A Busy Thursday

It was an easy sleep-in morning, but things soon picked up. It was a beautiful day and we decided to go to the beach again. This time we went to Bronte Beach, again on the south side of the harbour. There, I truely learned to the ocean's powers. It was too windy and the breakers too weird to do much surfing or even boogie boarding. So instead, all four of us went for a swim. It was during this time that I experience the magnitude of the ocean currents. The breakers were large and the wind pulled the water a certain way so that when we were out there, everyone was pulled either out towards sea or tumbled in to shore. Let me make this clear: I wasn't in danger of drowning - there are tons of people and lifeguards watching everything. It actaully was fun having to deal with the strong and strange currents. Want to stay within the flags, but it was too hard as the water kept pushing us toward the surfers or the rocks. In fact, it was really fun!

All this happened before mid-afternoon. Then we went to the world-famous Bondi Beach for lunch. Bondi is like NSW's version of a hot and happening famous SoCal beach. The beach and surf were like a parking lot of people. We didn't actually go on the beach, but ate at some of the numerous shops and restaurants surrounding the beach. Actually, we might've been better off going to Bondi to surf or boogieboard because the surf was so much better there. Oh well.

Then it was to the Broadway Shopping Centre to get a cricket set. Yes, cricket. That sport is like baseball is in America, maybe even bigger. So we bought a set and Raleigh, Adam, and I tested it out in the park. Not bad, and actually pretty fun. Raleigh and I are thinking about starting up cricket games when we get back home.

Still more...by 18:00 it was time for basketball. We went to play with some brothers for a short time and played hard it the warm breezy evening air. It was real nice.

Okay, back home now by 19:30. Time for dinner, then rhubarb crisp for dessert, then a friendly game of Age of Empires III.

Now after that, I checked email and now I am writing this. By the time I finish typing here it will be past midnight, Friday morning. I'm real tired so I'll go now. Bye!

Pic of the day

Bondi Beach - the most "pimped out" VW bus I have ever seen. Derek, you still in the market for one of these?