Thursday, January 31, 2008

Surf's Up at Narrabeen






We had another grand day at the beach, where Lake Narrabeen meets North Narrabeen beach in Northern Sydney.

Narrabeen is renowned as one of the great surf breaks of the world and many big scale surfing competitions are held here.  North Narrabeen beach is also one of the longest beaches in Northern Sydney.  The waves were BIG but the water at the lake was calm and great for families.  There was a good current in the lagoon that takes swimmers out to the ocean.  The girls had fun!  Lunch was good even though we had to wait 45 minutes!  Burgers with beet root and the best chips/french fries with chili sauce.  Yum.  

We also met a dad and his little boy Connor at the beach playground.  Connor wanted to share the girl's fries!  Margot was eager, Fiona not so much!  They live in a beautiful modern, practically all glass house directly across the street from the beach.  He was telling us about the surfing culture and the large crowd at the Narrabeen Beach Surf Life Saving Club.  It was a wake for an old-timer who passed recently and they had ordered 28 kegs.  It was a busy day for the surfers!
  
Fiona is funny these days.  Probably out of all of us she is having the hardest time adjusting.  She misses her poh poh, her friend Renna, her daycare and Vancouver in general even though she says "Australia is G-R-E-A-T and so much fun".  She's fine but she does mention home alot more than Margot.  She's very anti-hair these days.  She won't let Fergus carry her if he is without a shirt.  He needs to piggy-back her!  The other night, she asked Fergus to put on a shirt before she'd give him a hug!   She then said she didn't like prickly faces!   Funny girl.  She'll learn, especially if she meets a Scottish hunk later in life!

1 comment:

miss tango said...

I am sooooo envious of your beach! BsAs has no beaches:(