Trying out paddle surf

Pernilla, Oskar and Vera spent the day trying to paddle surf, not as easy as it looks!

Many thanks to David for a great day at the beach in Gracetown.

Colin and David

Another great day at the beach

Surflesson no 2 was on for today, this time Joshua and Lockey were our guides. Great fun for two hours, this time all of the family managed to stand on the board cruising a wave , even the old dad :-)

High five

Mum in control

Vera cruising the Margaret River Mouth

Klara with her yellow rocket

After this fantastic adventure we went over to Gracetown for a visit to an old friend of Pernilla, David with family. They had a fantastic house with an amazing view out over the Indian Ocean, the kids were playing hide and seek while the rest of us had a couple of beers and watched the sun go down, nice...

Surf alone

We wanted to surf but we couldn’t take a lesson because they were fully booked with a girl school from Perth. So Mum, Vera and I went down to the beach and rented boards for about 2 hours. 

Finally catching a good wave!

It went far from good, at least for me. The big experience I will remember from my early surf hours is that you paddle around with a sandpaper in your mouth. But really, surfing is great! 
/Oskar

Feeding stingrays in Hamlin Bay

Yesterday we found a new great accommodation, Margaret River Chalets. The manager, Lewis gave us a tips to visit Hamlin Bay. If you´re lucky you can see different species of rays close to the beach.

The leftovers from an old jetty

Hamlin Bay turned out to be a magnificent beach, and we were so lucky to see stingrays and eaglerays. They took the fish we had directly from our hands!

Exciting!!

Pernilla with a stingray

 After a refreshing swim we returned happy to our cosy chalet.

Fun :-)

Surf Premiere

I dag lärde vi oss surfa.

Först fick man en våtdräkt sen en surfbräda

Och sen ner till stranden !!!! Josh var surf tränaren

Så han hjälpte alla så klart.Det va stora vågor och små.

Klara med perfekt balans

Klara som fick den första vågen .

Pappa är äldre så han har det mycket svårare att komma upp

på två ben så han surfar oftast in på knä.

Oskar

Två timmar surfade vi ,det va en skolklass som surfade breve oss

Dom va lite I vägen men det gick ändå.

Klara, Josh & Vera

 

/Klara

Margaret River

After the late arrival in Perth last night we crashed in a Comfort Inn motel at the airport. A refreshing morning swim in the pool and then breakfast at Hungry Jack (Burger King) and we were all up and running again. We took the bus downtown to pickup our rental car.

Our new blue friend

It turnet out to be a blue Ford Falcon, after a short stop at a mall we set the direction south towards Margaret River. The house we had booket didn´t really satisfy our expectations so after a quick search we found a chalet at a campsite outside Gracetown. A late pasta carbonara and an episode of Heroes finished the day

Leaving Melbourne for Perth

Today we are packing our bags and head west to Perth. Before lunch we took a look at "London Bridge" a beautiful stone formation at the tip of the peninsula.

London Bridge

Melbourne is famous for quick weather changes, when we took the ferry it suddenly started to rain and the wind picked up. Felt good to leave and take off to sunny WA.

Car ferry on the way to the airport