Day at the Beach

With the temperature around 35 and very warm this morning I decided it was time to hit the ocean. I had not been swimming since we got to Australia this year. Partly because of the rain and partly because of the effort. I did not realize how much I was missing. The water temperature on the life guards board was listed at 23 but I think it was much warmer. It was very very refreshing. After the swim Beth and I took a long walk on the beach. We live across the road from the beach and can see the ocean from our balcony. Our local surf club is call Kirra North and we like it a lot. It is small, family orientated and sits right on the beach. The food is good and the beer is cold. After our swim we headed to Kingscliff to do some business. There is a fellow there that wants to get in the golf business and he wanted to pick our brains. After a coffee with him we went over to Dan's for a cold one on his nice deck. There we spent about an hour watching the kids swim, fish and enjoy the river. Tonight a group of us are going to the Opera in the Park. We will take some food and drink and sit on the grass and enjoy the warm summer evening, the music, the food and the company of our fellow Canadians.