Day Nine - Gold Coast AUS, climbing

Day 9
Woke up and made breakfast at the house pretty early and got ready to make the hour drive to the Gold Coast and the beach for the afternoon. Got to a cool little area, not too busy, and Brent and I rented a couple of surfboards. Tom and Kristin set up a little beach tent, and we all relaxed a bit and read, played some beach football, and got some sun. Brent and I hit the waves, my second time ever. They were about 3-6 footers, and I did pretty well. Got up several times and rode a few waves all the way in. I was happy with my effort, and got a little exercise with new muscles in the process. Brent had a bit of a harder time, as he had chosen a 7 foot board, and I had a 8 ½ foot board. We did that for a couple hours, played some more football and set out to get some food. We walked throug the shopping area, which was a cool little place, kinda reminded me of Fort Lauderdale beach area, and chose a “nothing over 10 dollar” place, and it was actually really good. I had a crumbed snapper with chips and calamari. After that we headed back into Brisbane and met up with some of Brent’s church and climbing friends at Kangaroo Point, a large rock wall located on the riverfront. They have it lit up at night, and it’s pretty popular with many people. We set up our ropes and Tom and I tried our first climbs ever. It was very difficult. I tried twice and didn’t even get half way up. I’ve never used so many new muscles at once before I don’t think. It was a really fun experience, though, and I’m probably gonna try and do some climbing back home, if there is anywhere to go. I think UNO has a decent one. After that, sun, and surfing, we were beat, and promptly went home and to bed.