CENTRAL COAST - 5 TO 11 FEBRUARY 2021

 

5 February

A morning surf at Wamberal Beach. It wasn’t really good but there was the odd just okay wave. Spot (Mark B) paddled out. We had some fun until the blue bottles (stingers) move in with the increasing wind. Mark got stung.

We had coffee and breakfast.

Back home doing jobs until the wind increased more. I rang Mark who was keen to check out the windsurfing conditions. We drove to Monday Street and Peal Street. I rigged up at the latter and had my first windsurf at Budgewoi Lake. Well, it wasn’t too successful but I did have a few good runs and gybes. More downhaul need and mast placement on the boards needs to be further up.

On the way back we checked out North Entrance on Tuggerah Lake. That looked heaps better. Next NE wind, I’ll try there.

6 February

A lazy morning then Mark and I drove over to Brisbane Water National Park and rode some of the tracks at Warrah trig on the mountain bikes. Lots of fun – we did the PMG track fast and a few other tracks. The spider webs and orb weavers on the webs were a laugh when we swapped places taking the lead.

Afterwards, we had coffee and breakfast on Pearl Beach.

8 February

A trip to Sydney for a medical appointment. Checked out Cooks River while I was waiting.

9 February

A sunrise check of the surf at Wamberal Beach. The sunrise was nice but the surf looked ordinary.

Back home and I unloaded the windsurfing gear and replaced it with the kayak gear. A pleasant paddle around Avoca Lagoon – a little bit of cloud in front of  the rising sun, families of ducks, black swans, superb fairy wrens, a kangaroo and a odd coloured stick just under the surface of the water that turned out to be an unimpressed eel. Part of the foreshore of the lagoon was close temporary while council and Newcastle University were conducting a study of endangered green and golden bell frogs.

10 February

A morning surf check at North Avoca Beach – not much quality … again.

A mountain bike ride on Kincumba Mountain. No one around and the tracks were firm. Focused mainly on control and direction after a few tips from Mark. Towards the end, I surprised a wallaby feeding at the side of a track. J

11 February

Poor surf once again – them’s the breaks J

A mountain bike ride at Brisbane water National Park to Rocky Ponds. A great ride with some fun downhill runs. The tracks/trail were firm with some puddles of water. In sections, there were a lot of loose fist size rocks – a bit of a hazard. I stopped along the way to take photos of birds and flowers. The ponds were pretty. No one was there. I wandered around the bush and waded through the water.