We flew from Fiji to Brisbane and had to circle Brisbane once or twice on account of the rain, fog, and air traffic. We had some trouble pulling out money because apparently my debit card is on its last legs, one disadvantage of having a money clip is that the cards I keep in it get all mashed together and what not. There is a huge gouge out of the magnetic strip, so we'll have to get a new one of those when I get home. So after grabbing heaps of money out for all of our beach toys we were off to pick up the camper van!
We grabbed a taxi and rode it to just outside of Brisbane to Eagle Farm and picked up our Van. It is a three sleeper van, likely the size of a sixteen passenger van with a westfalia type top to it. I guess you'll see the pictures. Pretty awesome right!?!
Me Rocking in our Campervan!
it's got a sink, a microwave, a fridge, and way more utensils and cooking pots and pans than we had in Hong Kong. They also threw in a couple of outside chairs which was nice, because we've used them lots, well at least Cami has used them. I've used them a little.
Anyway... So when we picked up the van there was my kiteboard waiting for me too, which I was super excited about, but still haven't had the wind to use it. = (
So we signed a whole bunch of documents and got the tour on the van -the guy told us that the accessory battery would last for a couple of days and it actually lasts a couple of hours- but otherwise we were on our way!!! We started South from Brisbane, grabbed Cami's surfboard a 7'6" longboard with blue cloud like graphics on it - she doesn't like the graphic, then grabbed mine a 6'6" blue fish, then moved on to meet the last pick up, near Coolangatta - blasting Christmas music the whole time.
Greenery on the way to Pottsville
I decided that it would be cheaper to buy and sell back the surfboards and the kiting equipment as renting for three weeks was ridiculously expensive. So, hopefully I'll be able to sell them back for about what I paid for them.
While we were waiting to get a hold of the kite guy we stopped at a sporting goods store and picked up some balls to play with. We got a mini football, a volleyball, and a water ball! The waterball bounces on water and if you haven't seen them, then you should youtube it or something, because they are rad. You throw them with a little bit of angle and it bounces right off of the water, although you do have to throw them kind of hard, but it is good for your hand eye coordination. So we grabbed our balls in Coolangatta and then went to meet Mike - the kite guy - in Pottsville.
Mike was super nice and suggested a place for us to stay the night and also a good place to eat. We ate at a nice little restaurant where everybody was super friendly. Cami has been feeling a little under the weather for the past couple of weeks and so the waitress was kind and said that she'd make a steamed milk for her, even though it wasn't on the menu. We shared a Gnocchi with rocket salad and a slice of pecan pie. Yum.
Then we went to find us a roadside pullout about 4kms down the coastline from Pottsville. It was pretty quiet and a pretty pleasant sleep for our first free camping area.
The Beach just outside of Pottsville
We woke up in the morning and started our routine with Cami making some delicious oatmeal. There were also these crazy sounding birds that were pretty aggressive about trying to get our food from us. Australia has crazy birds everywhere.
Crazy parrot-like birds in Pottsville
Wild Turkey Gobble Gobble Gobble - these things were everywhere
We then went from Potsville up to Coolangatta to get some surfing in. I surfed at Snapper Rocks and there was a crazy current that would carry you practically a kilometer down the beach. I tried to catch some waves, but most of them were pretty burly and the current was so strong that even getting out was a chore. I caught a couple, but got owned on a bunch. Cami read her book while I was surfing and then we played with our balls together. The water ball was a lot of fun.
Helicopter making sure I'm all right - just kidding - about a km down from Snapper
Cami Chillin on the Beach
Me and my fish
I made it out, but next time I walked up current a ways before I got in
Despite this face, the gelato was delicious
Cami's new sandals
We spent the night at a campground, because they had a deal only 25/night if we stayed three nights. So we stayed just off of Kirra beach. That night we watched Santa Clause 2 and fell asleep very easily after a fun filled day.
(PS in the title there is no grammatical error... They really actually say How's Goin? and it's very confusing, you feel like they are asking where you're going, and how are you doing all at once and if they just added the work "it" in the middle of that short sentence you wouldn't have to stop in your tracks before saying "good, you?")
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