Excuse the grammar I'm in a Gap Year : March 2015

Australia is treating me very well, sorry haven't posted in a while Jonny, too busy shopping online. Everything is going well this side of the planet with allot of adventures and good waves, company and memories. I have being following the cricket world cup and have now fallen in-love with the sport. Obviously backing the best team, South Africa. The boys and I ventured down to The Manuka oval the other evening to watch South Africa take on Ireland in the World Cup. Was good fun chirping the SA players in Afrikaans, besides the fact that they never acknowledged me once...suppose staying focused in the key to success. After a couple of beers and banter we ventured home. The game was a good one, pitty no South African support or biltong.

The weekend was near and a South Coast trip was in need and so was a long surf. Leaving early on Saturday morning to head down to a small surfing town called Broulee where there the water is blue and the waves are absolute perfection. The waves where good fun and the locals were alot nicer than I expected even being the only bodyboarder in the water. The one guy said I was brave to paddle out into a line up of Surfers but manged to skollie my way into the pecking order only to score one of the sickest waves for a while now. To describe the break, it was a beach break with crystal blue water, shallow sand bank about 100m out, a A-Frame beaut! Standing barrels for surfers that is. Apparently the break hasn't worked like this in years so my timing was perfect!

After a good, long surf I decided to walk the coast line and see what I can find, maybe jump some cliffs or even find a cave. In boardies and flip flops I walked from a small beach called Surf beach for about 6km passing thee coolest things any human would want to see. I felt privileged and spoilt...

I had a moment, looking across the ocean I though to myself what everyone back home was doing and that maybe someone was also looking across the ocean from my hometown but the anti-climax came and I realized I was looking towards New-Zealand and the complete opposite direction as to where South Africa was...

After a walk up a little cliff I came across a little bay, So secluded from everything else. Tucked into a little bay and protected from the waves, as tropical as can be was this little beach. No name or people. It felt like I was stuck on a tropical island. I ventured down deciding that this is the place I will stop for a swim then will head back for the Sunset. On the beach I realized I wasn't alone but had the company of some girls tanning on the beach...the views across the beach got even better. Hoped into the water which was about 24 degrees and crystal blue. I swam out until I got tired which was about 10m then swam down to the bottom, if only I had goggles I'm sure I would of seen some amazing things!

It was time to head home and get some food, fish food was on coarse, I'm afraid wasn't like home but was still fresh.

Bed Time.

The next day was home time but a definite swim in the salty sea first. I was lucky to fit in a short sneaky surf before heading home to welcome the new Gappie into the Flat from South Africa. Was so stoked to have another South African in the house.

We had some spare time so we stopped in a small town called Braidwood, Very similar to a country town in America, with rodeos taking place and horse carriages all over the place and only one bar that you too scared to go to because you might be challenged to a duel. I was a peaceful town and worth a cold beer and pizza.

Would like to Welcome Mark Boshoff to the Chamber of Secrets.

Im finding Kangaroos very difficult to find and a very rare species of Australian Animals. I still haven't seen a kangaroo but have seen 16 dead ones on the side of the road, until this evening after a hike up red hill and seeing a couple of them which convinced me that they are real. A good hike it was up Red Hill. Looked over the whole of Canberra for the first time.

That sums up my last couple of weeks and will be posting soon. The plan for the weekend is live my gap year and drink beer with good mates. Be safe back home!