Brian Parker Presentation - Where are we at?

This is the latest presentation from Brian Parker, the Chief Investment Strategist at MLC. There are some very interesting slides in there.
mlc_brianparker_mar09.pdf

Day 12 - Finals Day of Surfest

Save the best for last. The nicest day with the biggest waves (up to 3 foot!) greeted the finals day. Big crowds turned out for a beautiful beach day. Winners were Phillippa Anderson of Merewether and Travis Logie of South Africa. Check out the photos below.

Day 9 of Surfest

Beautiful picture-perfect day with small and clean waves. For the contest it is a wave-lottery. Whoever has priority and lucks out when the sets comes through is best chance of winning their heat. Went down this morning to watch Paul Parkes get knocked out this way. Devastating. Check out the photos from Paul's heat below.

Day 8 of Surfest

The biggest day of Surfest so far. A solid 3 foot! The swell has had a jump over night and it is another picture perfect day in Merewether. See photos below.

Day 7 of Surfest

A beautiful beach day. The sun is out and the water is looking very blue. The small Merewether Point rights continue to come through and today it is the longboarders turn. Check out the photos below.

Day 6 of Surfest

The day started cold and miserable as you will see from the photos below. However, the sun came out mid morning and the waves at Merwether have continued to consistently come through. Once again not great waves but probably still the best waves in Newcastle today.

Day 5 of Surfest

Sunday was a beautiful day weather-wise. The sun was out and there was a small but very rideable wave at South Bar. With only four in the water it was probably the best bank in all of Newcastle and good fun for the grommets to contest the Cadet Cup.

Day 3 of Surfest

Nice 2-3 footers this morning with clean waves coming through consistently all day.

Day 2 of Surfest

The junior surfers are in the water today. Surf isn't as good as hoped for, however, there is a nice little right shorebreak and the grommets are impressing.

The wind has dropped off, the waves are cleaner and right now the sun has even broken through. Not a bad day at all. I have posted some photos from earlier this morning.

cheers, Steven

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Day 1 of Surfest

The surf conditions for the first day of Surfest can only be described as miserable. If there wasn't a contest on there would be no-one out. I felt sorry for the lonely guy manning the snow cone stand. He will be in for a long day.

The good news is that a new swell is supposed to arrive tomorrow and we should have larger, cleaner waves for the next few days. I have posted some photos of day one.

cheers, Steven