Tony Abbott photographed in the surf at Noosa

IT seems former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is making a habit out of dropping in on his competitors.

On the same day colleagues in Canberra debated Mr Abbott’s potentially destabilising role in the election campaign, the former Prime Minister was yesterday lapping up the last of the long weekend on the Sunshine Coast.

He spent at least two hours surfing at Noosa’s Tea Tree Bay with daughter Bridget, one surfer managing to capture the moment he snaked a wave from Gold Coast holiday-maker Ivy Thomas.

“In the photo I look like I was not happy about it at all but I was stoked. I had plenty of waves so I was happy to share a couple,” Ms Thomas, 17, said.

“He was loving it. It was epic and he’s actually not bad. He can surf.

“Only in Australia will that ever happen — that you get to surf with an ex-Prime Minister.”

Noosa local Finn Massoud, 16, was also wooed by the “cool” politician while snapping a selfie alongside friend Bongsu Kim.

“We ran up to him just before he was leaving and we asked him if we could have a photo and he said “yeah, sure boys” and took a selfie with us,” Mr Massoud said.

“He’s a lot cooler than I thought he was.”

Mr Abbott was spotted holidaying with his family at the Queensland beach, surfing, chatting to locals and posing for photos on the beach.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/tony-abbott-photographed-in-the-s...

at least it wast a krudd selfie....

remember them???....urhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Armchair_Politician wrote on Mar 29^th, 2016 at 8:11am:



She's not a real surfer then, a real surfer then would be pissed to have someone cut in on their wave

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Mar 29^th, 2016 at 8:43am:


My father in law used to surf every single day and had a surfboard building business back in the 70's and 80's. He can't surf now due to leg surgery. But I talked to him about this yesterday and he said in his day, if a surfer cut in on your wave, you didn't get into a fight about it because there'd be another wave. His words - it wasn't the end of the world if someone cut into your wave. Seems to me that you have serious anger issues. Remind me not to go out on the water when you're planning to head out.

seriously? is the smelly so desperate for something positive about the libs that this is the best they could come up with?






says it all really.

John Smith wrote on Mar 29^th, 2016 at 8:50am:


Front page news 

Armchair_Politician wrote on Mar 29^th, 2016 at 9:04am:



A politician attacking another is deemed by some as news. A politician dropping in on a wave and the girl being happy about it is NOT news, especially not newsworthy enough to make the papers two days in a row. It's just desperation play by the smelly.

Wolseley wrote on Mar 29^th, 2016 at 9:18am:


that's the general consensus. Most surfers aren't happy when someone drops in on their waves  ... but the smellegraph decided to do a front page story to tell us that she is happy.