We are here

Mullumbimby the place to be!

This is a satellite  picture of the area we are staying in

It is on the edge of the worlds largest known volcano caldera 

It last erupted over 23 million years ago

This is what the roads are like in this area 

one of 5 river crossings

4WD rules!

Big weekend sight seeing

On Saturday we went out for a drive to find some waves for Hannes

our drive took  us through some interesting places,

we stopped at Seven Mile beach 

accessed by a long winding dirt road through a jungle!

well it wasn't really a jungle but it definitely looked like one :)

Sunday was market day again,

we went to Bangalow, which has the biggest market in the area

It was full of exciting, wonderful, strange, vibrant and scented salls

Laura got a hippy skirt, which she was very pleased about :) 

There was also a small field of magic mushrooms...

We also saw many different musicians dotted through out the maze of stalls

On the drive home we went the scenic way, 

from our vantage point you can see Byron Bay 

(which is on the right poking out into the sea)

We made our way up in to the hills to a place called Minyon Falls

It was a fantastic view, the waterfall had a drop of 100m 

Oh and by the way we sold our car to get this...

not sure how we will strap the surf board on tho :)

Car registration

Its official!

Actually it was pretty easy

all you need is

  1. a car with a valid rego/road worthy certification 

2. proof of an Australian address  

3. valid passport 

4. credit card

5.filled out "Transfer of Registration" form

6. money  

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice Festival 

in a Steiner/Waldorf school

All the kids were dressed up in different colors 

and armed with lanterns 

Not sure about these two fellas, but 

i think it should represent the light witch is

rising again 

and then the finale of the show. 

They let fly a kind of an hot air balloon

to symbolize the sun 

After watching the balloon flying high up in the sky 

we finally could do what we came for 

A BINGE!! 

Surf log book Australia

 The Pass

Right Hander Point

6.6.2011 4 P.

1.7.2011.3.5 P.

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Lennox Head 

Right Hander Point

12.06.2011 6P.

12.07.2011 1P.

18.07.2011 7.8. P.

19.07.2011 5.2. P.

21.07.2011 7.3. P.

22.07.2011 5.0. P. 

25.07.2011 7.6. P. Wipe Out 7.9. P. :) 

26.07.2011 5.0. P. Good waves but too heavy for my 6"0

09.08.2011 7.4. P.

10.08.2011 8.1. P. Best session so far

21.09.2011 5.1 P.

02.11.2011 6.0 P.

16.12.2011 6.2 P.

17.12.2011 7.9 P.

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 Cabarita 

Right Hander Point

20.06.2011 5.3 P

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Boulders

Right Hander Point

23.06.2011 6.5 P. :)

25.06.2011 5.8 P.

08.07.2011 6.5.P. Surfing Dolphins and first big Swell

09.07.2011 7.0.P.

10.07.2011 7.3.P.

13.07.2011 6.2.P.

14.07.2011 7.5.P.

17.07.2011 6.1 P.

27.07.2011 7.2 P.

29.07.2011 6.8 P.

05.08.2011 6.1 P.

07.08.2011 5.3 P.

11.08.2011 7.9 P.

15.08.2011 7.0 P.

16.08.2011 6.6 P.

20.08.2011 6.5 P.

27.08.2011 6.3 P

31.08.2011 6.4 P.

01.09.2011 6.6 P.

02.09.2011 7.1 P.

04.09.2011 4.8 P.

13.09.2011 7.3 P

14.09.2011 5.9 P.

28.09.2011 5.4 P.

30.09.2011 6.0 P.

01.10.2011 6.1 P.

02.10.2011 7.7 P.

06.10.2011 6.3 P.

07.10.2011 8.0 P.

08.10.2011 7.7 P.

14.10.2011 5.9 P.

21.10.2011 8.0 P. whiplash wipeout 

22.10.2011 5.3 P. 

28.10.2011 6.8 P.

29.10.2011 6.5 P.

03.11.2011 6.3 P.

18.12.2011 7.5 P.

19.12.2011 7.9 P.

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Flat Rock

Right Hander Point

26.06.2011 5.5 P. Dolphins :)

Brunswick Head

Right Hander Point & Beach

02.07.2011 6.0 P.

03.07.2011 5.0 P.

05.07.2011 6.3 P.

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Sharpes Beach

Beach Break

28.07.2011 4.9 P. My first Lefts since Bali

30.08.2011 4.8 P.

15.09.2011 6.7 P.

16.09.2011 5.4 P.

18.09.2011 5.7 P. & 2nd session 4.4 P. First surf in shorts

13.10.2011 3.1 P.

16.10.2011 6.2 P.

23.10.2011 4.1 P.

20.12.2011 3.3 P.

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Evans Head

Right hander

06.08.2011 5.8. P.

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Scoots Head

Right Hander

08.09.2011 4.8 P

12.09.2011 5.1 P Lauras first attempt 

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Broken Head

Right Hander

28.09.2011 3.6 P.

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Shelly Beach

Beach breack

30.10.2011 3.9 P. 

Up to the goldcoast

After two weeks living in the forest we headed north 

to have a look at Australians No.1 holiday destination. 

The Goldcoast and its famous Surfers Paradise Beach

With no surfers on the beach or in the water

But skyscrapers allover the place

More exploring

While Laura had a little paddle with the kayak up the river

i explored a little waterfall a bit further down stream.

I think next time (it should be around midday) 

i will bring a towel and have a cold shower :)

But the best thing i found was at the bottom of the waterfall!

And no its not a turtle its a terrapin 

i could get really close as you can see

Motivated from this discovery we then found a little fairy tale forest  

The flying koala

So after our hard days work earning a little money

 we went for a walk to burn off our chippy lunch... 

we have wanted to see a koala since we arrived but had not caught a glimpse

Seconds after Hannes said it would be nice if we saw a koala today

suddenly a branch fell from a tree not far ahead

falling way to fast for just a branch, as we soon found out it had a koala attached to it!

The koala hit the ground with a loud thump

before it dashed up the closest tree to a safe height to recover from its short flight

That has got to beat Newton and his silly apple!  

A day at the farmers market

Today we went to Mullumbimby farmers market

Mullumbimby means small round hill, their biggest hill is 308 meters

It was a small market but packed with yummy fruits and veg

and even live music while you shop!

The people of mullumbimby can be rather unusual characters as you can see...

Can he fix it?

Hannes the builder can!

Snake take 2

Another day with a beautiful Python snake 

HAHA

The place were this was taken  is called Brunswick Head

Triple x

And so our next chapter in the adventure begins!

We finally have a car, four wheels to call our own :) 

Its a 4WD, Subaru station wagon, with cruse control which is the next best 

invention after a dish washer and the washing machine  

  

Ta Da! 

Check out our number plate... 

Rainy Sunday

First really long drive on the wrong side of the road.

Was really fun, confusing in the beginning though 

Rainy Sunday surf at lennox head.

On good days this wave runs for 500 meters. 

Below is an example of a strange  Australian tree that grows its own supports...

Even with all the rain we had a fab day exploring some of the local area along the coast

We even had fish and chips (well Laura did) by the sea! 

Not as good as an English chippy but it was ok :) 

First Snake

so what happened

we're still at the same place in mullum!

Working a lot as you can see hannes is trying to maneuver

this overloaded wheelbarrow  

We have visited the beaches in the famous Byron Bay

and spent 35 dollars for sushi, yeah it was really good sushi

The surf is good but super crowded 

have to look for a more remote spot 

But we're still looking for a car, hard to find one 

with a budget around $1100

And finally we've seen our first SNAKE 

according to our host it was a small one

cant wait to see a big one :)