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Fiji Beach House (pics now uploaded)

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Created by Piros > 9 months ago, 24 Apr 2012
Piros
QLD, 6995 posts
24 Apr 2012 7:08PM
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Just back from our family holiday to Fiji , stayed at my mates place The Beachouse...Fiji's best budget beach resort on the Coral Coast. We flew into Nadi the day after cyclone Daphne. Here are some pics still working on the video , scored some great waves , not too many surfing pics as I was always in the water , got a few off another photog. The rest I shot on land.

Had couple of Epic sessions at Frigates first trip was 6 foot and smoking second session around 3 to 4. My mate now has 3 boats plus he has just received his container of Corebans so this is a very Sup friendly place with surf straight out front , worth checking out. Had couple of bounces off the reef (going too deep) and came out with a nice Fiji reef tattoo.

I rode my mates Coreban Lithium 8-11 and just loved it , perfect board for the sucky conditions.













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Piros
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24 Apr 2012 8:06PM
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Piros
QLD, 6995 posts
24 Apr 2012 8:10PM
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teatrea
QLD, 4177 posts
24 Apr 2012 8:51PM
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Fiji is great , got to surf cloud break on my sup when i went , no one needs to know it was only 2ft

Warddy
QLD, 77 posts
24 Apr 2012 9:36PM
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Bit of copyright issue with that dolphin shot Rob, Ive got that photo on my wall as a canvas, commission can be discussed LoL

spencergone
50 posts
24 Apr 2012 7:46PM
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Gr8 photos m8, thx for sharing.

Piros
QLD, 6995 posts
24 Apr 2012 10:22PM
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Warddy said...

Piros said...






Bit of copyright issue with that dolphin shot Rob, Ive got that photo on my wall as a canvas, commission can be discussed LoL


My mate paid for these shots ($350 fiji) off Ryan the photog that took the shots , if it's someone else's let me know I'll pull it down. I saw him take the shot of dolphins.

Bnaccas
VIC, 1722 posts
24 Apr 2012 11:42PM
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Thanks Piros!

Looks like you had a great trip...getting me excited for my trip starting this Saturday.

How was the wind most days? Interested to know as the forecasts were generally
pretty windy but would be keen to know how accurate the forecast actually are.

DavidJohn
VIC, 17460 posts
25 Apr 2012 12:29AM
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Ouch! .. Great pics thanks Rob..

DJg

BulldogPup
6657 posts
24 Apr 2012 10:43PM
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Geez that reef looks shallow unfortunately looks like your left shoulder down to arse cheek found that out too sensational pics great stuff cheers Piros

Piros
QLD, 6995 posts
25 Apr 2012 1:03AM
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Bnaccas said...

Thanks Piros!

Looks like you had a great trip...getting me excited for my trip starting this Saturday.

How was the wind most days? Interested to know as the forecasts were generally
pretty windy but would be keen to know how accurate the forecast actually are.


Coral coast is a funny place you need local guides 1 to 2 foot out front can magnify to 3 to 4 on other reefs , same goes for the wind , it might wreck outer sections but produce on inner reefs.

Don't get too fazed on the reef cuts that was just a bad decision on my last day.. as your confidence builds you move further inside , I just went that bit too far.

Casso
NSW, 3768 posts
25 Apr 2012 10:35AM
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Awesome photos Piros. I've got to get over there one day.

Great war wounds. That pic just needs a bit of cropping though, please.

camharvey
NSW, 192 posts
25 Apr 2012 1:31PM
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Great war wounds. That pic just needs a bit of cropping though, please.


yep those tan lines need some work...

Clownfeatures
SA, 205 posts
25 Apr 2012 1:10PM
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Top shots !my kids are both under 12 to young for the beach house?though saw some young locals in the photo's if so any suggestions for us re: sup family holiday.???

Kakkerlak
WA, 174 posts
25 Apr 2012 11:47AM
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nice pics - thanks

rodriguez
VIC, 883 posts
25 Apr 2012 2:00PM
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thanks for the great water shots, just makes you want to jump on a plane.Rob,how did you treat your reef cuts?Rod.

hilly
WA, 7323 posts
25 Apr 2012 1:58PM
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Bugger add another item to the bucket list

That looks absolutely beautiful apart from the shots of your back and crack

Nice work

Piros
QLD, 6995 posts
25 Apr 2012 6:43PM
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Treated the cuts the old fashioned way with Lime and a tooth brush , it burns like F**king Hell for a few minutes and then goes numb , it's the only way to do it to kill the bacteria from the coral.

Alhog: My daughter turned 11 over and her friend was the same age so no worries to bring your kids there were even a couple of 3 & 5 year olds , very safe and kid friendly place.

This is the Video I put together we were the with 3 other families.



62mac
WA, 24860 posts
25 Apr 2012 5:06PM
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Yet another awesome video mate,how good was that,thanks for sharing.

Multihull1
QLD, 130 posts
25 Apr 2012 7:16PM
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piros is this near a place called Waidruka not sure of spelling,sorry?? just west of Pacific Harbour??? I drove a boat out of there to Frgates long time ago

Piros
QLD, 6995 posts
25 Apr 2012 7:26PM
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It's about 40km west of Pacific Harbour , just before the Warwick.

Multihull1
QLD, 130 posts
25 Apr 2012 7:28PM
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Thanx Sounds like could be the place are there 2 australians Brian and Donna still there???

Warddy
QLD, 77 posts
26 Apr 2012 9:18PM
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Piros said...

Warddy said...

Piros said...






Bit of copyright issue with that dolphin shot Rob, Ive got that photo on my wall as a canvas, commission can be discussed LoL


My mate paid for these shots ($350 fiji) off Ryan the photog that took the shots , if it's someone else's let me know I'll pull it down. I saw him take the shot of dolphins.


No probs Rob, they are Ryans , I got a roll of them on my trip over there, he,s a good photog, theres quite a few on my previous Post on my trip a few weeks back
He took that one of the Dolphins at Cloudbreak when we were over there with the Brazilian pros, heres one of a mermaid he took as well LoL

RYZphoto
QLD, 14 posts
7 May 2012 9:10AM
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Bula! How are the cuts coming along?

And Wardy, you were the the guy on the SUP at Namotu when I was there yeah?

Warddy
QLD, 77 posts
7 May 2012 8:21PM
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RYZphoto said...

Bula! How are the cuts coming along?

And Wardy, you were the the guy on the SUP at Namotu when I was there yeah?


Hey Ryan

Yes mate that memorable trip with the mermaids, are you back in Oz yet or still over there ? Saw some of your pics on swellnet too , looks like the waves kept coming, how did you go during the rain not good shooting light i suppose,



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