WINNERS

LONGEST SURF RIDE IN 2016

Congratulations to Denise Lofts for surfing 318 m on the left at Inside Ekas. Yes, she had a Rip Curl GPS watch to prove it!

PRIZE: A free Platinum Package night at Planet
MOST WAVES IN A DAY

With 118 waves in one day, the winner is Pam Burridge. Pam was the World Women’s champion and the surf was perfect!

PRIZE: A bottle of Aussie Red delivered to her home and a free ad here saying “get lessons with Pam around Ulladulla”.
BIGGEST GROUP EVER

Denise Lofts wins again with 60 people from the Ulladulla Surfing Princess Group, with their partners and families.

The Polish were a very close second. They had over 50 of their friends at Ocean Heaven over a three-week period. What a party! They took over the place, re-arranged the furniture, baked Polish bread and partied every night.

FIRST PRIZE: 5 free Full Package days at Planet (belated award)
SECOND PRIZE: A major discount at the Friends session which happens every February
MOST CLOTHES AND BOOKS FOR THE VILLAGE

Thanks to Julie Tapscott for her great help. Those suitcases were really heavy … and all the way from Perth. Equal first goes to Sophie Sargent for the many bras and clothes from New Zealand.

PRIZE: A warm, inner glow
BEST PHOTO SHARING IN 2017

Susanne Pippi shared her amazing photos of the sunsets, Southern reefs and around Heaven. Thanks to all the guests who have shared their photos.

PRIZE: A complimentary cocktail
MOST HELP IN THE VILLAGE

Thanks to Heaven on the Planet for 17 years of assistance and making Lendang Terak and nearby villages more wealthy.

PRIZE:  Happiness
BEST PHOTO CAPTION

Karyn Ingold won our Facebook competition for the best photo caption. “Nice bottom turn”.

PRIZE: One free full package day at Planet
FRIENDS TRIVIA COMPETITION

Wendy Coleman knew more about Planet than all the other competitors. Great memory and memories.

PRIZE:  A cold bottle of our Chardonnay
INAUGURAL SURF COMPETITION WINNER

David from Bournemouth won the seniors on a Boogie after all competitors were disqualified for dropping in and snaking. He just surfed well.

PRIZE: Surfboard Trophy
LUCKY DRAW

Kenley Pierce, Nat Surman and Ann Henderson were the big winners of our lucky draw. Each person was given a ticket for each night they had stayed at Planet and the prize was drawn from a hat on an Oggi Live Music night.

PRIZE:  5, 3 and 1 nights free on the Full Package
BEST HOMEMADE GIFT

Thanks Troy Pierce for the Cigar Box guitar, beautifully hand-crafted.

PRIZE: Beers for his Dad!
KENLEY’S STEP

There’s over 100 steps to Planet Beach and just one that rises. After promising to wake the Komodo guys, Kenley changes his mind, turns off his headlamp to sneak past Komodo before dawn for a lonely surf, but promptly falls hard on this one step. The bruise put him out of the surf. Everyone agreed it was Karma.

PRIZE: Thanks to David Green for the peaked cap with the tiny LED light and the word’s “Kenny’s Step”. Kerry performed the hand-over commemoration ceremony when Kenley came back to Planet a few months later.
WIERDEST NIGHT

There’s been many, but Kerry remembers an evening many years ago. There was a rumour that a truckload of robbers was coming. Our one security staff, Ursi, enlisted the help of many friends. They sat waiting with blunt spears and rusty machetes, the Lombok Dad’s Army. Kerry was woken in the night to shouting and no lights. With a strong sense of urgency, he jumps out of bed naked and barefoot to find the commotion. Turns out the generator ran out of fuel, and the robbers were just a rumour.

PRIZE: Great memories of the early days