One of the activities recommended to us by friends was to do surf lessons out of the Margaret Beach Resort. We called and booked for today! The weather was the warmest day of the week and sunny and nice, too.
We drove down again to the Margaret Beach resort and then on to Red Gate Beach from there. The boys tugged on their wet suits under some duress. Again, "why do we have to wear this?" "Why are we doing this?" I should say really only one complained. The others were excited. I dubbed myself the official photographer of the event and off we went!
Our surf instructor was a muscular Gilligan looking guy named Scotty. He gave us a 20 minute lesson on the sand and then took us out into the water. Lots of pictures to follow:
That'll clear out your sinuses!
Two hours later, after battling the surf and the boards and the tide, they came out looking a bit like this:
We struggled out of the wet suits and drove off to find a spot to sit, get a drink, and eat lunch. We made it to a great brewery and sat outside and recharged. Everyone was just exhausted. Surfing is a lot of work! No wonder Scotty is muscular!
Later, we meandered our way back to Bunker Bay, stopping at Sugar Loaf Rock for a look. Great views.
And that was the end of our fun week! The next morning we packed up and drove back to Perth, gave up our rental van, and boarded a Qantas Flight back to Singapore.
Oh! Forgot to mention that on day 3, the story on the news was of another Qantas Flight that had to do emergency landing due to mechanical failure. Nice.
But we made it home safely and the nose and tail of the plane cooperated nicely this time.
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