Sunday, March 30th, 2008

So we hit another famous Australian beach, this time Palm Beach. It’s the filming location of a famous (at least down here it is) Australian drama show called Home and Away. We had heard that the trip out there on the bus was amazing, that you just drove along the coast and saw all the beautiful beaches, so we decided to take the 1.5 hour bus trip. We got up early in the morning and found our way to town to catch our connecting bus. It was even a limited stops bus and it still took 90 minutes. The weather was fabulous, too, so there was lots of traffic. We did not get to see lots of coastline on the way up, but we did get glimpses of the coast here and there. That’s not to say that the scenery was boring – I know I’m in the right place when the dividers on the highway are hibiscus bushes. Like in the US and Denmark we have grass, this road had hibiscus bushes with bright pink blooms. Truly beautiful. The beach wasn’t so crowded and we found a good spot right away. The water was warm and shallow pretty far out. I played in the waves for a while watching this five-year-old kid learning to surf with his dad. Danish kids learn how to ride a bike, Australian kids learn how to surf. It’s cute, too, how they drag their boards to the water because they can’t possibly pick them up. There was one of the famous Sydney rock pools at this beach, but the water was looking a little old so we didn’t go in. Why swim in the rock pool when you can swim in the ocean??? Needless to say, we were totally spent by the time we got home that night, but it was a very happy tired.