Earlier this year i celebrated my 30th birthday. Not the best birthday because you really do feel as if your getting older. You cant say your in your twenties anymore which is slightly devastating, ha ha!
Anyway, i organised to celebrate my birthday with my family down the Yorke peninsular. All my brothers and my parents and in laws came down and we booked a house for a week in Marion bay.
My folks had gone down earlier in the week but i couldn't make there till the Friday. As always things never go smoothly when your amped up to go away. We had organised to drop my son off at my in laws on Friday after lunch as they had offered to take him with them on Saturday (he was about 18months old). He was down for a sleep and we were waiting for him to wake so we could take him to the in laws. The car was packed and ready and i was peaking out as usual because i was so eager to get going and get a surf in before it was dark. When my little boy woke up we changed his nappy and we saw that his legs were covered in welts, there were raised Bumpy rashes all over his legs and we thought he had been bitten by a spider or something. So we rang the doctors and quickly took him down to get checked out. In the end we realised that we had put a new pair of pants on him that we had forgotten to wash first and there must have been something on them that caused an allergic reaction. We got some antihistamines form the chemist and his skin settled down and when we were sure he was OK we dropped him off at his Nana's and finally got underway.
Unfortunately i didn't make it there in time to get a surf in. When we arrived there was only 20 or so mins left before dark so i went off to find dad who was off fishing at a nearby beach. In my haste to join them in the fishing i managed to step in a rather large pool of water hidden under a what i thought solid clump of seaweed and saturated my shoes and pants. Never mind i would have no need for shoes in the next few days. We caught only very small fish but what excited me was there were waves breaking on this usually flat stretch of sand so i knew there must have been some swell around.
The next day i got up and me and dad went off, me with my board in tow and dad with his fishing rod. The wind wasn't ideal so i went to a spot i knew would stand up despite the wind being slightly onshore. The right hander was working, it was about 3-4ft and i snagged a couple of fun ones but it wasn't great so i went in to find dad but he had walked all the way around the beach. By the time he came back he was saturated as we had two really heavy showers. Back to the house for some breakfast. I spent the rest of the day with the family relaxing and doing a little bit of fishing. We scored a bucket load of tommies and some squid which i cooked up that night for everyone. Throughout the rest of the day the rest of my bros and family arrived.
The above shot was not of this particular day but conditions were pretty much like this and this is the same place.
Next day the winds were more favourable so myself meaks_85 and mulletman made our way to a favourite reef break. Unfortunately the swell wasn't as big as we hoped but there were still plenty of small bazzas to make and we surfed for a few hours before the consistency began to drop. I called a change of location and we made our way to a spot we hadn't surfed before but had checked out on previous visits. The wind was a better direction here and we eagerly made our way around a beautiful bay and along a rocky point to get to our wave of choice.
Mulletman opted to take photos and me and '85 paddled out to some fun 3 footers with a crowd of only us. Nothing better than just you and your mates scoring whatever waves come your way.
The tide wasn't quite right so the waves were a little fat and there was an annoying clump of rocks that was sitting out of the water about 3/4 along the wave but overall it was a fun session and ill definitely be heading there again. For a few more pics of the session go to http://www.riptidemag.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2387
The next day mulletman had to go home so me and '85 headed out to the same left reef break that we had surfed the day before last. The wind was great but when we got there the waves were small. We watched it for 20 mins and nearly didn't go out but as we had to vacate the house at 10am we didn't really have time to scout around. In the end we said stuff it and went out anyway. It was a good call, although we hadn't seen a wave over a foot while we were watching, as i paddled out a set came and some cracker little barrels reeled off as i hooted back to '85 who was yet to get in the water.
Again we were the only ones out and the sets were getting more consistent. They weren't as makable as usual but they were barreling hard for 2-3ft waves so making them or not didn't phase us. we got some super fun ones, The take off was real cruisy and then it just started throwing the lip as you trimmed down the line, which made it good for trying to spin into the barrels. after about an hour the lineup started to fill up as more and more people came out. Me and my bro were absolutely stoked because it had looked so ordinary yet turned out so fun. We drove back to the house pretty happy and a bit annoyed because we didn't think it was gonna be good enough to set up the video camera.
So that was my big Three Zero celebration, Three days of waves, fishing and being surrounded by family. It was a birthday to remember.
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