and the solo exploring begins!

First day back from Melbs we decided to hit up Bondi. The weather was not great but that wasn't going to stop us! We bought this great city pass, which allows us to travel on the train, bus and ferried for a week anytime. So jumped on a train and started learning our way around the city. Bondi was semi busy considering it was a Monday and overcast. We spent a few hours on the beach, and then did a little bit of souvenir shopping. After the beach we had plans to meet up with my parents in double bay and go out to eat with them and my aunt's brother. Ate at a great Thai place, and then had no plans but to go home.

 

The next day was much more of an exciting day! There is a big surfing competition going on in Sydney on Manly Beach until the 16th so we headed down there to check it out. Made it to Manly a little later then we wanted but we caught the end of the guys competition and then stuck around for the girls. The day turned into a great beach day! HOT HOT HOT! We got tired of the beach and decided to go watch the skateboarding demo, which was very exciting! After the demo was over we were walking around and passed a sign for surfing lessons. Spur of the moment decision...with a little convincing, we signed up for the lesson! What the hell, surfing! On Manly beach, the iconic surf spot :)! The lesson was so much fun and we stood up on some baby waves! A nice cold drink was definitely deserved after that so our instructor told us of a cool place that has nice beers and a skate ramp in the middle to watch the skater boys do their thang! After much wondering around we found it, and was  great spot! There were giving our free burgers so who cloud complain! One skater jumped of the roof and into the ramp, but his board flew out underneath him and hit the camera dude in the head! OUCH!!! Luckily there were medics to help fix him up! At the end of the evening we met two America guys! Pierce and Shane, both surfers that had been driving the eastern coast surfing at different spots. We all left the skating bar and headed down the street to get some more drinks and a bite to eat. The last ferry was leaving Manly beach at 11PM so had to hurry and catch it, before we got stranded! Made plans to meet the boys tomorrow either for dinner or drinks and then invited them out with Ri and Nic tomorrow night. Sadly they leave on Friday, but they both live in Florida so hopefully we can all keep in touch!