Surfing the competition out of the water

We've now left Sydney and in Byron Bay. Had a great Paddy's day, went for a morning dive in Botany Bay and saw a weedy sea dragon - thanks Aengus. And then drinks in Hyde park with free concert with a great U2 tribute band and Sian ran in to Rory Draper. Saw "Summer Bay" aka Palm Beach, where Home and Away is filmed on Sian's birthday. Painted the other side of the van with a red dinosaur beside a lovely tropical beach (he still needs his face). We're becoming regular visitors to Bunnings - Oz's equivalent of Woodies, only stopping just short of buying Bunnings sun hats.

Took in the sights and smells of the hippy town of Nimbin, stayed in the Rainbow Retreat complete with smoking frog infested tee-pee made from tarp and cracked car windscreens. Kinda like been back in Thailand with makeshift huts made from lumber and concrete etc.

We've just booked 3days aboard a sailing boat to sail around the Whitsunday Islands and dive off and 3 days 4wheel drive around Fraser Island - the worlds biggest sand island. We've got just over 5 weeks left in Oz so we're packing in as much as we can before we have the sell old Betsy Buttercup -HOPEFULLY- for a profit (now that its a work of art).

Pictures above are of our surfing lesions with Kool Katz, they gave us a money back guarantee that we'd stand and surf a wave for 40m and golly we did!

Dave & Sian