From Zephatali Walsh, Vivonne Bay resident, long-date surfer and lover of Kangaroo Island natural beauties.

Hi Gabriel

There is a wealth of information throughout the posts on http://www.kangarooislandprosurf.com/blog

Ultimately, I think the blog titled “Graham Rees tells all” is very important, or rather his letters to Government are.  (Prosurf gained Rees’ permission to distribute these letters so go ahead and grab them from the site if you wish).

http://kangarooislandprosurf.com/blog/7-blog/44-g-rees

as well as information contained within…

http://kangarooislandprosurf.com/blog/7-blog/55-hoodie

The community media release fwd’d by me to members of parliament and KI Council was a collaborative effort from about a dozen members of community and is available at

http://kangarooislandprosurf.com/blog/7-blog/77-media

Presently a member of the public is working very hard at providing a complete transcript of the community meeting held at Council chambers on the 8th of this month, which you might be interested in…

I will be meeting with her, the Wilderness Society, Surfrider and another member of public on Friday and should receive both the transcription and video graphic record of the meeting at the meeting.

I have found the whole process very disheartening…  It seems ludricrous to go through this much trouble and effort for the reward of holding a surfing competition at what I regard as a very sub-standard wave location (Vivonne).  I have been surfing for 19 of my 24 years and do know what I’m talking about!!!  The fragility of KI is no reason not to enjoy it and promote it, but as is shown in Rees’s letters, this place is just the wrong message.

Good on ya & regards

Zeph