30th Dec – Surf and Yabbies


This morning we awoke to find the weather a little overcast but fortunately there was no wind about (can’t say the same for the boys), we headed for Arrawarra where we found the waves were huge, way too big for the boys so we headed for Woolgoolga for a smaller set in the bay. Since we were feeling a little lethargic (not hung over) and the water was cold we just stood in the shore break and enjoyed watching the boys do their thing. They are getting very confident, so we often have to call them in as they go out way too far for our comfort...they don’t care the least! Riley is very efficient and can easily stand on his nipper’s board surfing it into the shore from way out the back! Aiden is like a little whippet, getting every wave possible, his skills have evolved rapidly and he is almost ready for his first composite board, but don’t tell him that! When we returned to the camper our lovely neighbours (Bill, Andy, Kyle and Crystal) from Brisbane invited us yabbying at Red Rock, it is just north (10min) was a lovely spot to go and visit (if we had our pick, this would be the place to stay). This caravan park unfortunately is very expensive, there was little to choose from 4 months ago! On a side note we are loving all the wildlife, this morning we had 3 Kangaroos and 30 Lorikeets in our annex for breakfast, and Aiden even got to hand feed 2 Kookaburras breakfast!
Back to the Yabbies, this was a very cool experience, to get to the spot we had to swim across the river over to a sand bar, then you look for little holes along the water’s edge and using a yabby pump you suck the little tykes up. We collected about 100 of them for our neighbour to use as bait. He has a fish tank with a pump and they keep them live ready for fishing. All this fun occurred whilst it was pouring down with rain, now that’s something you don’t usually do in Perth. Of course our afternoon would not be complete with out our friends the lorikeets.















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