Jarrod and Scotty and Byron Bay...
Trip Start
Aug 15, 2006
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Trip End
Feb 09, 2007
Byron Bay,
Australia
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Man, Byron is a riot. We've been surfing everyday. The first day we surfed the Pass (a legendary long point in Australia) and Watego's (heaps of fun)...the Cape is very beautiful... a headland and natural park very similar to Noosa yet with this gorgeous lighthouse perched at the very top of it all. We walked from our hostel (the YHA off main beach) all the way around the headland and to Watego's. Surfed for hours. At night we've been cooking up some great meals too...adapting to the backpacking lifestyle...drinking heaps of cheap Australian wine. And it gets even better...yesterday Dylan, myself, Karin, and Stef walk thru the town and to the supermarket - on our way back to the hostel this cat with sunglasses approaches us and who is it? Scotty from up at Agnes Water!!
Another Shot of the Crew
! Him and Jarrod and Pete were just chillin at the Hotel Bar staring out the window and they recognized us! So now it gets crazy! We have a pint with em' and Jarrod, myself, and Stef hop into his car and head out looking for a good place to surf and toss a football around...We find Cozy Corner at Tallow Beach. Jarrod brings a case of beer and we drive down there with everyone...a few other friends form the hostel join us...and what a day! These boys are a riot. Just crazy. Victoria Bitter on the beach tossing the football...Jarrod and I go for a surf...he paddles out on the 6'3" and I on the 9'2"...the waves were pretty good considering the lack of swell(3-6)....very steep and occasionally barrelling in a small kind of way. Jarrod is unreal...just grabbing every wave and cut backs and bottom turns and off the lip and man...he's been surfing his whole life- a very mellow guy. It was a little trickier on the noserider but I managed to get 3 or 4 really great waves...one backside...and one crazy drop in on a bigger set that stuck me right in the barrel before I got dumped on. The best surf of the trip so far. Scotty paddled out too and Stef caught a few and even Dylan got out there and almost got himself into a fight. And then this 5 foot shark is swimming thru the lineup...a few dolphins and jumping fish too...And we get drinking and Jarrod spotted a couple of snakes...apparently the most poisoneuos in the world...the brown snake or something like that...and he decides to try and catch them by the tails
Cheers!
! Crazy Aussies! So eventually we pack up our shit and head back to the village and to the hostel. Make up a fine meal and we start on the wine again. And we have a good crew of about 10 or 12 of us now and things get rowdy...we head to this gond show of a bar called Cheeky Monkey's where everyone gets naked ont he dance floor and dances on tables...Jarrod and Scotty go missing by the end of the night...and everyone kinda gets scatterred...the story goes like this: apparently Jarrod gets dragged outta the bar for some reason and a full on brawl with the doormen ensues...Karin got a picture of him and his face is mangled. He ended up at the hospital for a bunch of stiches. I had no idea that this was happening because I apparently I was hanging with Stef and talking to some Israeli guy about middle eastern politics...??? Go figure. Dylan found himself in the mix and escaped with only a swollen foot...God knows what happened to Scotty. So...here we are sitting at the front lobby area of the YHA waiting for Jarrod and Scotty to pick us up so we can head to Nimbin...the Amsterdam of Australia. I have no idea if they'll show up...they are leaving for Melbourne later today...they want us to come and stay with em in Melbourne. What a bunch of great dudes.
