The March long weekend in Tassie is when the state's premier surfing event takes place. With around 140 competitors taking part it's our biggest event on the surfing calender and now in its 34th year.

Nigel Eberhardt and mates got lost in the wilderness recently, hundreds of clicks from the nearest Post Office and even further to the nearest internet exchange. So isolated were they that a city boy like me finds the photos just a wee bit disturbing.

Better than any tourist brochure, these photos of Tassie will leave all surfers salivating. That leaves, oh...about 1500 k's of jagged coast to find these waves. Good luck... All photos by Nigel Eberhardt.//STUART NETTLE

The weekend delivered a beautiful late season swell across southern Australia, with Shipsterns lighting up under a smooth offshore breeze and bright blue skies.

Nigel Eberhardt has had a rough trot of late.

Last Tuesday Shipstern Bluff broke for the first time in months