at the Central Coast

After our stay in Woolgoolga we headed (how not) south to the Central Coast, just 1h north from Sydney... We stayed at the house from Brodie, a friend of us, who was travelling on the Canary Islands at that time (so basically we changed homes haha), so we met his family, who received us with supergreat Australian hospitality ! The day after we arrived we met at their house to have a huge barbecue ! It had everything what you wish on a bbq ! We ate potato bake, steak, garlic bread, snacked feta with crackers, drank icecold beer, tasty olives, sausages; we could not get enough !
We had not laughed so much in ages ! It was incredible, how much fun we had...
We kept telling our crazy travel stories until late in the night...
I learned that theres a steak in every beer, too ( viva Brodies dad and Tooheys Draught ! )

the drive down to the beach at Forresters

Robin pulling out some fish near Terrigal

tydied up the car at Wamberal (never lasts long, nevermind)

We ended up staying at Brodies house for 2 nights... We had not been in a real house for lots of weeks, and it was pure luxury to be able to use a hot shower and a kitchen.
It was great to share those days with the family...
When we left, Brodies brother Max, gave us 2 boards of him. That was more than generous.

flora bella

A BARBIEEE YEEEEW

Brodies friend Mick lend me his board for a session at Wamberal as well.
I hope some day I can make them a favour, too !

Rope place near Avoca Beach

In the bush

ran out of Petrol in Angourie



on the road



...and had a little arts session

made by Francesco with surfwax

grab a snake

or die trying

Mid of October we were in Angourie (Australian East Coast) and ran out of petrol (for the 5th time at least).
Discussing to find a solution at the side of the road a men showed up with his van and asked us if we had problems... It did not last a few minutes and I hopped into his car to drive into town to get some fuel.
He turned out to be a hunter. And not any kind of: He had a huge dead reptil and a living snake in the back of his car. He also hunts Kangoroos and sharks. The same night we stayed at his house and went out fishing at some lake. At midnight we pulled out the fish and fried it cross ! It was awesome ! The next days he tought us how to pick Oysters. We got heaps and cooked them over the fire. He was truly a survivor kind of guy...
When Robin said to him that he is like Bear Grillz, he told us that people use to call him Bear Kills... Quite an appropiate name !
In the next days he showed us, where to find work on a blueberry farm...
We did not think twice and drove south towards Woolgoolga and picked fruit for about 10 days.
It was hard but money does not come from elsewhere...
After we finished our labour in the fields we headed further south to the Central Coast and afterwards to Sydney, but that is another story...
Enjoy the photos !

spot some jackaroos (thats what we shout every time we see one)

on the side of the road

Yamba Harbour

picking Oysters from the rocks

...and cook them over the fire 

Blueberry picking near Woolgoolga

nasty fruit

...camp in the bush nearby

worker feet

the crew

at sunset

from a place called Byron Bay . . .

The crew from left to right: Florian, Philip and Robin

Looking East

Wategoe`s from above

who spots the Dolphin ?

most easterly point of Australia

Tallow Beach, good sessions !

5am morning dance

midday chillout

somewhere in the countryside...

...there is a place called Nimbin

home sweet home

Shipwrecks

Mount Warning at dawn

rack

Main Beach carpark

After our stop in the rainforest about a month ago we drove to a lovely place, called Byron Bay...
We stayed there 2 entire weeks, looking for jobs and surfing good waves. Some idle evening Francesco (22years old from Brescia, Italy) approached our parked car and we started talking. The next day he started travelling with us. He has been in Australia for 8 months (3 months in Southeastasia before that) and has still two more years to work and travel around the world, planning to go to Latin America after New Zealand.
Here is some nice footage from our time there...
We had an awesome session at the legendary spot Lennox Head; the waves were big, glassy and peeling perfectly down the point until midday, Dolphins were crossing our way on the paddle out, popping out of the water in large groups.

The atmosphere in Byron is fantastic, people walk around on the streets and approach you as a friend, just to tell you that you are a young beautiful human being, everybody is truly friendly to each other, it is just amazing... you walk barefoot,too... Something that I do now even here in Sydney. I love it.

We had some good nights, always inviting random people from around the world into our little home on wheels. We had a great time.

Byron is the most easterly point of Australia; the sun rises at 5am, coming out of the big blue Pacific Ocean. Sitting in the water you feel the nature around you, like nowhere else: You spot a dolphin from time to time and far out in the sea you see the big whales making huge sprays when coming out onto the surface...

Every surf session is an experience here in OZ... We defenitely fell in love with this country !

Cheers from Down Under boys....



Después de nuestra estancia en la selva hace un mes nos fuimos a un lugar encantador, llamado Byron Bay ...

Nos quedamos allí 2 semanas enteras, en busca de empleo y pillando olas buenas. Una noche cualquiera Francesco (22 años de Brescia, Italia) se acercó a nuestro coche aparcado y empezamos a hablar. Al día siguiente, comenzó a viajar con nosotros. Ha estado en Australia por 8 meses (3 meses en el sudeste de Asia anteriormente) y todavía le quedan dos años más para trabajar y viajar por todo el mundo, pensando en irse a América Latina, después de Nueva Zelanda.
Tuvimos una sesión impresionante en la legendaria ola de Lennox Head; tuvimos olas grandes, ordenadas, perfectas hasta  el mediodía. En el agua los delfines cruzaban nuestro camino, apareciendo en la superficie en grandes grupos.
El ambiente en Byron es fantástico, la gente camina por las calles y se te acerca como un amigo, sólo para decirte que eres un ser humano joven y bello. Todo el mundo es verdaderamente amable, es simplemente increíble ... se camina descalzo también ... Algo que hago ahora, incluso aquí, en Sydney. Me encanta.
Hemos tenido algunas buenas noches, siempre invitando gente al azar de todo el mundo a nuestro pequeño hogar sobre ruedas.
Byron es el punto más oriental de Australia, el sol se levanta a las 5 am, saliendo del gran azul del Océano Pacífico. Sentado en el agua se siente la naturaleza que te rodea, como en ningún otro lugar: Ves a un delfín de vez en cuando y afuera en el mar se ve a ballenas grandes salpicando masas de agua enormes al salir a la superficie ...
Cada baño es una experiencia aquí en Australia ... Definitivamente nos hemos enamorado de este país!
Aquí hay algunas imágenes bonitas de nuestro tiempo allí ...
Saludos desde Australia gente....