Skatepark a few minutes from the beach. What a dream. Reminds me of back in high school when me and my buddies built a mini ramp (mini halfpipe) in my backyard and our pool was right there, so we'd skate it up, jump in the pool, skate some more, jump in the pool, and repeat for hours.
It started pouring all the sudden and I had no choice but to booooooook it. The weather here is so bipolar, kinda like my mood sometimes. One moment sunny, the next it's raining buckets of rain and I'm getting soaked, but hey the rain feels good too.
The beauty about the beach here in Evan's Head is that it's not touristy at all. No tourists come here, it's mainly just other Australians, and me of course.
The reward for getting up early. The crib is the second house from the left. John's family upstairs. The travelers downstairs, which actually used to be a hostel, hence why there are two rooms full of bunk beds.
I checked out a local thrift shop with the intent of buying a towel, but they didn't have any so I bought a few books for less than a dollar. I found a towel at a retail place but it was like 15 AU so I said screw it I'll just use a few shirts like I've been doing. During my super exhausting shift where I sat on a nice comfy chair for three hours I was digging into this book and it was awesome! I've never even owned a book of short stories but I guess it's time to get more. I think that's the style I'd prefer writing, and to an extent some of these blog posts are like lil short stories. I love writing creatively about my experiences, although coming up with a short story with my imagination would be an entirely different challenge. And actually, come to think of it, I sat on that chair for maybe two hours. The other hour was spent stretching and kicking around an Australian football with some little Auzzie dudes.
The birds here are truly the greatest.
I went paddle boarding just after sunset and it was my very first time ever. So relaxing and serene. I was so focused on staying afloat, then I heard some sounds coming from far away. Oh yeah. The bats! I just stood there, while the sky was fading from violet to deep red to a lighter red-orange, watching the seagull sized bats form two huge cylinder like shapes, like two big black fragmented tunnels in the sky. As they got closer to me and the forest they dispersed. All I could think was "where is my batsuit so I can join em and eat some delicious wild fruit!"
Got a solid game of poker going tonight. The noobie Malcom won ah ha. We watched an episode of Doomdsay Preppers, and we were all laughing so much. Wow. What a show. Hysterical, but also a bit sad that some people live with so much fear about "what could happen."
A New Day
It was a stunning day today. After a morning surf sesh and my shift at the surf shack I made some lunch, the same lunch I've had for the past few days. Brown rice with onions, peas, butter, and coconut milk. Then stripped most of my clothes off so I could roast in the sun while I took the paddle board out for the second time now. It was beautiful and relaxing, except for when I looked down at my paddle in the water and a sting ray bolted away at lightning speed that shocked me for a moment because of the sheer speed. I went under a bridge where people were fishing, then came to a shallow island in the river where countless birds were posted up. There were a group of pelicans straight ahead, who are really some of the funniest goofiest birds ever, so I started stealthfully and silently putting my paddle in the water inching closer and closer to the birds. I get about ten feet away and jump out and sprint as fast as I can across the island, the pelicans taking off like giant 747's into the sky, as well as countless other birds. Pure joy.
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