Ozzz

Sundown in Newport
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Hey folks,

Landed in Australia a week and a half ago after leaving Canada and taking on a couple long flights with a lay-over I don't recommend.  14 hours sounds like pretty good times when it's Hawaii, but not in the middle of the night.  I don't recommend the pubs near to the Hawaii airport...some pretty sketchy folks there.

Anyway, met up with Miller and we cruised on to Sydney where Scott and Lu scooped us up and we headed to Newport beach where they live.  We kicked off early the next day with a 12 hour drive up the coast to Byron Bay where Scott had a moving job to do.  We helped out to the get the job finished quick so we could spend the following 3 days at various beaches along the way home.  Some pretty awesome places.  At one beach we saw a pod of 15-20 dolphins playing in the break about 50 metres from a bunch of surfers.  Pretty wild to watch.  We slept on the beach and played disc in the night under a near full moon.  I think that's a first for me.

Miller in the surf
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We've been spending lots of time hitting up the local beaches (they are everywhere).  The surf is great and it seems almost everyone is into it.  Even entire families.  Some people surf before and after work.  It makes the people in business suits look a little out of place although I'm sure they have their trunks on underneath.

Scott took us into Sydney yesterday and we took the Ferry across into the harbour.  Checked out some pretty cool sites and we were able to link up with Miller's cousin Andrew who runs a Kayak business.

Weird
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Our friend Steph flies in on Sunday and we are all heading up to a beachside cabin north of here where the surf is said to be pretty wild.  In the mean time, Miller and I wonder how the spiders can get so big and why the cat gets scared of the enormous cockroaches...they are huuuge.

I hope everyone is well.  Keep your surfboard right side up and your stick on the ice.

ciao for now.