Special Surfing (Noosa,Coolangatta, Byron Bay)
G’Day from the Sunshine Coast (north of Brisbane), Gold Coast (South of Brisbane) and Byron Bay (Northern N.S.W Coast!!!) all great swimming and surfing beaches, no jellyfish, nor crocodiles in the sea now that we’re officially out of the tropics, having passed south of the Tropic of Capricorn! 1st time for James to surf in the Pacific Ocean, in Noosa! Just give me a few more lessons and I’ll be world class material!
Español :Hola desde ‘la costa soleada’ de Australia.Aqui ya no hay medusas que pican, ni cocodrilos en el mar ,ya dejamos atras el Tropico de Capricornio y pasada esa linea imaginaria ya se puede nadar agusto , y las calidad de las olas aqui hacen que esta zona sea uno de los paraisos de los surferos .. James surfeando las olas del pacifico por primera vez… no lo hace mal…!
Just south of the Sunshine Coast, and a bit inland are the Glass House Mountains, forming part of the local Aborigins Dreaming – Creation of the World mythology.
Esp: Glass House Mountains, detras de cada montaña en Australia hay una historia aborigen de como se formaron cuando ‘el sueño’- the Dreaming – como ellos llaman a la creacion del mundo.
James gets up a monster’s nose outside the wax museum at Surfers Paradise!
Esp: En el museo de cera de Surfers Paradise donde pasamos el fin de semana para ir de marcha aprovechamos porque sabiamos que aqui te lo pasas bien.
From Coolangatta you have a great view accross the bay to Surfers’ Paradise, no more one story houses here! This spot is the most high rise of all the coast.
Esp: Desde Coolangatta se puede ver Surfers Paradise desde otra perspectiva, es la unica ciudad donde las casas de un piso han pasado a la historia.. el resto de la costa no esta tan desarrollado.
Just 5 minutes inside the campsite and Quene’s scoring hoops! Been a while, but she can still show off the perfect technique!
Esp: Cinco minutos tarde en ponerme a marcarme unos tiritos nada llegar al camping y ver que habia una cancha..Ahhhh.. que monoooooo!! Aqui teneis un ejemplo de tecnica perfecta .. jajajaja 😉
James after a few surfing lessons, really he’s a born natural!!! Ah no this is the world championship tour at Coolangatta, southern Gold Coast!
Esp: Coolangatta con sus olas gigantes la hicieron la ciudad perfecta para acoger el campeonato del mundo de surf.. y nosotros justo estabamos por ahi.
Lots of surfer chicks too strutting down the beach, not sure if this girl is participating in the world championships, who knows…?
Esp: No solo los chicos surfean por aqui.. vimos muchas ‘surf babes’ desafiando al mar. No sabemos si esta chica tambien estaba participando en el campeonato del mundo de surf.
At the right spot at the right time, we cought Kelly Slater (USA) world #1 (left) and Mick Fanning (AUS) #2 (right) battle it out on the waves, some awesome surfing to be seen!
Esp: Estar en el momento y el lugar justos es importante sobretodo si dos de los mejores surferos estan delante de tu camara.. De izquierda a derecha: Kelly Slater (EEUU) y Mick Fanning(AUS) .
These events attract big crowds, it’s an awesome sight. We caught the 1st round of the event, 2 weeks left to decide the winner, but you can find out on http://www.quiksilver.com!
Esp: Este tipo de eventos siempre atrae a mucha gente.. es bastante espectacular de ver. Esta es la primera ronda y quedan muchas semanas para saber quien es el campeon este año.
Byron Bay, accross the border in New South Wales, about 80km south of Coolangatta. A big hippie town, lots of surfers and backpackers make this place really chilled out! Not too mention the great surf and amazing beaches!
Esp: Byron Bay al sur de Coolangatta, paraiso de los hippies , los surferos y mochileros, playas increibles para surfear, algunas tablas eran preciosas.
Byron Head just at the tip of Byron Bay is Australia’s most eastern point. The light house was built in 1901, and shines 48km out to sea at night time! Looks a bit like Ireland, right?
Esp: El faro de Byron Bay y el punto mas oriental de Australia, fue construido en 1901, esta parte de Australia es la mas bonita.. parece Irlanda verdad?
Well we’ve got one more post left, too many pics to do all at once!!!
As usual please leave your comments if you visit, it is great to hear from you guys!
Bueno chic@s solo queda un post de Australia nuestra aventuras por estas tierras estan en su recta final.
No seais timidos y poner comentarios asi sabemos que estais ahi al otro lado.
Besos como quesos/Kisses like Cheeses!
Quene & James
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Those sepia pictures rock.
