Sydney to Surf Camp

Sydney to Surf Camp
3.6.08
So today we set off from Sydney on the big bus...not that big but bigger than our previous Oz bus. Our driver is Binks and she will shuttle us 9 hours to surf camp, to be fair the drive is only 7 hours up the coast, but we stop for meals and dunnies.

Not too much was memorable, did go through Coff's Harbour, home to Russell Crowe, who plays at the local pub with his band when he is in town. Also the home of the 1st BIG random thing, the banana....Australia has this thing with big shit and some people actually tour the country looking for these big random things, really they are just giant sculptures...weird but true, and they knew of this phenomenon in New Zealand cause when we saw this big display of fruit roadside, Smiley made mention of the random big things in Aussie and it is all coming together now....Anyway, big banana...no picture..use your imagination!! and a banana cause there are plantations along the coast here...

Pulled into surf camp and unloaded the bus and got settled in our trailer...10 beds down a narrow hall, not the norm for accomodations but it is surf camp and this is how everyone lives..including residents and owners...We take a cruise to the beautiful beach, and then around the grounds...groovy little place. We get our little briefing as to how our next 18 hours are gonna be and then chill before our cookout meal. All 100+ people come together for a big feed and party, at 8:30 the party picks up, tiki torches, fire in a wheel barrow and tunes in a huge rubbish bin, rigged with speakers all wheeled down the beach for out beach party. The sky was AMAZING!!!!! stars..stars...and so many more stars..and galaxies and fluff, and shooting stars, I counted 8, and I really wasn't watching...just caught them while talking with people...Such an incredible night with the surf crashing and stars and sand...couldn't be better!!

Everyone had fun...but the 6am wakeup and surf loomed...and then it came, as promised...a chick standing in the room telling us to get up, breakie was on!!! Food and then on to surf briefing,wet suiting up and grabbing boards...down to the beach by 7am!!!! A brief lesson and in the water we went...a perfect day, great waves, blue skies...fun times riding waves..and wiping out too!!!

We rode for about 3 hours, no dolphins..they have been around the last couple days , but not today...maybe cause we had so many, thursday's are the big days with loads in camp!!! Sad to go, the surf was great, water was warm and people were sweet!! 11am...back on the bus, off we go again..bye bye mojo surf!!!!