Our Cups Runneth Over

The beachy Gold Coast just south of Brisbane hit the news again yesterday, big time.

 

Did we

 

Win the rugby World Cup - No

Solve world hunger - No

Broker a peace deal for Israel - No

Find a cure for cancer - Not quite

Aussie bikini babes set new Guinness World RECORD. - Yes

 

The day was not without controversy as "361 girls walked through the counter but there had to be a few disqualifications because they were not wearing bikinis"

 

Tempting as it was, to publicly release my recent shot of the stranded white pointer to mark the event, I was overcome by an overwhelming sense of social responsibility, and posted this shot of a guy (yes, he is wearing swimmers) and I I will go out on a limb and guess he is retired.

 

Oh yes it is proud to be Australian sometimes.

 

Last weekend was blowing uncomforably, and today it was miserable and now there is a thunderstorm, so it doesn't always look like THIS

 

And you should know - - -

It is historically claimed that the bikini’s designer was Paula Stafford on the Gold Coast. She is now 90yo and is seen as the master of the bikini, but a quick historical check seem to say otherwise.

Done