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Dave 's BIG adventure!
While in Rainbow just after my 2nd surf lesson i decided to go in to Perter Pans (my local backpacker travel agents) and see about other surf schools down the coast! the 1st one there told me about was the Mojo surf school! and it sounded very good, but i was very happy to hear that they were running a surf school new years eve special!! running from the 30th- 2nd! and as i had no accommodation at this point for new year it sounded perfect!
There is a lot of pressure to get accommodation for new year as it's so expensive!! but for $500 i was getting 4 days 3 nights accommodation, 5 surf lessons and breakfast, lunch and tee all throne in! and a new years eve party on the beach!! some people would of paid more then that just for a bed!!!
but what it meant was, that with my surfing could really push on! rather than hiring one and as soon as you get back in to the swing of things, your times up on the bored! so i went out to take full advantage for 4 day of surfing! and it didn't take long till i was being shown how to get out the back! (the term used to swim out past the breaking waves) then surf back in on the green waves (the big waves that haven't broken yet!) up until now i could only surf the white waves (the smaller broken ones!)
On new years it's self i took it pretty easy had a couple of drinks! to be social and saw the new year in then went to bed! (and what a year the last had turned out to be! who could of guess this time last year, that i would now be surfing in Australia!) but the plan to go to bed early paid off as i was fresh to crack on with the surf in the morning, where some people missed the session and only just made lunch!
The hole time spent there had been a good one from start to finish! on the last day! i was last to go i was getting the night bus to Sydney! (one nights accommodation saved!) some had got the earlier bus but then just had to wait about in the city to check in! i much preferred to wait about at surf camp
As it turned out it was a great decision! i had become quite interested in taking photos and as i sat down for dinner the conversation was photography! and it seamed that most at the table had a decent camera but didn't know how to use it really! how ever there was a lady called Ali who did, and she took photos for Nikon!! so she was (with no real effort) persuaded to give us a lesson on the beach! some one said i should bring my camera, i though no way! but Ali said i could use hers! and we had about a 6 weeks course in about two hrs! then when we got back she should us how to edit them properly on the computer! which was great for me as it gave me lots of things to do as i waited for the bus!
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