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SOREPOINT ON SEA
ITS STILL RAINING DOWN HERE ON THE COAST-I SHOULD REALLY ONLY BROADCAST WHEN THE SUN SHINES, NOW THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT !-
ITS MONDAY MAY 19th. 2003, IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE RAIN, ALTHOUGH STEVE WRIGHT ON RADIO 2 HAS SAID AS FROM WEDNESDAY IT WILL BE SUNNY, DOWN TO THE BEACH FOR A DIP PERHAPS, WELL WE DID SWIM IN THE SEA ALL THROUGH LAST NOVEMBER, PACIFIC OR ATLANTIC I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER WHICH OCEAN IT WAS.
THE PHOTO OF ME AND BARB IS OF A WINTER FRIDAY MORNING AT SURFERS PARADISE, THE BEACH IS ALL SAND, THE SKY IS BLUE AND THE WATER IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN IN SHORT BURSTS THE OLDER YOU GET.
WE HAD ARRIVED THERE ON THE TRAIN AND LOCAL BUS LINK FROM BRISBANE WHERE, ON THE PREVIOUS DAY, WE HAD SEEN ENGLAND WIN THE TOSS AND PUT AUSTRALIA IN TO BAT ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST TEST MATCH AT THE GABBA, AND THEY PROBABLY WISH THEY WERE DOWN HERE WITH US AFTER A TERRIBLY LONG AND FUTILE TOIL IN THE BOILING HOT QUEENSLAND SUNSHINE.
AFTER WE HAD BEEN IN FOR ANOTHER BATTERING FROM THE WAVES, WE RETIRED TO A NEARBY MICRO BREWERY, AND TOOK IN SOME NECESSARY LIQUID REPLENISHING PRACTICE AND A BITE TO EAT, AFTER BUSSING TO NERANG WE CAUGHT THE RETURN TRAIN TO BRISBANE AND SHORTLY AFTER WE STARTED I SAW WHAT PROVED TO BE, THEY ONLY WILD KANGAROO,( A MASSIVE BIG RED ONE ) THAT I WAS TO SEE IN THE FOLLOWING FEW WEEKS.
WE RETURNED TO OUR MOTEL, THE EDMONDSTONE, SHOWERED AND CHANGED AND WALKED BACK THROUGH THE DARKNESS( NO TWILIGHT HERE, IT GETS PITCH DARK AT 6PM EACH NIGHT )AND INTO THE SOUTH BANK PARKLANDS, AN OPEN AIR MARKET, LIVELY PUBS, RESTAURANTS AND THE SCENT OFF THE MASS OF FLOWERS GREETED US AS WE SEARCHED FOR DINNER.
IN THE END IT WOULD BE AT 'DECKS', WE HAD DINED THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE ON T-BONE STEAKS WHICH WERE VERY GOOD, BUT TONIGHT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE BARRAMUNDI, BEING A TRUE BRIT I HAD MINE IN BEER BATTER AND ACCOMPANIED BY CHIPS, BARB WAS SOMEWHAT MORE REFINED AND HAD HER FISH GRILLED.
THE PAVLOVA, FRUIT, WINE AND BEER WERE DEVOURED ENTHUSIASTICALLY,
I PROBABLY COULD HAVE EATEN SOME MORE ICE-CREAM, BUT THEN, I WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED TO BE EXCESS BAGGAGE FOR THE NEXT DAYS EARLY MORNING FLIGHT DOWN THE COAST TO SYDNEY.
THEY WERE STILL DANCING IN THE STREETS AS WE WADDLED BACK THROUGH THE VERY WARM LATE EVENING, BRISBANE WAS NOT ORIGINALLY ON OUR PLANS, BUT WE WERE GLAD THAT IT DID CROP UP ON OUR ITINERY AND WE SHALL LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BACK TO THE RIVER CITY
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