Bells Beach In The Mystery Machine!

  Torquay, Australia
Tuesday, February 6, 2007

After not getting work(and walking out on 1job after an hour)Me,Si and Jens thought we'd end up having to go and do fruit picking with Daz,the Caseys and Chris and started getting prepared for the slog.Got tickets to see Kasabian at the Palace,St Kilda where me and Si went with 900 other people to this sweet gig in a paladium and got right down the front as their not as big over here,got tickets for 20quid after theyd played the Big Day Out earlier and had a wicked time with bottles of Sol metres away from the band who rocked the place off its hinges.Woke up next morning ready to go with Jens in his jeep 2hours north fruit picking,when Jens starts speakin to a lad at Cooees hostel about tools for sale.

Scooby Doo Van

The Two Beasts

Comes out into car park and says this lads leaving for Sydney next day and needs to sell loads and mentions he had a van and surfboards for sale.Ended up calling the bloke to see the board but then thought bugger it ill look at the van.Met him on sidealley as the van wasnt roadworthy,had no MOT and looked like the Scooby Doo Van with a tent,chairs,cooker and fold down double bed in the back!He needed to sell urgent as was leaving the next day and wanted $500 ended up offering him $200-80quid!haha.

Scooby Doo Surf City

Jens decided to go buy this 2nd hand laptop for his music n stuff but bought 5litres of oil off the same lad and ended up stuck on St Kilda Road with smoke blowing down the street and the jeep conked out,hed only gone and stuck 5litres straight in(he was stoned as usual!)when it was half full!So there we are in 36degrees,Jens under the jeep outside the Salvation army place in middle of street,oil runnin down the drains and all over him with smackheads and weirdos walking past stopping and me parked down the side so dont get towed away as id get $500 fine for driving illegally.After hours of faffin round we get a call from Daz at the farm saying theyd quit,theyd had to pay $30 to pitch the tent,had to work in sun with long sleeves/trousers/gloves,flies everywhere up a ladder getting scratched to bits,got paid per bin of pairs they filled and ended up getting $70 for 2 days work!Looked at Si and just said right,lets go do Torquay and Bells!Wed been there after new year but not spent much time there and with the combi with the bed in the back just would rather go surf and stay for free in a van than bust our asses working in the fields!Asked Jens if he fancied it,got the usual 'ah yeeah!" and ended up going round Justins who peed himself when i come round the corner blasting the horn,watched the Office box set back to back and got wasted at his house before settin off for Torquay next am.Stopped at Si's greek aunts on way to get his board,realised had a hole in the radiator of van as lad had said you had to stop every 2hours to fill back with water and as pulled up to his aunts the cap blew off(engine was under drivers seat in front!)and a brown fountain of water flooded most of front.After a crackin greek salad and all the trimmings set off with the ipod speakers in,arms out window feet on dash down the road to Geelong and torquay stopping to let her cool.

Ry with Combi

Bells Beach Surfin

Got to Torquay,found a mint spot up by Bells Beach hidden off track by the trees and for the next week spent had the most chilled out time,pulled off the road,jumped in back,put Jens' laptop on to watch films,up in morning drove down to Surf beach,me and Si surfing all day-

Jens Bodyboard

Surfs Up!

Jens with his $10bodyboard,cooked dinner on free leccy bbq at side of beach with music on laptop then watching sunset over beach.

Catching Wave

Off to War

Fave place so far over east coast!

Si,Bells Beach

Stoked

Headed back to St Kilda for the free festival where 300,000 people come down to st kilda for a massive free music and rides festival-and the van had paid for itself savin me $150 in hostel costs and even made it back in one piece no need for Jens to tow us back!