MUST SEE! DONT dig the Moore river sandbar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We decided to head back to Moore river for a proper fishing session. No photograhy just solid fishing. I took my camera just in case i got the “Big one”. Little did i know that my fishing was about to be interrupted in a big way.
As were were fishing we seen a few guys walk down on the sandbar and start digging at the sandbar with there feet. I knew straight away what was about to happen! Didnt take long before a guy stormed down and let loose at the guys, yelling at them as he tried to stop the trickle of water that was now running out of the river and into the sea. The guy gave up and it had now begun.
The guys left and now within 10 min the water was starting to flow harder. Little did i know how full on this was to become and that someone was going to come close to losing their life. Some their guys came running down carrying boogie boards and were yelling and jumping with joy. I was thinking ” Why the hell are they so happy, it wont flow much harder then this let alone hard enough to surf on. Boy was i wrong.
I got back to fshing then 10 min later i looked over and it was now acually flowing hard enough to surf to i got over there with my camera and snapped away. Good bye fishing time haha Photography took over yet again!
Here is the link ( saves me posting all the pictures)... http://marcrussoamazingadventures.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/dont-dig-the-sandbar/
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chrisp
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Cool
Cool to see it in all the different stages andIt really started to pump towards the end there.Pretty stupid jumping in there without a board though.
MattMiller
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That would
have been great fun, this happens every year at the mouth of the Margaret River down here. Happy days.
So far as the bloke nearly drowning goes if you can't swim don't try?
tommo77
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Awesome
shots there mate, would be pretty good to fish there now you would think, was this over the weekend?
tailor marc
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Cheers guys, yeah this was
Cheers guys, yeah this was yesterday.
I hooked 2 unstopperbles to the right of the whitewash. Most likley sharks, I now have half a spool of line left :(
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pale ale
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surely that will be great
surely that will be great fishing spot for a few days
sea-kem
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Shit a brick Marc Right place
Shit a brick Marc Right place right time good pics as usual mate. Those people standing near the edge were taking a chance that bank looked like it could all break away.
Love the West!
bod
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well titled
Amazing Adventures. You never fail Marc
tailor marc
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hahaha cheers guys. Looks
hahaha cheers guys. Looks like the west and sunday times are going to fight over these :)
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scottland
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far out mate
always in the right spot ahahaha
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katsy85
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That is awesome, would def be
That is awesome, would def be good fishin there now
tailor marc
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as soon as the water started
as soon as the water started to flow, the bities came out. Would be mint mulloway right now
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MattMiller
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I bet
The locals are spewing you've told every fisho in WA about it!
tailor marc
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haha it will bring money into
haha it will bring money into the town, allgood
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tommo77
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why would
local go up to the blokes and blast them? is it illegal to dig it out or something?
katsy85
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he was prob gonna wait till
he was prob gonna wait till new moon, do it himself, wet a line and clean up! hahaha
tailor marc
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yeah up to $20,000 fine
yeah up to $20,000 fine
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katsy85
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What would the charge be?
What would the charge be?
tailor marc
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some serious environmantal
some serious environmantal charge
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tailor marc
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Sorry guys, just sold pics to
Sorry guys, just sold pics to the west. Cant show them until its published
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StevieP
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hey marc theyre still in your
hey marc theyre still in your flickr account.....great pictures would never have pictured that, wasted a night a preston should have been there lastnight!
tim-o
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Monday's paper now?
Monday's paper now?
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Smasha
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Incredible stuff!Thought the
Incredible stuff!
Thought the picture of a bloke and his toddler and a women holding a baby (I think?) standing right up on the edge of the raging tempest just a tad disconcerting. Wouldn't have taken much for that sand to suddenly give way and then tragedy result.
Your entitled to your opinion, it's just that yours is stupid.
tailor marc
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Links bak up working now.. Hi
Links bak up working now..
Hi guys yep made the front page on the early edition and the west news site.....
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/13968772/thrill-seekers-put-lives-at-risk/
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UncutTriggerInWA
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Shit Hot Marc.
Well done. Unfortunatly the lunatics involved will only see this as publicity.
Vince.
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Mr x
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bit of fun mate maybe abit
bit of fun mate maybe abit stupid if ur not a strong swimmer but nobody was hurt great job getting on the first page mate.
Buz
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I wouldnt really say
I wouldnt really say lunatics. More just thrill seekers. Probably more a lunatic if you cant swim/weak swimmer. I wonder if the article would have been titled differently if it had of broke naturally and they just took advantage of it rather than them obviously helping it break.
Its a very common thing to do around the world when ever a river breaks into the ocean, whether naturally or helped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaCSXX1KxH4\
I have seen the same thing down at the Mouth of the Margaret River people bodyboarding/bodybashing down the waves. Even at Denmark where the local council cut it with an excavator as Wilson Inlet was getting so high it was getting close to houses doors on the shore. Surfers and bodyboarders took advantage of it there.
I myself was fortunante in 2006 while Salmon fishing down at Yeagarup to come across the Warren River mouth just after it burst. I reckon we only just missed it by like 2 or 3 mintues as it was only 1m wide when we came upon it and there was no one in sight so i dont think anyone would have dug it out. In saying that it didnt seemingly flow quiet as hard or as steep as the Moore River. Heap of fun!, even though we didnt have any bodyboards we improvised with a couple of literal esky lids.
Rod P
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Great picks. The One's near
Great picks. The One's near the end were the river looks like a big black snake are unreal.
Congrats on the front page too.
Rod
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those guys were having fun .
those guys were having fun . there would have been some nice fishing in the area after that lot went through.
congrats on getting the pics published. going to have to read the paper now .
would be a few annoyed locals after the person dug through
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