So I've arrived!
And my god Australia is amazing! I was picked up by my lovely host for my firsty Weekend Lucinda after my epic 21 hour journey (and Emirate bizzare inforced night time... breakfast then darkness, what!?) I got to got Bondi Beach for breakfast and had to pinch myself that I was there, though the slight drizzle did give it a slightly homely feel! I literally fell in love with Sydney, its such a laid back place for a city so large! Massive thanks to Lucinda and the Owers for being amazing host and also for a once in a life time trip to the Opera theater to see a show, something I will never forget!
Monday then arrived and it felt like the first day of school again.. meeting new people and about to start on another adventure; all a bit terrifying! But to be honest it wasnt bad at all, I quickly got chatting to Dan a lad from Reading before we got on the bus, and he's now sort of become my best mate up here. The bus headed off up the Pacific Highway and we were met by some amazing scenery.. you think Australia and blazing desert springs to mind. Wrong, more like a rain forrest with hills and large rivers tearing through the landscape!
Onto Surfing and we arrived at our first stop; Cresant Head surf camp, a remote lodge next to an empty beach and point break. As the bus pulled in we were greated by 10 ripped, tanned surf instructors... all hope of hooking up went out the window! The Surf was great and though I felt abit reluctant to have to go back to basics and start from scratch with my surfing I think it paid off. By the second morning I was catching big 4 foot waves and riding along the face, even attempting a cheeky turn here and there. Bliss! But this was not before the encounter with the 'Really big Dolphin'. It went like this:
Antman the instructor: 'Hey look guys theres a couple of Dolphins out back' *pause* cue worried look and discussion with other instructors. 'Ok we arnt going to go out far today, there is a really BIG dolphin out back and we dont want to disturb it'
Me: 'Is Big Dolphin code word for something else?' Antman: 'Maybe...'
Maybe!! Bloody maybe!? it was a flipping 10ft Bull shark they later revealed.. thankfully though all limbs remained attatched and I made it to an afternoon surf at the local Point break, once again with me getting some of the best waves of my life!
Cresant Head was a cool little way to get us all up to speed with Surfing and really bonded the group together, the food was great and the evening parties by the fire were epic (thanks for the input Jodie!) On wednesday we packed up and got ready to head to Spot X our home for the next 3 months and the start of the course! I'll talk about that on my next blog in a couple of days! The Surfing has so far been great and Australia has certainly lived up to its name... no wetsuit? FUCKING YES!
Cheers Charlie x Yeeeeeew
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