After a couple of weeks in Canberra it was time for a change… So, I took Friday off, and went to Batemans Bay, the closest beach village from Canberra – Cycling and Surfing. And yes, surfing is cool!!
Friday I got a lift from some people I met the week before, and they suggested that I also brought my bike. Good thinking, since the nicest beaches are a bit far from Bateman to walk…
So the global planning of the weekend was: Friday biking, saturday surf, beach and bike, and Sunday surf and go back home…
Friday I was cycling through some amazing forrest over nice single tracks. Just thinking about a conversation with Joris last year about ‘stootlek’, punctured due to a hitting stone. The second later: flat tyre. Thanks to a hitch, I was back on time to repair it in Bateman… And for the friday night in [cynical mode on] the hotspot* [/cynical]. But great to meet Adam (backpacker from London), some more tourists, and the locals…
Saturday I played around on a surfboard for 2h, doing rubbish, but that is fun! And the weather was awesome. Just for Pep I’ll repeat the last sentence: the weather was awesome.
Continuing over the beach, to the next village and then to Pebbly Beach in Murramarang National Park, amazing with some Kangaroos on the beach…
Sunday a surf lesson and I managed to ride on some of the waves… Still not very confident, but I really understand the fun of it! I hope I’ll have the chance to take some more lessons before the season is over!
Anyway, a picture say more than a 1000 words, so here are my next 25000 words:
