Last Sunday, Andrea and I hired a car for the day to get out of the city. We've only actually left the city once before and that was the trip to the blue mountains. This time we were gonna head to Palm Beach, or rather Summer Bay for all you Home and Away fans.
We aimed to get the cheapest car available which was a Hyundai thing, we were pleasantly surprised when we went to pick it up 'cause we got an upgrade to a bigger Hyundai thing :) woo ! The only problem was, was it was an automatic. Andrea and I differ on opinions over these, Andrea likes them 'cause there's "less to do" so she can concentrate on more important things like singing and putting on her makeup. I on the other had, being the seasoned rally driver that I am, prefer a little more control. Anyway, that's immaterial as I was the designated driver for the day.
After about a week of rubbish weather the sun came out just for us. The first place we stopped of at (for food) was a place just North of Sydney called Dee Why. It was a nice family beach with the topless ladies relegated to sunbathing on the rocks...unless of course they were mermaids. We stopped off at a little cafe for some breakfast and did some people watching. Incidentally, and you'll see more later, this has been the start of Andrea's food woes. She never had a great breakfast, but it was ok.
Leaving here we then went to Narrabeen beach for a quick nosey. We've heard a lot about this place since arriving here as its the choice beach for surfers. There are quite often surfing championships here. Getting fed up with all this stop starting we decided to go to Palm beach for a bit of sun worshipping. The beach is lovely, it's on a peninsula, pretty much unspoilt, big, and not many people about. The surfers were out in force and the waves were amazing. We brought the classy body board with us that Andrea got me for Christmas. We had much better luck with it this time compared to Manly... I must of surfed about 40 feet this time on one of the waves ! The waves must of been around 12 feet tall and when they're about to crash down on you it can be quite daunting, especially for Andrea who was probably trying to keep her hair dry.
The lifeguard hut / cafe was funny as the club official was Alf Stewart. Even the buggies that the life guards use to go up and down the beach were blazoned with "Summer Bay Rescue"..teehee. After getting a bit of a tan and a soaking we left Palm beach behind to go to Manly for a bit of food. This part of the trip was planned by the way, Kebab meat and chips (lots of chilli sauce). Andrea had been really looking forward to this, more so now 'cause of the lacklustre breakfast. We got the food and then sat down to eat it on the sea front, she got about a 1/3 of the way through it when a seagull came along and pooed in her food and on her head. She was pretty gutted, even though I told her that it was considered lucky.
Leaving Manly, Andrea took over the wheel and we went to a cracking pub in Watson Bay for a drink whilst watching the sunset. Getting back, Andrea was surprised to discover that she'd won £10 on the uk online lottery !....Hooray for seagull poo !
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