Curious as to whether anyone has either moved to a new area or just started surfing somewhere completely new (as a sup'er) and how you have found it, being new to a lineup and especially as a stand up paddler if sup isnt all that well known there.
The reason I bring it up is because I have now been sup'ing in southern tassie for about 3 weeks now and I have met some of the nicest people I have ever met in the surf and probably the most frothing sup surfing crew I have ever surfed with. The surf is fantastic, the crowds very small, and usually zero crowd at all and some of the most stunning paddling waterways imaginable.
So - So far so good - great people - great sup waves - great food - great beer -
JUST GREAT 
You allmost make me miss the place , you forgot to mention freezinfg F cold.
I rekon Tassie would be a sup paradise , so many places to discover. I have this day dream to sup the Franklin river or Gordon.
I just got back from NZ and had no issues there at all , very nice people in and out of the water.
But I think its more the person on the craft than a problem with the craft if you show respect to others in the line up and no your own limits you shouldnt have any problems .
it's a great place
has always had a great feel about surfing down there
Miss the place too can't wait to get back down
I don't mind Tazmainiac's..
I lived in Hobart for a while and loved it.
Had a great time at the windsurfing nationals once at Marrawah.
I want to go back one day for a motorcycle trip.
DJ
Moved down to Vicco for work before xmas and found the same. Better surf than the Goldie by far, less crowds and where I go out there are rarely any other SUP's and I get treated just like anyone else. Pretty laid back crew. Takes a bit getting used to the cold tho and havent even hit middle of winter yet!!
Yeah,love it down here, been back for nearly three years and and suped at some great locations including Bruny Is. and Marrawah. Pity I'm moving back to the Goldy soon, back to crowds
I have to just add: To give you an idea about what it's like surfing here:l
after my first surf with the local crew, I surfed, had a chat and then casually slipped away as quietly as I had ventured into the new lineup and made my way home to warm up. That night I get a txt message from one of the local crew saying "why did you leave in such a hurry I had beers"
after my surf yesterday arvo I pretty much did the same thing - got a hundred waves, had a chat in the carpark and slipped away into the sunset. An hour later I get a txt message from another one of the local crew saying " why did you leave in such a hurry I had the bloody jug on - call in for a cuppa anytime"
This is what sufing is all about, and after all these years it's the first time I have really ever experienced it. Yes, they give me loads of shlt about being a "mainlannder" but I think it's just because they are too embarrassed to say that they really love me.
LIFES GOOD IN THE 42s
blue skies, super clear water, white sandy beaches, board shorts and a rashie
no it's not Qld but Cockle Creek in Feb. '08 and you can't get much further south than that
i thought at the time that i must have been one of the first to SUP the place
pete
hi just moved to the tweed area from the nsw/vic border area but live inland so was only flat water paddling Im 51 and use to surf regulary around Kiama on NSW south coast. After reading about all the bulls**t that seems to go on around here Im not sure I want to get back to riding the waves. The hassling was the main reason I gave up surfing in the first place but Im sure I can find somewhere around here that I can catch a few waves without pissing anybody off. I will just have to get out and look.Surely it cant be as bad as seems
Don't listen to a word that Billboard has said......there are crowds upon crowds of very angry locals at EVERY break, beers crap, food's crap, waves are crap, water quality is terrible and the weather's ALWAYS crap.......go to WA instead 
Holy s**t a talking squirrel!
Good to hear of people livin the the dream and having awesome avatarsT
Great thread BB - glad its working out for you down there. I hear its a lovely spot. Enjoy and keep up the stoke.
Got Roaring beach Nubeena at dawn today
On my own
3 hrs .. chest high
Will do it again tomorrow
Will be head high +
Eggs and bacon on toast and coffee
at Nubeena bakery .. priceless
Was that batton or betton pies ?
Actually the old convict bakery is on the way.. about 16k before Nubeena
Used to be at a place called Taranna
That bakery has closed down .. pitty
The old baker sold out and the new owners went convenience store.
The local Nubeena bakery is a more modern structure .. but good produce
