This morning I left for the Gold Coast (about an hr. south of Brisbane) to try out surfing for the first time. Lara, Blair's office manager, and her friend Mani were nice enough to drive me down and accompany me for the disaster that was sure to unfold. The Gold Coast is a beautiful area by the ocean with a ton to do besides just beach stuff. It's maybe like a bigger Myrtle Beach with a flare of Vegas (there is a casino there too). Anyway, I arrived and met my surfing coach for the day, Blake, who told me that it was his first time back in the water in 2 weeks, b/c he had been surfing and wiped out and the board hit him in the eye and he had a hemorrhage inside his eye. Apparently he had a 20% risk of losing his eye and was supposed to stay inside for another week, but of course he was back out on the water. It seemed pretty typical for an australian. After some introductions on surfing and some practice on the beach, it was time to try and do it in the water. It was even harder than I expected and quite a workout, but after a couple of wipeouts I was able to stand up for a few seconds! It was quite the rush and very addicting once you get up. Blake was very impressed and said I had a natural surfing ability and I should keep practicing. I think he was probably being nice but it was a lot of fun.
After surfing, Lara and Mani convinced me that I needed to do something called "the slingshot" where you are strapped into this seat attached with bungy cords and they launch into the sky at over 200km/hr with an acceleration of 6Gs. It was crazy but of course I thought it was awesome.
To finish off my Australian experience we all went to this place known for its "meat pies" and sausage rolls, which are apparently very quintessential for australia. It is basically two pastry sheets filled with steak, tomatoes, onions, peas, and mashed potatoes, then smothered on top with ketchup. It was delicious. I should have taken a picture of it b/c it looked incredible.
An exhausting, but great day!
After surfing, Lara and Mani convinced me that I needed to do something called "the slingshot" where you are strapped into this seat attached with bungy cords and they launch into the sky at over 200km/hr with an acceleration of 6Gs. It was crazy but of course I thought it was awesome.
To finish off my Australian experience we all went to this place known for its "meat pies" and sausage rolls, which are apparently very quintessential for australia. It is basically two pastry sheets filled with steak, tomatoes, onions, peas, and mashed potatoes, then smothered on top with ketchup. It was delicious. I should have taken a picture of it b/c it looked incredible.
An exhausting, but great day!
2 comments:
dude, must be nice getting to go surf in australia. hope you are having fun man.
Bud, where are your pictures from the "theatre"? we are all wondering if you are really working over there...sounds like you had an outstanding weekend.
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