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Dave 's BIG adventure!
Agnes water / Town of 1770
Southern cross hostel where i stayed was not what i was expecting! quite simply a hidden jem!
It's a family run business, but i get the sense that if you work there you are the family! here every one is very nice but keep them selves to there selves! here it's very quiet, very relaxing in the middle of no where! completely selfsufficient! so my 1st day i just chilled out caught up on facebook and my blog! and had what i'd wanted for so long a early night! so to bed at 8.30pm with a movie, fantastic!!
The next day it Monday the 12/12 off to the beach for a 3 hour surf lesson! $17 for a 3 hr session was as cheap as it was going to get! but already booked, back in Cairns in November, it felt like free!
And i loved every seconds! amazing! i'd tried windsurfing before! and it was ok! but wasn't really bothered about trying it again! but surfing! off the Rainbow Beach tomorrow have another surf lesson booked on the 14th but i will try and get out and give it a go! tomorrow! i can't wait! 1770 is where Mr Quicksilver, Mr Bilabong and Mr Rip-curl have houses so if the surf's good another for them then it's good enough for me!
Rainbow Beach 13/12/11
Brought my surf lesson forward a day! so i could upgrade to another 3hr lesson! the surf at Rainbow where we went was not the biggest waves but very long so you could stay on the Bord a lot longer! and less chance of falling off! the company that i was having the lesson with also dolphin watching in kayaks! the morning session had seen none! and the group that went out when we went out also so none! but just as we were finishing! waiting for that last wave out of the water somersaulted a dolphins right out of the water! then before we knew it loads all around us! Amazing!
My travel agents had throne this surf lesson in for free! so with the upgrade to the 3hrs i got a half price surf lesson and dolphins for free! some people pay loads to see dolphins and whales i've seen dolphins twice this week and not paid a penny! (or cent, as were in O.Z.!) Very lucky, and weather is still playing ball as well!
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