straddie

the excursions in september continued this past weekend with a trip to stradbroke island. in order for me to get there i had to take a bus, to a train, to a plane, to a ferry. it took a while but it was definitely worth it. i thought this trip was even better than the blue mountains. the first day we learned how to surf. it was very cool and something that i've always wanted to do. however i wasn't so good at it. but i was able to get up, even if it was for only 2-3 seconds! then we played with more boomerangs and this time i got to paint my own and keep it which was pretty cool. the next was action packed. we went snorkeling, then sea kayaking, then sandboarding. after all of that, i'm very sore. sandboarding is basically like snowboarding but on sand. i will say that i'm not a huge fan of sand, as anyone who goes to the beach with me can confirm, so i didn't try too hard at all because i didn't want to wipe out and fall in the sand but it was really cool. it was at this place that was just a huge sand pit, i've never seen anything like it. and the ocean was an amazing blue and we got to see some whales breach the surface. it was a very exciting and very tiresome weekend. but i loved being in the sun and at the beach. it was great!