Lewd and rude.
Days ago it was announced, here, that Australia’s answer to Surfline, Swellnet, had recently decided to strong-arm the public by erecting cameras pointing toward cherished once-secret waves while also brutally censoring opposition on its various pages. Extremely un-American. Mostly un-Australian too.
Totalitarian, though, and lewd.
Following expose of the dastardly moves on BeachGrit, a source that the forecaster has been unable to silence, the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority ordered the cameras ripped out forthwith. An official with liberty to speak declared, “We have directed that the cameras at Fishermans Beach be turned off immediately and removed. We will continue to investigate the circumstances of other CCTV cameras that have been installed without consent.”
Ultra-embarrassing.
Swellnet has also come under fire for installing looky-loos at Winkipop though the GORCPA is unable to curtail the “surveillance of public space” due the fact that the cameras are on private property.
All this creepy behavior, lack of consent, etc. would, in a perfect world, lead to Swellnet being banned from coming within 100 meters of schools and having to go knock on neighbors’ doors and inform them of its exposed proclivities.
Here’s to hoping justice is served.
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Life hack | What to do when Swellnet and Surfline cams are down.
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this is all so cryptic it could be a new currency in the making ;,
Not in my backyard etc. If you’re seeing it firing on the cams, by the time you get to surf it you’re too late anyways / the cams just confirm what you already knew. The brouhaha is a beat up
Yep. I’ve never seen the surf pump anywhere for more than an hour at a time. smh
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Wow Beach grit you really don’t like Swellnet. Hey Chas keep to the USA. Your not an
Australian. Worry about the guns issue, biden etc and we will be ok in our part of the world without your opinion not requested.
But those aren’t Beachy topics… with all due respect.
Fair call. At least let us Australians worry about our stuff.
Globalization to all! If only you could read Portuguese and see all the Brazilian sites gleefully dooming your beloved spots!
But I identify as Australian. What you gonna do with them apples?
Ive also gone transracial.
Im now Slav, it where the word slave originates, in fact many more whites have been slaves than blacks, historically. Only the ignorant dispute this. It was never a racial thing, just groups who were the most vunerable were used as Slaves ,and still are in China Nort Africa , mid east. Whites were being sold as slaves in cairo in the mid 1800s, same time as African slaves in US
Tom is a black dude.
https://youtu.be/VWrfjUzYvPo
The Ultra-Hard States of Chastralia
Judging by his post, either pout or make a kindergarten tier retort.
LGBTQI+Aus
And that is a American saying right there Chas. Hook line and sinker. Post your passport info. Next thing you will be saying you paid tax and that you are a member of Pauline Hansons Political party. Im assuming you have never used a site like Surfline then.
As is “hook, line and sinker”, it appears. Glass houses.
Aiwa, Ana Australian!
Appreciate all the free advertising, Chas. As big as Surfline? We wish, but we’ll get there.
For the record: The Fishos camera has consent. A contract was signed in 2020. Almost every social media post about it has been incorrect, most particularly the administrator of the Respect Bells Beach FB page who’s been citing clauses in legislation that simply don’t exist.
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Embarrassment? Nah, but not realising your Australian biz partner wanted BeachGrit to partner up with Swellnet might cut it.
For the record, we said no.
GritNet!
Hi Stu, first time caller, long time listener?
Surf cams suck–for the lazy and the ones who are ‘un-tuned’ to figure out if a spot is breaking because they lack years of local experience.
Just another bunch of dudes whoring out surfing for personal financial gain. The list is long.
👏.
I read and sporadically comment on both sites. Both sites are the most interesting surf sites by a mile because of the comments sections and variety of opinion presented.
Swellnet gets my subscription though because I enjoy Longtoms 3000 words a week.
Gidday Stu
Fuck off, you stinky cock weasel.
Your site is shite, full of rubbish, good for bugger all, and the kooks who write on it are all dickheads.
Cheers
All the best
Have a great day
Yours sincerely
B&B
and the dickheads are all kooks!
Great banter Stu
He seems… nettled.
Didn’t BG rip Swellnets surf cam footage of the Greenmount shark attack and post it up here?
Have you physically removed the camera or not?
Who DR? He likes to “partner up” with all kinds…don’t flatter yo-self.
Was that before or after you stole our favourite toy?
Whoo… Stu’s nettled. A veritable tempest in a teapot. Don’t go away mad, yo… just go away.
Excellent, does this mean we get the Lennox head camera back ?
You ain’t from around here, are ya boy?
The government people responsible for the consents and contracts have stated on the front page of the local rag that they have not issued consent.
Snake oil, anyone?
Fishos a secret wave…now that is funny. Only breaks a couple times a year when the other secret spots (aka Bells and Winki) are cooking
Call me a boring old prude, but personally I don’t really want to see a video feed of the bell-end of your winki. There’s a reason they are ‘secret spots’ and we cover them up in public. No, I don’t care what the priest told you, it wasn’t right that he touched you like that.
Brilliantly penned mate…
I’m available for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, weddings etc.
Shares in Mike Perry’s Surf Hotline were buoyed by the news
Classic. Do you have one of their ads from a late 90’s surf mags?
Yeah I do, thought I had posted them on Insta ages back but couldn’t find them. Pretty classic. ‘Why be surfing this when you could be surfing this” … all just a quick phone call or fax line away.
With a photo of 2ft Manly vs a shark island keg.
I can see the dollar signs revolving through Tezza McKenna’s eyes
Oh yeah. I got a wave on his report earlier this year. Career highlight.
The Flinders cam is pretty nice actually.
Victoria was very private, she would not like video cameras pointing at her intimate breaks. Although to be fair, Albert would probably have relished it.
Also, I never understood the hype over Aztec Camera. Rather dull band IMHO.
Yes Aztec Camera was rather dull, but their cover of ‘Jump’ by Van Halen is a thing of beauty…
(I tried to put up a YouTube link but kooked it, so check it out there)
It’s Beach Grit vs. You Tube next…
This Saturday ONLY on Pay-Per-View!
I’m sure they are actually fine musicians. I just riffed on the word ‘camera’.