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I don’t know about you, but when I paddled out for my first surf of the year early on New Year’s Day, and there were already a hundred or more eager beaver dawn patrollers on every take-off spot between Gum Trees and Johnno’s, as much as I love Noosa I had this almost unbearably strong desire to be somewhere else.

Whatever happened to the old rule about Christmas and New Year mornings being the reward for those of us whose inclination to party hard is not governed by the calendar? Is everyone who surfs too old to rock and roll these days?

Actually, Christmas morning wasn’t so bad because the surf was on the beaches and all those groms with brand new sticks could spread out avoidably. New Year, with a bit of…