The kids are working hard on big batch of stone soup while I sit in a folding chair in the grass under paper bark eucalyptus. Shannon is off running.
I surfed uncrowded, head high beach break this morning. Winds were offshore at about 7-8 mph, gusting a bit more. Water temp has dropped to about 70, but the sun has been shining all day with only the occassional cumulus cloud drifting past. Got a few incredibly long rides. Very glad I brought my small pod-type board for high tide waves.
Yesterday I surfed Little Beach alone again! Got a few great, hollow lefts. It is a wave that's only suited to performance boards.
Secured rental houses for two of the three weeks my parents will be here. One is only about 300 meters from where I sit by the point now. 3 bd/2 ba with deck and laundry for $650 a week!
(google treetops Scotts Head). The other is a luxurious 3 bd/2 ba in the nicest part of Yamba with ocean views from the living room. It's more at $1025 for the week but we can walk to everything from there (google Belvedere 1 Yamba).
For those of you considering a visit you should know that I looked at 4bd/2ba house in a good neighborhood about 200 meters from the surf. Price in the winter? $400/week! Of course there's not much to do here except: surf, hike the coast, watch the sunrise and sunset, go to the cafe for fish and chips, make coffee and tea, go to the Bottle-O to get unfamialar wines, explore nearby beaches for surf, BBQ, explore nearby forestd for goannas and kangaroos, walk the beach, take the kids to the excellent beachside play park, repeat.
A whole week here for a hundred bucks more than one night in Sydney or Brisbane. What's more, I prefer life here.
Retirement going well so far. ;-)
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