26th October - Surfin Oz

We are definitely back on the fun train. We've hit the sunshine coast and it is true, it really is sunny here on the coast. We are staying in Noosa and though it was expensive, we got on the net to put all the blogs on. The place is pretty cool, a touch like Milton Keynes because of all the bloody roundabouts but the sun and beach kind of beats it hands down.

Yesterday we checked the place out and got sorted at the campsite, we had a dip in the pool then chilled out for the evening. Unfortunately, yours truly left a bit of a gap in the front drivers window, the mosquitos took that as a golden invitation. I came away unscathed with just the 9 bites on my feet, Sarah on the other hand, who is mighty tastier than myself, took a LOT of bites.

Well, no time to dwell on such stupidity, off down to Noosa heads for our very first surf lesson. This was so cool, we headed out with our massive baby learning boards that no one could fall off, and we caught waves. I got me my very own 'greenie' (one with no breaks on it) and rode it all the way to the beach. Awesome. It took so much energy it is unbelievable but so worth it, hopefully we can go surfing all down the coast now. Sarah also did well, though she didn't catch her own wave, she did everything else, paddling out, paddling in and obviously standing up the whole way. We were both awesome. There was just one little story of note, Sarah, so happy with catching her big wave that she gave it a double thumbs up to some guy on the beach, unfortunately she wiped out soon after and popped up and popped out. The guy was a gentleman and walked on after his eyeful, modesty stayed intact. My problem was with a lung full of salt water and a bit of a puke but managed to get back out there within 5 minutes.

That afternoon, we went wine tasting, we found two great places, not the best in the world but great in their own way. The first was Eumundi Winery where we had some lunch and found a fantastic white verdelho. Then we went to the 'Little morgue' winery where we found a fizzy rose. All wine tastic and a great way to spend a sunny afternoon. Quality.

Tomorrow, which I'm going to write about now for fun, we went to the Noosa National park and walked a good 8 km track. So worth it as we saw a good 6 plus humpback whales off the point 'Hells Gate'. This time we got the whole show, before the whales just kind of hung around and moved on, this time we got it all. They breached and splashed down, there was a family, mum, dad and baby. They did all of their exercises, slapping the tail down about 10 times in a row, slapping the side fins down whilst rolling over, all to get rid of barnacles and things. Absolutely amazing.

After we played a round of crazy golf and destroyed the bottle of rose we bought yesterday (which we've drunk already plus a few beers hence the gibberish of this blog). Things are back to normal, ie pretty damn good.

Laters

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