sun, surf and maroubra

Marcus and I (or Marc as he's now known, since he's a bit older and more mature) took a drive down to Maroubra today. It was the first time I've been to Maroubra ever and the first time in a long time that I'd been out for a surf. I was up early to head to my local cafe for sour dough fruit toast and a long black with hot milk on the side...which has become my standard order there, coz it's soooo good. The coffee's a double shot, nice and strong, served in a glass, when you hold the coffee up to the light, you can't see through it - that's strong coffee :) the guys at the cafe work so hard, they're chinese malaysian (?) and open every day at 6, even christmas day, new years day, chinese new years day and have picked up a great trade in about 5 months

maroubra was totally different than what I'd imagined, from what i'd heard of the place. it's a long, beautiful white beach. there wasn't much in the way of rips or currents, well patrolled and good little waves too. I was out on my big foamie board which was good for a bit of fun. so inspired that i'm planning to head back tomorrow with my "real" board and get stuck into it early

marc and Jo are looking to buy a unit, they've been house hunting for a while. So Marc and I chatted about that a lot, since it's their first place and I've had a few goes at it, in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney...if this visa comes through and all goes well in the UK, I might add London to that list...we'll see