last batch...

alright, i promise this is the last bunch of photos from our weekend. we only took 200 pictures!

amazing colors!


love this picture!

reminds me of the sistine chapel, no?

courtney's a little farmboy!

i was obsessed with the lambs


my favorite!

and she just allowed it. i love that!

surfs up!

dingo

amongst the wildlife

more weekend photos

ok, there's like TWENTY more pics to post. i'll do half today, half tomorrow.

mama and joey

a moment

that face! but don't be fooled, they can be vicious!

out take

sisters!

love

friends!

jude and a roo

AWWWW koala

surfs up! day 2

surfing day 1 con'td

last batch of photos of surfing! and i totally forgot to mention it was THE 4th OF JULY!!!!!! GO AMERICAAAAAA! k, there will be a lot more photos from the wknd coming up so keep an eye out.

the board and i are now one

LUCY

I'M UP!!!!!!

a rainbow comes out during our surf.

the winds were strong and the board was heavy. you do the math.

again, squeezing into the wetsuit--no easy feat!

lucy and judy

the bay---kind of eeeery

lucy and judy pre-surf

surfing 101

here's some pics from day 1 of surfing. we were in the bass strait, which apparently is notoriously one of the roughest seas due to huge waves and limited depth.

judith is READY! and cold.



mini lesson! chest up!

the scene

wetsuits: a tighter squeeze than santa attempting to get down a chimney.

Phillip Island

This weekend, Courtney, Judy, Lucy and I ventured off to Phillip Island. We left on Saturday morning and got there around noon. We stayed at Lucy's friends house with about 8 other people and had a blast! We dropped our stuff off right away and decided to go SURFING! Courtney sat out the first day, she wasn't feeling it. It is, in fact, the middle of winter and not the best of conditions to get out there for a surf. Mind you, winter here means anywhere from 40 to 65 degrees. On this particular day, it was cloudy and around 45. We rented boards and wet suits and hit the beach. Court came on camera duty! We got a mini lesson...the basics, from one of our friends and then hurled our bodies into the waves. And boyyy was it cold. But ony for a second. Once you're used to it, you don't feel a thing. Wet suits are amazing like that, plus our adrenaline was going insane. I got up a few times and it was just beyond fun! Judy and I were just loving every second of life. After surfing, we went back to the house, had some drinks and dinner and relaxed. Around 7, we went to the pub in the little downtown area and stayed there until about 11. We came back home, laughed, danced, played some more before we hit the beds around 3. We arose promptly at 9 am as we were psyched to go for another surf. This time Court joined us. It was just as much fun as the first time and Judy rode her last wave in all the way to shore! The weather was a little rougher, but that didn't bother us. We grabbed some lunch after and made our way home. We stopped at the wildlife centre and fed the kangaroos, casawarries, wallabees, emus, etc! It was soooo neat to go up to the kangaroos. One of them had a little joey in her pouch. SO CUTE! After that, we stopped at a little general store for some milkshakes. Mine was kind of thin and I needlessly asked Court if I could have hers, to which she replied, "No way. I ordered mine thick and paid extra for it." Promptly, she dropped her shake all over the floor! HAHAHHA! The lady behind the counter picked it up, wiped the cup and handed it back to her without making her a new one. Jude and I could not stop laughing. It was hysterical. From there, we drove home pretty quietly as we were all a bit exhausted. Basically, I can scratch "learn to surf" off of my life list, but there's no way i'm not going to do it again. Judy and I said over and over how much we could live a surfer life. Here's some photos of us on the way to the island! I'm going to try and add an album application to add more photos, if it doesn't work, i'll just post them. Cheers!

Lucy Goosey!

It was a little early for Court

JUDY!