To do list

Well i am now very excited about the investigative task which lies ahead of me, but i need a to do list.

(I am one of those list people, it just makes me feel better if things are listed. Whether they get done or not is really irrelevant)

So here we are a neatly listed brainstorm of research to be done:

- Talk to Sutherland Shire Council
- Talk to Sydney Water.
- Check the Leader and SMH ...well actually all the papers for stories on the topic.
-Maybe call the Leader as they are the local knowledge
-Australian Surfing Association
-Do some interviews with local surfers who surf at Voodoo.
-Research sewage legislation
- Find out more about the upgrade the plant received in 2001
-Take some more photos of the site and the special poo coloured water!


That's is probably enough to open a can of worm-like leads.

So here we get lets get down to it !!!

Pumping!!!! .....the sewage aswell as the surf

If you, like me take one look at the waves breaking at Voodoo and think....mmmmm no way! that looks like a painful way to die! Then just to prove that there is often a crowd enjoying perfect waves and pooey water here are some shots from the big Easter Swell from Coastalwatch.com . So some people love it. Granted, some of these people are actually the insane members of that friendly club....the Bra Boys. If you don't know what i am talking about...check out the movie.....yeah enough said.

Murky Waters

On this cold and miserable Anzac day, in need of something to break the monotony of study and house work (Oh no ... no Two Up for me!) i decided to take a little trip. I wanted to get away from the world and think of not much, but i didn't want to go far. So i decided to take a drive around to Botany Bay National Park to look out from the whale watching spot and watch the waves against the grey sky. This was more risky than it sounds, as my National Parks Annual Pass had run out over ten days ago so i would be in troubled if my car was approached by a ranger. Undeterred a wrapped up warm and was on my way.

On arrival there were many grey haired huddles bracing against the wind, and this some what killed the serenity i was looking for. So i decide to roam a little further. I Thought of the surf spot known to locals as Voodoo, and wondered whether today the vicious waves there would be crashing against the reef in the satisfying manner they tend to have. So i decided to find out.

A spooky place to be on a grey day but very wild. Once parked in the Voodoo car park i wondered down on to the rocks. Disappointingly the waves were blown out by a strong wind and the swell....just not working. However something else grabbed my attention ....the smell!!. Voodoo is known for its hazards: as stated on the Wannasurf website there are urchins rips rocks and sharks. Moreover people who surf there know the water is far from perfect there is a sewage plant nearby and and the oil refinery. But how bad is it? With the growing population in the Sutherland Shire surely there is just more poo?! Is it safe to surf there? Does this poo make its way to the popular Cronulla beach in the right wind?

I think i have found my mission.