Ménage à trois.
A steamy, unseemly and entirely unexpected naughtiness broke out, overnight or during cocktail hour (depending on current location), between besieged Australian voyeur website Swellnet and your very own BeachGrit. Days ago, the pert latter revealed that the aged and lightly gross former had become in trouble for illegally erecting cameras in order to gaze at virginal waves. A revolt against the perversion broke out amongst Swellnet regulars which was brutally quashed.
Censorship etc. not un-similar to a Jeffery Epstein NDA.
BeachGrit, however, part of no ugly trafficking cabals, exposed the scandal and the righteous indignation that flowed, forthwith, through Australia’s morally upright.
Major media picked up the story, with Australian officials decrying Swellnet’s “lack of consent” and “surveillance of public space.”
Dirty business.
Exposed, once again, Swellnet’s chief editor, Stu Nettle, took to the most popular surf forum in order to post revenge porn. Nettle wrote on BeachGrit:
Appreciate all the free advertising, Chas. As big as Surfline? We wish, but we’ll get there.
For the record: The Fishos camera has consent. A contract was signed in 2020. Almost every social media post about it has been incorrect, most particularly the administrator of the Respect Bells Beach FB page who’s been citing clauses in legislation that simply don’t exist.
We’re currently going through correct channels to clarify our position. Normal transmission will resume shortly.
Embarrassment? Nah, but not realising your Australian biz partner wanted BeachGrit to partner up with Swellnet might cut it.
For the record, we said no.
The aforementioned ménage à trois between Nettle, BeachGrit principal Derek Rielly and Chas Smith a clear act of revenge porn even though Swellnet apparently denied consent. I would have been happy in the tub, to be honest, as I am sure Reilly would have been especially since he solicited.
I’ve always admired his taste.
Hurtful.
Deeply hurtful.
Also “Normal transmission will resume shortly?”
Cosby-esque.
The question now, will Swellnet attempt to cross swords once again or go back to knocking on doors and announcing itself to neighbors as a registered sex offender?
Currently more questions than answers.
