The next stop was to swing in for a night and see my friend Fei who was living with her lovely ozzy boy just down the Coast from Brisbane in the town of Maroochydore. Now Fei I have known her whole life, I was best friends with her brother Jie for many years when we were kids and I watched Jie torcher her little sister until she grew up to be a teenager and we actually became friends ourselves. I had not seen Fei for many years but it was amazing to catch up with her and it just happened to be right at the time to celebrate Jie’s birthday, it was meant to be. We ate an amazing dinner and hung out until the early hours of the morning talking life and I felt like she was a long lost relative of my own. I bid them farewell and flew down the coast as I had only 10nish days left in oz.
I spent two days only in Byron and hung out with another oddball collection of travellers, a Brit, some Austrians the French and the Irish, we had a lovely night out and the next day I set off to Sea Kayak with the Dolphins. Now I am not the strongest swimmer but as we got geared up to go sea Kayaking I was beginning to get a tad nervous. The waves were pretty strong and to boot I was paired with a 13 year old girl that was part of the family that was in my group along with our guide, well here is to adventures. Me and the girl who’s name escapes me did pretty alright getting out through the waves. Out in the ocean on these rolling waves you feel so absolutely tiny and insignificant in such a small craft. The Kayaks are tough little guys and just roll with the waves as you feel like an ant on leaf. Riding the waves in was a whole other matter not quite as serene. As me and the thirteen year old caught a wave that was massive and launched us toward the beach and just as we felt success upon us that wave hit another smaller wave and I felt the Kayak doing a summer sault over our heads as we were launched under in the shallows. I emerged from the water gasping and heaving so glad I had a life preserver to find the 13 year old laughing like nothing happened and me like a drowned rat. Now we did not see a dolphin the first time around and they give you a free trip if you don’t see one so after lunch I tried my luck again and ended up with a funny 72 year old grandma that works for a dairy company in Minnesota. She looked to me as the captain with my vast experience of one go already, and we manage to make it out in one try and talked life until our guide and the rest of the group joined us.
This time not only did we get dolphin lucky we hit the jackpot. We found ourselves out in the ocean surrounded by four pods of dolphins, some coming close enough to reach out and touch. What beautiful playful creatures they are they swam and jumped in the water popping out of the backsides of waves playfully In the air with amazing grace and speed. I felt so calm and at peace until it came time for me and granny to ride the waves in. We did better than me and 13 year old did and only tipped when we hit the beach, afterword’s granny gave me a hug and thanked me for being a great captain, funny thought me as a captain of the sea, I suck at basic swimming.
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