Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly I have to say, the weather here is pretty lousy and looks set to stay that way for the next week at least – windy and rainy. There are waves about though and I’ve managed to score some surf and will hopefully get plenty more before we go home next week. Even if I don’t though, I’m more than happy just being in another caravan park in what has been home for five months. I adapted to and embraced life on the road very quickly and have grown to love it. Going back to living in a house again, let alone actually working for a living will take quite a bit of adjusting and I’m not looking forward to it. The temptation to sell the house and to just keep on going is huge. Perhaps we will.
And so now we are back where it all began – Gerringong. This was the first place I went to at the start of my long service leave, way back on 1 July. I thought that the best way to finish off this trip was to plant ourselves in the one spot for a good slab of time, no setting up or packing away, just relax and unwind until we have to pack up for the last time and go home. Gerringong is a beautiful place and is one of the towns we are seriously considering moving to sometime in the near future.
Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly I have to say, the weather here is pretty lousy and looks set to stay that way for the next week at least – windy and rainy. There are waves about though and I’ve managed to score some surf and will hopefully get plenty more before we go home next week. Even if I don’t though, I’m more than happy just being in another caravan park in what has been home for five months. I adapted to and embraced life on the road very quickly and have grown to love it. Going back to living in a house again, let alone actually working for a living will take quite a bit of adjusting and I’m not looking forward to it. The temptation to sell the house and to just keep on going is huge. Perhaps we will. Finished a hectic week of running around organising car repairs and making last minute trip purchases and arrangements with a final trip to Gerringong - last opportunity for a surf until WA in Sept/Oct. Put the new board well and truly through its paces with two days of perfect 5 - 6ft+ left handers held up by raging offshore winds. Verdict on the board is still awesome. The last of the essential trip supplies was purchased onFriday. I did a quick trip down to Gerringong to try out a number of boards from the surf shop there before eventually buying one. Two brilliant days of surfing - good waves and a bunch of different boards to play with. The board I finally chose is a Mark Richards epoxy swallow tail, shaped by the man himself. Very light, very fast, extremely responsive and capable of the most amazing super fast turns. On my first cutback, I put in as much effort as I do on my old 9 year old fibreglass board and instead of a tightish carve back to the break I found myself slashing 270 degrees and over the back of the wave before I could control it. And all at speed! I've gone from a Holden Commodore to a super twitchy formula 1 racer! |
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