5 Habits Every Beach Lover Should Develop

True Beach Lovers Unite!

There are heaps of smaller picture habits to develop of course, e.g. always take water/hat, pick up plastic rubbish along the shoreline etc. but these are a couple of bigger picture ones to really make sure you maximise your entire life as a Beach Lover!

 

1. Open a holiday account with a different bank from your usual one, and send at least $10 - $20 across every week without fail. Do not get an ATM/EFTPOS card on this account. The idea of this is that you get to live your dream on at least ONE level each time your holidays roll around. Of course, the more you send the better, but even $500 per year can set you up with your dream outlook from a cool caravan park with an ocean view. It's all about the beach and the ocean - worry about the rest later!

2. Go into Pinterest and find inspiring images of your favorite beach, island or surf spots....save them all to a file and set them up as your inspirational screen-saver. This ensures that even when the cat jumps on your keyboard during the night, you awaken staring at an image of why you are going to work tomorrow. Smile, and go back to sleep...

 

3. Subscribe to specific alerts from your favorite beach/holiday sites. Nothing cheers you up more than trolling through all your junk mail, only to find a little gem designed just for you. Mark everything else as junk, smile and move on.

4.  Keep a permanent beach-goers kit in the car - if you are a surfer that's probably just a board on weekends or early morning, some zinc and a towel. If you just love the beach full stop, keep a full pack with towel, block-out, hat, water, togs, binoculars, (your phone can serve as a camera to capture memories), coverup shirt, thongs, sunnies.  Be ready to jump in whenever the mood takes you.

5. Sometimes we live beside the beach and take it for granted. A true beach lover should commit to walking, driving or swimming most mornings, but for a bigger picture, make sure you dine out looking at the water once to twice a week. This ensures you are working ON your passion as well as in it, and truly appreciating it. If you are on a budget, just make your own roll, soup or salad. Costs nothing to look!

Hope some of these tips reinvigorate your love of the beach!

Today's Sea Siren - Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner - Today's Gorgeous Beach Bunny

Love Secluded Places?

Cape Leveque

Frankly, I was just taken by the image, but in doing so was prompted to explore a little bit online.

Click here to check out more about the place, and if tempted, there are heaps of links on how to get there and stay there!


Check the images below out - talk about a serenity fix!

 

Today's Sea Siren - Dita Von Teese

The Softer Side Of Dita Von Teese

You are all probably used to see Dita in "bump and grind" mode, so today we are bringing you a couple of snaps of her softer side....what self respecting surf god would not mind emerging from the waves seeing Dita waiting in a sarong? Celebrate some of these rarer shots.....

 

 

Today's Sea Siren - The Timeless Beauty, Pinup Bettie Page!

Bettie Page Plus The Ocean!

What more can you ask for?

Even though Bettie is better known for her saucy burlesque revues, her bondage pinups and her raunchy videos, she is never more beautiful in a natural environment like the sea....a true siren to be enjoyed by young and old.....just a couple of snaps below to brighten your day.

 

Love a Cute Beach Shack!

50s Beach Shack

It's all about the angles! Oh, and the block work.....damned cute!

Today's Sea Siren - Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot Filling In As First Mate

Always at home in a bikini, and looking her best with tousled hair, young Brigitte would have been welcome assistance on any yacht, boat or bay cruiser....she couldn't even manage to look ugly dragging on a ciggie as pictured here.....

Brigitte Bardot/Quotes

 

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

 

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

 

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.

 

They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.

 

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

 

I leave before being left. I decide.

 

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

 

I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.

 

I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian.

 

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.

Today's Sea Siren - Esther Willians, The Million Dollar Mermaid

Today's Sea Siren - Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

I'm sure the lads wouldn't mind Claudia waiting on the beach for them or hanging onto their board while they go grab a Chiko Roll?

 

 

Daily Sea Siren!

The outstanding Ursula Andress! This is the famous Dr No swimsuit....she's 82 these days but I'll bet she could tell us some stories.....

Daily Sea Siren!

Let's change it up for a while .....endless supply of gorgeous classical beauties in an aquatic environment of one sort or the other! Kicking off with Diana Dors in her cute fake aquarium ha!

Daily Beach Shack!

Even has a porthole!

Daily Beach Shack!

Now THIS one would meet with the approval of Kahuna!

 

Daily Beach Shack!

Rock stairs and rock deck - best of both worlds - rainforest AND beach - woo hoo!

 

Daily Beach Shack!

This little baby has it all.....the hoppers, the multi tile front, the shitty but cool green paint, the agaves...the only thing missing is a quiver of surf boards piled up out the front (pre-theft days).....

Daily Beach Shack!

Love how much glass this little fella has! Makes a "tiny-ish" house look really open and much bigger!

Daily Beach Shack!

Love the front of this one....and if I'm not mistaken those cool bricks are shielding an outdoor shower? Perfect to wash off the salt water after a surf or swim!

Beach Shack Interior!

Mixing it up and sharing some cool beach shack interiors - this one is in Waikiki! LOVE the little outside bar! Actually.....is that the surf through the trees?

Daily Beach Shack - Lucinda Lodge Straddie!

Straddie is our "happy place" and for those who love the ocean and surf, what better place than this little cutie? Ocean views...native wildlife....hmmmmm. Click on the image for AirBNB details!

 

Daily Beach Shack

Like WOW! SOMEone had their thinking caps on here! Mark Tuckey house, Sydney.