Mojo Surf Weekend!

When we were in Cairns, a lot of us had signed up for a Mojo Surf Weekend, where we would all (hopefully) learn how to surf. The weekend had finally arrived, and a bus picked up a big group of us and took us to Arrawarra in New South Wales. Some of the kids from our week in Cairns went to different schools, so it was fun seeing them again. We got picked up Friday night by the bus driver and his dog, Pepper. On the way down we watched Blue Crush, of course. It was around 1am when we got to our accommodation and everyone was pretty tired. We took one short walk to the beach and came back, and I hopped into bed with my sweet Jonas Brothers sheet and pillowcase.



The crazy surfing group!



            They woke us up at 8AM for our first surf lesson!! They gave us a quick safety lesson, let us practice getting up on our boards on the beach, and then we went out in the ocean to do the real thing. All of the instructors were pretty crazy and made everything a lot of fun, and made it easier to get up on the boards. After the first lesson, I think everyone in the group was able to get up and catch a few waves-even Pepper was out surfing! Afterwards we had lunch and then another surf lesson. It rained while we were out there, but we were wet anyways and the ocean water was warm so nobody was bothered by it. Everyone was pretty tired after this lesson and anxious for dinner. Dinner was amazing…it seemed like an actual home-cooked meal which I hadn’t had in awhile. Later that night, there was a “Bin Bag Party.” Everyone was given a garbage bag to make some sort of clothing out of and wear it for the night. It was a lot of fun hanging out with everyone and having a few drinks around the campfire.

            The next morning, wake up was at 6AM! I was tired, but very excited for one more surf lesson. We ate breakfast and got our boards. This time, the waves were bigger and a little rougher. We also surfed tandem, where an instructor would hop on the back of our boards with us while we rode a wave in. After our last lesson, we packed up our stuff, had lunch, and then boarded the bus to head back home. On the way home, we stopped in Bryon Bay for about an hour. Because it was pretty cloudy and a little rainy, we didn’t venture to the beach, but we walked up and down the streets and grabbed a burger at The Burger Master. It was such a cool, little, local town and definitely a place that I want to visit again for a weekend!