So You Want to be a Pro Surfer? And Other Nonsensical Adventures...

As part of this whole study abroad program thing I'm on, I get to do some pretty sweet stuff.

Right after a few other Americans had landed, our program leaders swept us all up and took us up to a couple day surf camp.

For some of us, that meant just landing in a foreign country on complete jetlagsomnia and then immediately packing back up for a pretty sweet trip.

Welcome to Yanchep.

Where there are kangaroos everywhere.
And the Koalas seem keen on making friends while chomping away.
And there's more culture at one Inn than experienced in most places in the world.

This area was gorgeous. And filled with adventure.

On to the "Pro" "Surfing" part...
I apologize for the complete lack of photos at my complete failed attempts at learning to surf.
We'll play another imagination game.
Close your eyes and imagine that you're in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
The water here is salty. For the full effect, feel free to throw some salt in your eyes and dump it down your nose.
Refreshing.
(Jokes. Please don't do that. The falling head first part into the ocean and being bombarded by waves was not the best part of the trip... let's move on...)
You see a wave. Try to catch it with the techniques you just learned.
You have approximately five seconds to complete the tasks at hand and stand on the board before hitting shore line. Maybe you're killer at this. Or perhaps like myself, you suck ass at this and are completely incapable of following the task at hand.
That's okay. If you fall into the former category, way to go! You keep on surfing. I'll ring up the press.
If you fall into the latter, just enjoy holding onto the board as a flotation device and bobbing up and down with the waves. There's nothing quite that relaxing.

Until next time, enjoy this video of a koala eating a leaf while being sprinkled on.

You're welcome for that.