uncles and aunties maybe overcame my further fascination for continued swimming with the my new dolphin friends and I retreated to the shore.....

CJ got a couple of sweet pics when I was on the surface and coming back...

A HEAD ON COLLISON IS IMMINENT !!
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HERE BOY. COME ON BOY, OVER HERE !!
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A REAL CLOSE ENCOUNTER !!
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The real downside of travelling the world to spend time with many of you great people is not being at home to suck this type of shit up all the time.

Wnat an amazing place we have in Australia, where 50 metres (160 feet) off the beach in front of a city of 500k people, you can swim with wild dolphins...

I have swam with tamer ones in the wild and in controlled environments before, but these suckers were truly sussing me out, and the adrenalin rush was just fucking sensational.

Life is good.

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thats fucking awsome and great photos CJ.

dam i wish i was bloody there :disgust

You're better off than most Kieran.. at least you DO get to come and stay here !!

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Good pics mate - only in Queensland :thumbsup

Too right.

Beautiful one day and perfect the next.

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Nice!! :)

Awesome ! great pics

They are fantastic pics, i miss the gold coast.

great stuff Lindsay almost makes me feel like im there :pimp :pimp

Awesome pics bro

awesome!
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Beautiful pics...

We get a few dolphins that will come up and play while we are out surfing or bodyboarding in OC, but I doubt it's anything compared to Australia

damn that is awesome, i'd love to swim with dolphins!

That is too freakin cool! Now THAT was a great early bday present from the universe to you :)

Yeah, funny that. I am still buzzing from the energy, it was sen-fucking-sational.

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cool pics lindsay, would have been a great experience! i'll bring down some fishing rods next time ;)

Speargun dude.

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And if you do, REMEMBER, spear the dolphins, NOT the whale ....


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I'd say Sweetums has a point there, Linds....what a nice way to begin the countdown week to your birthday....

Australia....and you ......have a special relationship....

Wow.. amazing pictures.. I would love to be that close to a dolphin.. I have only been to the ocean a few times.. I bet it is amazing living on one!

damnnnnn, you almost got eaten lol

That's fucking pimp toy! I also love snorkeling, just fucking love it. I've been all around the Caribbean dying to get Australia, and check the great barrier reef!!! I also have swam with dolphins(also in a controlled environment) I'm jealous wild ones must have been great!!! :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

that must of been real fun

Very cool adventure. You're lucky to have the opportunity. :thumbsup

Damn, that's awesome! :thumbsup Sorry I can't make it to Seattle for your B-day this weekend, but we'll party it up in San Diego!

Aww swimming with the dolphins - awesome ;)

It's more than amazing - words really can't describe it. The ocean is alive and it changes every single day.

Down where CTB lives and up here where we are there are dolphins, whales in season, dugongs, turtles, sharks. You can fish for the biggest Spanish Mackerel you have ever seen straight off the pier here in Hervey Bay - and as you walk out on the pier you can see almost the entire ocean food chain swimming beneath you.

I lived in the bush for many years and the Australian bush is magic but the ocean surpasses even that.

Awesome story Lindsay, dolphins are truly incredidble creatures! :thumbsup

i need to move...

Yeah mate it was.

I swam with tame dolphins at an island resort off Brisbane here and that was cool, I swam with tame dolohins at Sea World here and I also sawm and was dragged around by 2 false killer whales for an hour and a half in the Philippines...

While that was all great fun, this yesterday was fucking extraordinary.. wild, in the wild, them checking me out... just awesome...

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Wow..that would be quite the experience.

No worries Steve-O.. look forward to it amte.

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Lindsey, that looks and sounds like and amazing experience!

xoxo

beautiful, I got to get over there one of these days:)

Damn that's awesome, amazing how trusting they are.

I was surfing once and one was about 3 feet to the side of me surfing and was checking me out.

Amazing creatures. Truly the brains and fun of the Ocean.

Awesome !!

I just miss snorkeling so much. you're lucky you spotted the dolphins

Oh yeah, I am still quivering thinking about it,

Unreal.

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awesome photos, wish i was on the coast again

Yep.

You are in their world.

Totally surreal.

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