James, your a pro already. 😉
James; are you sure you are standing on that board? Looks like you’re walking on water – is there something you’re not telling us!?
The waves are awesome!
I took a surfing lesson on the Gold Coast last year and didn’t manage to stand up on the board for even a second, though I was only in the water trying for about 30 minutes! Takes patience and time, I didn’t have much of the latter.
Hi guys,
We just found out that U2 cancelled the tours (or they are going to postponed them) , one of the member’s family is very sick…
We think is The Edge’s wife.. not sure.. Richie you probably hear more.. here the news are very bad.. too much sports news.
Tell us if you hear something more about it.
Not sure if we are going to make it to the new dates…we hope to see them ..cross fingers…
Thinking about this concert for so long and one week before and its cancelled.
Today is our last night in Sydney 🙁 (so double reason to be a bit sad).. After 2 months and a half in this land that feels like years, we did enjoy, we saw lots of things, and sure one day we will comeback to drive the other half of the country in campervan again.
Ruari,
The guy of the graffitied surfboard was surprised when I took the pic. although he wan’t sure if I was taking a photo of him or the surfers behind..
The other one is deadly the kid surfing and the ship behind.
Pete n Mon & Lar
Still practising, you do need a lot of time, and definitely patience, but it’s great fun, and hard work. Hopefully I can get a few more attempts to improve while we are in New Zealand, but it won’t be as hot, full wet suits will be needed methinks!
Next post will probably be of the last few days in Oz, so you guys will have to wait that little bit longer for something from NZ…
Bye from OZ, from us both!
J & Q
Just read about U2 cancelling, thats crap…
but did I mention that we saw them in Croke park…ahahahahah…..
I willllll folllowwwwww……duh duh due due doooo….
Hey Im Irish, I have to rub it in….
does it hurt….oooh oooh….
where the streets have noooo namesss…..
am I buggin’ ye, don’t mean to bug yah….
Anyways you’ve got plenty other things you can do down under…..
Ruairi.
ps. its still a beautiful day….
Remember no matter how much crap my husband gives you (for anyone else reading that is that annoying Ruairi guy!!) you are having a once-in-a-lifetime travelling opportunity – whereas U2 will tour again and in Dublin, there are such good odds of actually seeing them on the street! Which reminds me of last year when I passed right by Bono in the Shelbourne, I nearly died!! He’s so teeny!
Mi amor, qué días tan un poco difíciles…
… no he podido leer nada sobre las tortuguitas porque voy regular con una traducción del inglés al castellano, no sé si podreis ayudarme con algunas expresiones.
Os las envío a mail.
Estás la leche de guapa !
Le he impreso a mamá la foto en la que estás encestando, y he apostado mi villa en la Costa Azul a que encestaste…
No gané el concurso de los americanos, más bien me quedé de las últimas, pero fue belllo mientras duró…
Te quiero !!!!
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hi guys great to see you hope you have a fab time in nz
missin you already xxxx
Hey,
what a shame about U2!!!! Did i ever tell you i seen them at the first gig they played in Slane a few years ago. What a good concert your missing out on!!! Ah well..;-) New Zealand is fab, youl forget all your woes in no time. Make sure you do a bungy and sky dive. I loved it. How long you both staying in NZ for and whats the plan after that?
ill keep checking for the new set of photos, have a ball.
Love from home.x
Hi Ruari & Mairead
yea, bummer about U2, but we’ve already seen them too… So we’re not that disappointed! So no need to rub it in 🙂 Yea probably easier to spot Bono in the street. The first week Quene was in Ireland she ‘bumped’ into Bono too!!!!
Hola Blanca,
espero que no trabajes demasiado! Y que siempre te queda un ratito para leernos! Mandanos lo que sea por correo y esper o que te podemos ayudar! Lo sentimos lo de los americanos, habra mas cosas en el futuro!
Muy bien lo de la foto de Quene encestando! Seguro que le encanta!
Hi Mel,
we had a great time in Sydney, and Gold Coast, thanks a lot for everything!!!!!!!!!!!!
Missing you too already!
Hi Mon & Pete,
yea pity bout the gig. New Zealand is cool, in Wellington right now, gonna head up to Auckland (anyway) as we had flights and accom booked and it is Paddy’s Weekend! We’ll do a couple of weeks in the North Island, then head down south again by the end of March/beg. April. for a month or so, hope to see a lot down there the scenery is supposed to be amazing, real Lord of The Rings land!!!!! Not sure what dates we’ll be passing through Nelson, if your sister’s about, we can hook up, say hi, should be roughly end March/early April!
Well Kia Ora (Hello) from New Zealand!
Next post (1st of New Zealand) due in a few days, so keep tuned!
Cheerio,
James