The Canadian National BodySurfing Team

Trip Start Aug 15, 2006
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Trip End Feb 09, 2007


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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

So going back a few days...Scotty and Jarrod ended up just heading back home to Melbourne (Jarrod was pretty banged up) and Dylan, myself, Stef, and this girl from the hostel, Katie set off to see Nimbin (The Maryjuana capital of Australia)...we drive inland for an hour or two, just totally lost, finally found this little one-street hippy village in a valley and we park the car. We walk down the street and in the first five minutes we counted 12 people offering us Pot, Pot cookies, Pot cake, Acid, Hash...etc..etc... absolutely insane. We visited the hemp embassy and the Nimbin museum and walked around staring at the crazy stoned cats...and then we bought some fresh cookies and vegetables ourselves and drove offroad to some lost waterfalls and ate them...and then we got lost in the hills and mountains again, barely making it backl to Byron Bay before dark - and let me tell you...u do not want to be country driving in OZ at nite...it's the darkest country in the world, not to mention the Roos and other animals on the roads Byron Bay
Byron Bay
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The next day we drove north to Brisbane...had some chicken burgers, got Dylan a new pair of jeans, and crashed at some motel on Kangaroo Point. somewhat uneventful. We woke up the next morning and headed north to The Australia Zoo, home of the crocodile hunter (former home, that is). It was unreal...We hung out with Kangaroos, Dylan was chilling with one of em, rubbing his back and stuff...they were hopping around. And we got up close and personal with some overactive Koalas. We also saw the Croc show, a few dingos, and the Cassowaries (giant ostrich-like birds that peck out your intestines)...A great experience. Afterwards,we continued driving north to Noosa, dropped off Steff at a hostel and then we went to pick up the boys. Gibby, his brother Brad, and Kyle met us at the Sunshine Coast Airport and the shenanagans began. We decided to go to Noosa, got beds at Koala's and started drinking...up all nite...insane...drove everybody in the hostel nuts cause these poor souls were actually trying to sleep...no way. A lot of people joined us for the party though. Woke up still blasted and went surfing for the entire day...esky on the beach and cold pints all day...and at night all over again...this time we almost got booted from the hostel and we got into a little trouble with the staff for having booze on the premise but we shifted the party to our room...room 19 and continued...Kyle started doing animal impressions on the floor of the hostel and that lasted for hours...he does a great sea turtle Byron Lighthouse Point
Byron Lighthouse Point
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So everything is a haze right now...we are back in Byron after spending most of yesterday driving south - had to call roadside assistance cause are car wouldn't start again. No matter, we are here and the swell is flat again.
The biggest new development is the Canadian National Bodysurfing Team...Gibby anf Fursy came up with it...basically we go to the bars and lie to everyone we meet all nite...telling preposterous stories of how we are world bodysurfing champions...everyone believes us...we tell of how we are big in Spain and that we have billboards with our pictures on them. And a lot of the people we meet are from all over the world and have no idea...and Gibby and Fursy take it way too far as usual. And we all have nicknames...The Surprise, The Torpedo, The Shark, Maverick, and the Sandman...just retarded.
And we are only paying for hostels nite by nite (even though it is cheaper to pay weekly) because the chances of us getting tossed out is getting higher and higher everyday.
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