Protesters Falls

Well today we decided to go and find a waterfall 

(one that wasn't on private land!) 

It was a long ish and rather bumpy ride

(and Henry didn't overheat this time)

The waterfall was in an amazing part of the rain forest.

Laura looked even smaller than usual :)

The waterfall was named Protesters Falls 

after the protesters that stood up against logging in the local area in 1979

and so in 1983, it was declared part of the Nightcap National Park

Today was a dry day and so there wasn't alot of water coming over the cliff

On a day after lots of rain the whole rock face has a curtain of water across it

It was a beautiful day 

had in beautiful surroundings 

well worth the trip!

First necessary repair

Yeap it was time to put Henry under surgery. 

After he got the very dangerous water-deficient-fever

 we had to replace one of his cooling veins.

Fortunately our neighbor was a doctor and had some extra veins left.

So we just needed to adjust it a bit and....

  

tatatataaa good old Henry was ready to go again.

New Surfboard

After trying to paddle in overhead-barreling waves with my 6.0

,which ended mostly with some of the painfullest take-off wipe-outs i ever had,

i decided to get a real surfboard for real waves.  

6.4x19.1/4x2.1/2 with a round tail

 is the consequence of it

And that's the reason 

Lennox last week 

Looks small but trust me it isn't

Nimbin the hippy central

We decided to take a trip a little inland to see some more sights

Our destination ... Nimbin

Bellow is a picture of Nimbin rocks 

that poke out from a mass of trees

Nimbin lies in a valley where in 1973 the Aquarius festival was held

After the event a few hard core hippys decided to buy some land

This was the first stage of Nimbin becoming the Hippy center

Its a really colorful town

with every other person saying Hi

 and then asking if you would like to buy some weed! 

We didnt even make it out of the car park without being asked 

Even the local transport is plastered with rainbow colors

The Happy Coach

The town was not shy about advertising the local produce 

(Marijuana is still illegal in Australia)

It was an interesting experience

an insight in to what it was like in the 70's 

Goodbye Mullum hello Alstonville

After 6 weeks in the little hippy town Mullumbimby, 

we finally said goodbye and set off to our new hosts in ..

Alstonville

It is a lovely place surrounded by fields of horses  

and only 20 mins from Hannes favorite surf spot!

Back door view from our new hosts

Sun Sea Sand and Kids = Fun

Today we went to Byron Bay Main beach with the Kids of our hosts

it was a beautiful day, so we took a few snacks

packed everyone in the car and we were off!

We spent hours making sand castles and burying each other!
we tried to make Hannes in to a mermaid but he looked more like a fat fish...
all this playing in the sand left it everywhere! even in our ears :)

For lunch we had gourmet fish and chips! that were lovely I must say,

Followed by more playing, and then a huge ice cream

we had a fab day full of laughter and food

we even found a lost elephant, sun bathing!  

Morning Glory

O YEAH

it was time to set the alarm for an early morning call

Not just to see the Twilight 

and racing down the empty streets

NO

it was to surf the first solid winter swell since we were in Australia

and it was well worth it 

Good over head waves and long walls 

for a fun 300 meter race 

All day long

Rain Forest

On Saturday we went out for a drive 

through the rain forest of Willsons creek 

It has been raining the last few days, so there were many waterfalls 

and they filled the air with the sound of running water 

which was very relaxing

Copper Creek

The road followed the creek winding this way and that

Henry (thats the car) in action!