1770

The following afternoon after my big sleep post-fraser I got on the bus to 1770. Agnes Water/1770 is a small area on the Sunshine Coast. It has something to do with Captain Cook and when he first landed in Australia. I never really got a chance to find out the history behind it. It was late in the evening when I arrived and checked into my hostel. I initially planned to spend 2 nights but upon checking the bus times I quickly realised that there was only one a day and it was at night so I had to change my plans slightly. So I only spent one night in 1770 and got the bus the following night. But while I was in town I decided to try something that I had so far missed all up the east coast – Surfing. I got 3 hours of fun for $17 and I wasn’t the only one to take advantage of it. There were 41 people in the lesson which is quite large and made things a bit difficult but I think most of us had fun. We got down to the beach in our wetsuits and with our boards and got a crash course in catching sand waves. Then we split into two groups and took turns in the water trying to catch real waves. Thing about surfing, it looks easier than it is. All you have to do is stand on the board right? Well yeah but you have to paddle out into the water, turn around then paddle to build up speed when you see a wave you want to catch and then jump up when you are on the wave. Lots of paddling and strain on your arms. I got up on my knees a few times and once or twice got onto my feet fro a few seconds but mostly I just faceplanted into the water. I did manage to get good at landing properly in the water since I got so much practice at it! After my 3 hours I was pretty wrecked and didn’t have much energy for a whole lot else. For the rest of the day I chilled at the hostel till I caught the bus that night to Airlie Beach all psyched up for my trip to the Whitsunday Islands.