Under Volcanoes - Instagram @colindecosta A small boy sits cross legged on the grass among the other kids surrounded by the ancient worn volcanic remnants that are the Warrumbungle mountains deep in the Australian bush. He is transfixed as a movie screen flickers and blazes in the night with images of Iceland's Surtesy volcano. The boy watches as the volcano, like … [Read more...]
The Dogs of Jalan Padma Utara (a short story) by Colin Decosta
The Dogs of Jalan Padma Utara (a short story) by Colin Decosta Everyone who goes to Bali meets dogs. Some people can’t stand them, others seem interested but non plussed and some try and be kind to them. That’s me. I like dogs, even smelly Balinese ones. In 1989 I was staying at Nakula’s, up the from the Bali Padma, and being a bit of a back lane in those days I could … [Read more...]
Welcome To Bali, (a short story by Colin Decosta)
Welcome to Bali. by Colin Decosta Through his earbuds he hears the constant of the engines and the occasional child. Time passes slowly. Lost in thought at 40,000 feet drifting between dreams of languid warm water waves and thoughts of perfect waves. The LCD screen in front counts hours, kilometers and temperatures to an 80's soundtrack. Darkness over … [Read more...]
Off The Beaten Path
I’d been back in Kuta for 10 odd days before the collective archive started to drag me down. Since getting back from Sumatra I had barely even looked at the ocean let alone my surfboards. It wasn’t because there weren’t waves it was more so that I was caught up living a hedonistic lifestyle which is so easy to do in this town. My liver and body were starting to feel the wrath … [Read more...]
Fear & Loathing at Lakey Peak
hey slim hows things i was readin your story about lakeys and would like to tell u and others of my ordeal there. it was xmas day me and a few bules decided to throw a bit of a party and went to town bought sum fish for the evening dinner. that night we cooked it up at one of the restaurants shoutin the locals fish and bintangs after everyone ate the locals decided to have … [Read more...]
Paradise Found
Trussed up in several millimetres of rubber, battling cold onshore winds for mushy one foot waves, it’s no wonder that we West Aussies’ dreams turn north to the balmy waters of Bali. In our fantasies, we’re stroking manfully into solid overhead barrels while photographers tread water in the channel, and half naked girls cheer and frolic on the distant beach. The reality … [Read more...]
Joel, This Is Your Life! :-)
Hey Dude! Man, had the busiest and most fucked up week here! How's things going over there? How Amanda going? Have you got a photo you can send so I can see her. First of all I headed over to Nua Lembogan for the Full Moon party and the waves were pumping and there is this wave called Lacerations over there that I heard was good so I podded over there with this … [Read more...]
Going Feral in the Mentawais
The arrivals lounge at Padang airport is not really a lounge. It is more like a non-air conditioned shed which could never fit a planeload of people in. But this is Indonesia and it is remarkable how many people can fit into a confined space in this country. There are a couple of immigration officials furiously stamping visas and passports. There are also numerous families, … [Read more...]
10 Weeks in the land of G.
As it goes, at the start of any story, I will introduce myself. My name is Dave Scard, most of the crew know me as "Scardy". I have just come down with a serious illness, one that only surf doctors can diagnose. It's called "post G-land depression." Lets just hope that the Australian Social Securities office recognise it and put me straight onto sickness benefits! I have the … [Read more...]
Welcome to Dreamland
Waiting for the tide to change can be an exhausting pastime. You sit there thinking `Yep, that piece of coral has definatley gone now. The tides come up heaps' only to see the dumb thing it re-appear. Yes, very frustrating stuff. Graham, Joe and I had been sitting Nyomans warung for a hour and a half, and as young men can be, Joe was getting a bit impatient. The tide showed … [Read more...]
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