Despite my best efforts at a lazy start to the day, my family conspired against me. After convincing Elliot that 6:15 was in fact 3am, when he finally worked it out he wanted to spend the next little while proving how clever he was. And that was just one…
Slow starts aside, the sea beckoned. A cold southerly change came roaring through around 9pm last night and so the swim was dealt with rather rapidly. No wonder southerners think the Gold Coast is great. The swim marked a brief punctuation to an otherwise extended breakfast which continued most of the morning.
A small piece of excitement raised a crowd when a sting ray came into the shallows and prowled amongst the breakers. That served as a brief entree to the main course which came later when three dolphins came in to feed, then played amongst the groups of swimmers close to shore.
It seems my attempts at getting a sleep would be futile, so we segued an extended breakfast into an early lunch. That allowed us to explore up and down the coast a little. This part of the coast has dramatic headlands separated by wide sweeps of beach. We clambered up and down and around a few of them before heading back to camp.
Another swim, and rather more successful this time. The southerly change was producing big seas on the open beaches and around the headlands, but at the camp the beach faces north and so is protected. Once the initial shock of the cold was overcome, it was very pleasant to bob around and catch the occasional wave.
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