On July 6, 1944 thousands of allied soldiers swarmed Normandy's beaches wondering if they would win or lose history's biggest war. On this day 71 years ago more than 150,000 soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy in an attempt to push the Germans back until they surrendered. British and Canadian militaries attacked three of Normandy’s five beaches while the Americans attacked the other two which were called Utah and Omaha. The Americans faced the toughest fight on Omaha, the Germans were in concrete blockhouses built on bluffs and the beach was full of barbed wire and concrete walls topped with mines waiting to explode at any moment. Though it was a hard fight the allies managed to get a whole mile into France and a whole lot closer to Hitler's…
Longshore drift is also a geographical process caused by waves. It happens as a result of a longshore current, occurring due to the angle of the wind direction. A longshore current produces waves breaking at an angle to the shoreline, which generates longshore movement. Longshore drift is the movement of sand along the coast, usually occurring within the surf zone. Longshore drift is a geographical process that is a major player in the shaping or evolution of a shoreline.…
Sunny Abberton's highly personal documentary, narrated by Russell Crowe, examines Australian surf culture – a far cry from the endless summer stereotype image of laid-back guys blessed out on being one with the waves -- through the story of his own family. What it lacks in objectivity, it makes up for in vivid intimacy.…
In the 2000 film “The Beach,” the main character, Richard, goes to this hidden beach in Thailand when a map was given to him. There were only about 12 people that knew about this paradise away from the whole world. Richard made the comment, “I just feel like everyone tries to do something different, but you always wind up doing the same damn thing.” This quote relates to McCandless story because he was sick of the conformity of everyday life and Chris also believed that people were okay doing the samething everyday in life because it was safe. This Christopher McCandless should be admired for this courage to go into the wild he may have died but at least he lived his life to the fullest with no…
• The USSR invaded Hungary to prevent an uprising and there was doubt that the Olympic Games would even go ahead.…
Several summers ago, shortly after I graduated 6th grade, my mother and I took the pilgrimage that all East Coasters with a week of free time and a fresh passport must take. By this, of course, I refer to seven days of good old fun-in-the-sun in a Caribbean resort. Like many other families, we had planned to go directly to the resort town of Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, until our flight back to New York departed a week later. And so it was, for several days at least. But lazy afternoons and evenings on the beach can become stale after a while. It was pleasant, for sure, but not stimulating. Punta Cana hadn’t captured my attention as the bright lights of Hong Kong or the ancient history of London had. There was no local flair, nothing…
^ Jones, Caroline (7 November 2005). "Sons of beaches" (transcript). Australian Story (Australia). Retrieved 6 February 2011.…
The Bra Boy’s value towards the beach is shown to be their lifesaver. The beach and surf is everything to them. Sunny Abberton, a Bra boy said “The surf, had saved so many kids around here, that have led them to a lifestyle of the ocean instead of a lifestyle in crime.” Showing that the beach has saved them on accounts and they have an optimistic value of the beach.…
The beaches we went to were Sandringham Marina, Hampton and Brighton Beach, as well as going to Sandringham harbour. We did many tests on each beach testing the temperature, sand quality, wave, long shore drift, observation of flora and fauna, many more to find the quality of each beach on the day.…
The harsh reality about addiction is it destroys lives if left untreated. By the time the sick individual realizes the depth of their problems, the problems have usually mounted to the point of causing total disarray in their lives as well as in the lives of the people around them. At some point, something has to be done. While many fringe solutions may be advertised, the only reliable solution usually ends up being a treatment stint in a reliable rehabilitation center.…
A montage in the film’s opening credits shows teenagers surfing and having fun on the beach. Shots of teens surfing successfully are mixed in with scenes of people falling off their boards and ‘wiping out’. Part of the appeal of surfing may be the risk involved; the teenagers are rejecting the safe, over-protective world established for them by their parents.…
1. Hughes uses a metaphor to present the conflict, when he describes soldier uniform as “raw seamed hot khaki”. The use of the word “raw” implies pain and suffering as well as being hot and uncomfortable. It shows the reader how badly the soldiers were treated in WW1 as even their uniforms caused discomfort. Every seam of the uniform is painful.…
The landing of white man in Australia caused havoc for the first Aboriginal inhabitants of the land. For years the white society pushed and shoved the aboriginal culture and traditions out. Many of the universal declaration human rights were breached and ignored against the aboriginal people. One of the worst crimes that has stained Australia’s history would be the “Stolen generation” this disgraceful event caused many social and physical problems for the children who were kidnapped.…
Almost within minutes it seemed he had arrived at Mission Beach. The sun was pretty much sky high on this early September day. He stood for a while gazing in the direction of the sand and sea. His hands were calmly by his sides. Noticing that the sun was too bright for his eyes, he slowly, with coolness about him, slid his sunglasses down from atop his head to the level of his eyes. The sunglasses were black and of a surfer brand style. Johnny could now see the details of what was happening upon the beach without squinting his eyes and forehead. This was a beach, he noticed, with diverse persons in attendance. Specifically he noticed an elderly couple walking along the sidewalk of the beach hand-in-hand, and both their hair colors were as white as…
I leap onto the hot, dry sand as it screeches under my burning feet, bolting with speed down to the water, so eager. The surfboard feeling heavy under my arm after trekking from home in the scorching summer’s heat. I dive in and it actually feels like heaven, exhilarating, yet I have never felt so alive. I paddle over a clean 3 foot wave rolling in and over towards my anxiously waiting mates, anticipating the next sets to come through. I finally get out the back of the waves and sit up on my board next to an old veteran male surfer, with a long grey beard, tanned and wrinkled skin like leather. We started chatting about our love of surfing. Our conversation went from how long he has been out for to his greatest surfing experience and just how much it all means to him. This is what it’s all about to me, not only the physical pleasures, but the fact that you belong to and relate to surfing culture. No matter who it is, your gender or age, surfing becomes a common bond.…