There are a bunch of things to do in Australia but my favorite was Body Boarding, and swimming in the Ocean. One of my most favorite beaches was in Torquay, which is a bit south of Melbourne. The beach is filled with sand for about half a mile. There are also cliffs on each side of the beach making it a very good photo spot. The waves on the beach are great; they range from small – medium waves, and are great for beginning surfers.
When I am riding a wave I can go on the wave for about 10 seconds just riding from one side of the wave to the other. The only bad part is that this beach is such a good surf beach that it is hard to get a long wave ride because you can run into somebody. I never hit anyone but came close. Once I had to swerve in between 4 groups of people then I had to flip to avoid some kids.
If you like being hit by the waves when you are going down the wave, you are like me because my second favorite beach is a public beach on the Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia. This beach has a very long stretch of sand and you can look down as far as the eye can see. The waves get very big during the middle of the day and can topple you in a second. We didn’t spend as much time here as we had to keep moving down towards Melbourne to see some of Jeff’s old friends. Every day at this beach was beautiful and well worth our time there. The only major difference between Torquay and lakes entrance is that the lakes entrance is less than half as busy as Torquay was, so you could get good waves and long rides which makes me very happy.
I spent only three weeks out of eight in the water or on the beach. Most of the days that we spent in the water or at the beach it was very, very hot out. I know that if I ever come back to Australia I will spend a lot of my time going to every well known beach, and every not well known beach, just to soak up the sun the whole time.
~Tim~
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