lets go away for a while, you and I, to a strange and distant place

I love days that remind me how lucky I am.

This Wednesday me and Yogi and a couple of guys from work loaded up Yog's wagon with snacks and surfboards and drove down to Iluka to spend the day surfing and basking in the joy of not having to work!

We started the day out at the Iluka wall where we met up with my housemates Kat and Sunny for a morning surf. Sunny was the only one who was actually able to pull into the thick, fast barrels. Though I did give it a shot a couple of times, at least until I gave myself a black eye (pictured below) which led to me spending my remaining time out on the water floating around like a buoy with a dear-caught-in-headlights look.

After our surf we grabbed some fresh seafood at a local marina. I am not the biggest fan of fish and chips but according to everyone else in my group they were top-notch.

Because only myself and Markus paddled out at the first spot, we decided to try another break that was a little bit more on the fun side. We settled on Frasers Reef where there was a nice little beach break and only a couple of other people out. This spot was decidedly more surfable and we were all able to put ourselves into some super-fun waves.

We finished the day off with delicious tacos and a couple of s shared under the stars with a bonfire at my new house beside the ocean.

All in all a top-notch day! And a defnite reminder of how lucky I am to have the friends I do and live where I am.