Well its almost been a month since my last blog and so much has happened since then that its hard for me to decide where to start and to remember everything....
Again every day has just been getting better and better and sometimes I can't believe I am having this much fun or that I deserve to have this much fun.... I must admit there are moments that are off, but not too many, mostly I am purely enjoying where I am at....
This part of my trip started in New Castle where I got picked up by my friend Georgia. Georgia is an old friend from Whistler, we haven't seen each other in 5 years and it was like not even a day had passed, because we started gabbing right away and didn't stop for another 2 hours when we hit the surf....
We talked so much that I wasn't paying much attention to what I was doing with the key to the car just before we went for a surf... it was Georgia's only key to her car, for some reason unknown to us, she gave me the key to bury in the bushes, and both of us at the time thought that was the safest option for the key... so somewhere amongst all the chatting, I ducked off to the side and buried her only car key....
we had a great surf!! We were in Anna Bay on one mile beach, we caught wave after wave and well if I do say so myself, Georgia was quite impressed with my surfing ability.... the waves again small, but alot of fun!!
After the surf we walked back to where I buried the key in the sand, I looked around and around... I looked at Georgia and said "don't worry I'll find it, I know exactly where I hid it... I marked the spot with a stick and a yellow leaf".... I went back to looking in the sand... time passed and she continued to remind me it was her only key to her vehicle (the other one she lost in the surf a few years back).... I kept looking and started to use my new found Byron Bay energy tactics. We are going to find the key I told her... and sure enough, 45 minutes later with the help of two cute lifeguards, two kids, a rake, shovel and a sifter we found the key... From then on I was not allowed to touch the key.
After our beautiful weekend in Anna Bay we drove down the coast to where Georgia lives in Mona Vale. Mona Vale is on the northern beaches of Sydney about 30 kms from downtown Sydney. It is beautiful here, she lives in a two bedroom apartment and her backyard is the beach, a surfing beach I should say.
Christmas Eve was spent in classic northern beach style, at the local bar "Newport Arms". Apparently the locals spend every public holiday "eve" at the Newport Arms. So needless to say that is where we spent New Years eve. Both nights were great, a few beers and only a stumble home.
Backtracking a bit, "Christmas day in Oz", my first warm Christmas... we woke early, (as early as possible having a few beers in us the night before), went for a sobering surf and then lunch at Georgia's Mum's house. We had Christmas lunch and stuffed ourselves the way Christmas should be, but here I stuffed myself with Prawns, Salmon, turkey, ham, yummy vegetables and the best cheesecake ever!! Georgia' Mum has a secret family recipe for cheesecake and well lets just say its a good thing surfing burns so many calories...
Boxing Day was again spent with a surf and then Georgia's family. She had a champagne breakfast at her house in her backyard... we ended the day with a quick boxing day shop to check out all the sales...
The next day we got "Shipwreaked at Shark Island" This was my Christmas gift from Georgia... Tons of DJ's, a ton of people and a lot of dancing on a private Island in the Sydney Harbour... the venue was incredible.
We had dinner with a good friend Brian Naylor one night and also an attempted day of snorkeling at a local beach, but it was a bit too windy. I have also been able to catch up with an old ski patroller friend, James Dequino, who now lives around the corner from Georgia and another old friend from Whistler, Karl, along with his wife and beautiful new baby Harrison.
New Years day before the "Arms" Georgia set up with a friend of hers to go sailing, beautiful day on the boat, except for the few moments when Georgia and I thought we were going to tip over... neither of us know much about sailing and the skipper assured us we were fine, who knows if we were or not but we lived to tell the tale, so I am sure the skipper was right and we weren't in any danger, or maybe not.
After New Years Georgia and I started our year off with a road trip. We went down the south coast for a couple of nights hoping to get some more surfing in. The first day there wasn't any surf to be found so we went for a hiked up Pigeon House mountain and paid a visit to Pebbly beach. Pebbly beach has wild kangaroos that are very comfortable with people getting close to them, so close we could pet them. The next day we had a fun morning in Narooma surfing and a lovely little walk along the water. We made our way back to Mona Vale in time for a show the next night, Donovan Frankenreiter.
Good thing Georgia went back to work this week so I can rest, well outside of the times I have gone surfing...
Hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas filled with happy holiday magic and wishing everyone a new year filled with love...
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