ahoy there me harties - i m not ignoring you guys, thanku 2 rach for being good at findin internet and keeeping yous updated! Since i last wrote i ve been surfing!! my frist time was awsome...stood up! but my second time was more painful, the waves were bigger and 'dumped' quicker! i m curretnly stil overed in bruises. only got 10 mins free internet so this has2 be fast. i m enjoyin seeing the beaches up here, however, becuase we are on a tour its really frustrating...there is no time 2 look at things in detail and theres no chilled time really,i mean i could have spent months at Byron Bay (10 hours north of sydney) ...althou maybe tomo will be chilled as i ll be spending theday on a yaght! also tomo rach is looking forward to boating on a different boat. um, theres is lots to write but i dont have much time, hope tht your all well... (fils i tried2 get pirate spk in for the spk like a pirate day!)