Surfing Weekend

So this past weekend was probably one of the best weekends of my life. It was sooo much fun.

So on Friday we left Bond Uni on a bus at about 8:30 P.M. This bus was a huge charter bus and was really cool. On the bus we watched a couple movies and listened to a huge group of Brazilians sing song to Portuguese. In all the bus ride was around 5 hrs with two 20 min stops. When we finally got to Spot-X it was around 1:30. We were all really tired but we didn't get to go to bed right away. First of all we all met in the eating area and had a 20 min talk and then got a tour of the area. We then went on a little walk to the beach and finally got to bed at around 2:30.

The next morning we got a wake up call at 7 A.M. It was raining pretty hard but we were all still excited to go surfing so we got up and had a quick breakfast. Cereal and Australian Bacon which is basically Canadian bacon / cooked ham. We then met in the surfing school place at 8 and got a quick list of rules and safety precautions. At about 8:30 we finally got to put our wetsuits on and take a surf board to the beach. We did this in twos as the boards were quite big and kind of heavy.

Once we finally got to the beach the instructor showed us how to get stroke and stand up on the board. It was pretty simple on land but a little difficult once we got in the water. After about 30 mins on the sand we were given the ok to go in the water. I was the first one out there so the instructor gave me a little help and I caught the very first wave. It was amazing. I got up and surfed on my very first try. We then got to surf for about 3 hrs. It rained the whole time but no one cared because we were in the water anyway and the ocean was really warm. In all the first session went pretty well. At the end I was actually getting up consistently on my own.

After the first session we went and got lunch. I had hot dogs, pineapple, and some Salomi. After eating we went back out for our second lesson at 2 P.M. By this time the rain had stopped but the waves had gotten quite a bit bigger and rougher. When we all got into the water the change in waves caused a few problems at first but ended up being a lot of fun. I even got to go out a little farther with one of the instructors and catch one of the biggest waves of the day. It was so sweet. By the end of this session I was doing a little better but was extremely tired.

After getting out of the water at about 5 we changed and talked for a while until dinner. I got to know the other people in my room. In all there was 9 girls and me in this room. lol. 5 of the girls were my friends for Bond (all Americans) and the other four were from various places. Laura was from Scotland and she came with Sebana from Ireland. They are doing an architect internship in Brisbane. The other two, Constanza and Daniela were from Germany they are studying in Australia too. After talking to everyone for a while we finally went to dinner at about 6:30. I had Porch Schnitzel, fries, pineapple and some chocolate cake thing. It was all pretty good.

After dinner the real fun started. There was live band and a bonfire. After listening to the bands a little I went to the bonfire where I met a ton more people. First of all I met 5 girls from Canada, Melissa, Stephanie, Stephanie, April, and Amanda, who are getting teaching degrees up on the sunshine Coast. I then met a huge group of people from Great Britain. One of their names was Harry and his middle name was Peter so everyone called him Harry Potter. I also met another guy named Chris who was pretty cool and hung out with us for the night. The rest of the night was just me talking to everyone and watching people get drunk off of goon, an extremely cheep and disgusting wine. I only had one glass and couldn't take it so just talked to everyone the rest of the night. At about 11 just after the DJ started I went to bed because I was so tired.

The next morning we had another 7 A.M. wake up call. This time it was sunny out but for some people that was bad as they were a little hung over. And no mom I was not one of those people I only had one glass of cheep week goon all night. After having another breakfast of the same thing we went out for our third and final surfing session. It was extremely hard to get into the wetsuits though because they were so wet and cold from the day before. After we got out suits on we went back down to the ocean, had a quick stretch session where the instructor told us of a few trick we could try, and then hit the ocean. The waves were perfect this time. Some big and some small. Perfect for all of us beginners. The surfing went well and I even got in once trick. I jumped and switched feet. I actually landed it and stayed on the board for about 5 seconds afterwords.

After our last surf lesson we changed, packed, and had lunch. I just had hot dogs again. I then went and bought a hoodie package which came with 15 pictures that I will be posting once I pick them online. We then boarded the buses for another 5 hour ride. This time we took a quick 45 minute stop in Byron Bay which another very nice tourist town. I got some Gelatto which was really good.

Well over all the weekend was great. Next up is a Rugby game and Frasor Island.