Saturday- yesterday- was also such a good day. There are two people staying with Andy and Eleanor from the USA atm because they are doing some work with the university. We went to Scarborough beach an hired some surf boards. Brent (one of the guys with us) surfs back home so he was teaching me and Winita. It was so much harder than i thought it would be. The waves are so strong and it is so difficult to stand up on the board on top of a wave. I spent most of my time on my tummy on the board so i got a few bruises on my ribs and hip bones and a sun bunt back! oh well... all for good fun.
I couple of times i got take under by the wave because you have to paddle out to a particular spot to catch the ways- on your way out there you get caught up in all the white water from the crashing! To avoid that you have to either got over the wave or if it is too high you have to put your head against the board and got through it! Once i was trying to get to the shore after getting taken under and i was just going with the waves but i got close to the beach and a huge wave came up from behind and threw me right onto the beach! Was quite funny but hurt a bit... i did get a whole shorts full of sand though!
After that we went to anther popular surfing beach called Cottesloe where there were some big random sculptures on the beach.
Ah then Me and Winita went for a jog along the coast on the biking track. It was so beautiful... the sun was settling over the sea and we got back to the car in time to get my camera out just as the sun went down. Really cool- was really nice to run though. It was quite a big jog too- about 3 km?! perhaps- that is just a guess.
Will try write again before my next camp next saturday- I am moving to the permanent accommodation this fri which i right next to a train station so will be easy to get places. Looking forward to that because it is so hard getting buses and travelling from Andy and Eleanors house.
Since Monday i have Hiked, Canoed, Kayaked, Rock climbed, Absailed, Caved, Surfed and Jogged! Good week all in all. =)
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