Perth and Lancelin

Trip Start Aug 31, 2005
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Trip End Feb 16, 2006


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Monday, February 6, 2006

We arrived in Perth around 10pm in a storm so we had to wait on the plane until the lightning moved away! Luckily the rain did not stay and the next day dawned bright, sunny and hot.
Perth is lovely, a very bustling city with loads of outside cafes. We pottered around the shops as we tend to do, got lost trying to find a park and went to the cinema. The hostel we are staying in is not very nice and far too hot (and they gave us blankets).

On our 2nd day in Australia we decided to learn to surf so we headed with a tour to Lancelin, a stunning beach about 1 and a half hours away. After about 5mins of instructions we were in the cold water (again looking sexy in a wet suit). Surfing is much harder than I thought, I only managed to ride the wave all the way in twice, which was quite cool. The rest of the time I either stood up and fell off, or didn't even manage to stand up! I spent most of my time battling my way back out and being dragged under or falling off and hitting the sand. I ended up feeling battered and bruised. So all in all I am not sure if I had fun or not, but glad that I did it. I can imagine how much fun it would be if you could do it properly!
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