Byron and Crescent Part Deux

Well, we loved Byron so much that we had to return and get more surfing in. The fact that we had a house to stay at was a bonus also (thanks so much to our new adopted Australian family).

Here's our daily routine in Byron:

-Wake up at 7 or 8 at the house and use the facilities (bathroom, espresso machine, etc)
-Head to Watego and surf for a few hours
-Cook lunch right on the beach using the free propane bbq grills
-Climb in the sin bin (boobie van) and sleep for an hour
-Surf for a few more hours until your arms felt like noodles
-Head to Woolworths (it's a grocery store here) and pick up some groceries
-Drive to Clarks beach and make dinner
-Head back to the house to shower and sleep
-Do all over again the next day

After a few days of this it was time to head south to Crescent Head to see if the swell hit. Guess what? It did and the waves were pumping about head and a half high to double plus at the longest right hander in OZ (about 200 yard ride if your wave connects). The only drawback was that the main peak had about 100 guys sitting at it while the inside was scattered with another hundred. Of course I had to test the biscuit out on the main peak. Got a nice head high ride almost right away but it didn't connect so the ride was only about 50 yards. Paddled back out and sat with the rest of the fools for over an hour trying to pick off a wave. The problem was that the longboarders would sit about 20 yards further out and take all the waves. I mean ALL the waves while only a few brave short boarders would drop in on them on the inside and hope they dont make the section. There was no shortage of screaming and threats in the water. After an hour and a half I finally got cold and dropped in on a longboarder who I knew couldn't make the section. Fortunate for me he couldnt get around the whitewater and the wave was all mine. All mine and all the way into the river mouth, thats almost 200 yards of dodging people and yelling at the ones trying to drop in on you. I had enough and headed back in after only 2 waves in an hour and a half. I'll get up early and surf in the AM when it's less crowded. I really miss the small, clean, empty waves up at Byron Bay!

We headed out to our camp site and realized that it was a weekend (we lost all sense of days by now) and the place was packed. Campsites were pretty much piled on top of each other but for some strange reason our spot was open. It must be the fact that it was under a tree that would barely fit a mini van and could only host 2-3 persons around the fire pit. Nice! Time to park, make a fire, cook, have some wine, and set up the muskie net. Early to bed equals early rise to beat out the crowds in the water.

We woke up nice and not so early at 8 and headed to the beach. Holy crap, there was only about 10 guys out at the main peak. The swell did drop a bit and waves were only head high but clean looking. I washed up real quick at the beach bathroom and was getting the jitters about surfing Crescent with only 10 others at the peak. Inside section had about 100 people but who cares. As I pulled my board out of the van I heard something that really sounded like a air horn. As I turned to look at the waves again I realized that it was a hooter that I heard and the surfers in the water had on jerseys. WTF! There was a contest going on and I'm the last to find out. No wonder the lineup was so damn empty while the inside section was packed. F-this, we are out of here. We load up the van and headed south to Seal Rocks. I'm really going to surf at a spot only a few hours north of Sydney called "SEAL ROCKS" after all the shark attacks in the past 2 weeks. Hell no, we only want to camp there and look at the pretty landscape since everyone who has been there highly recommended it.