No Waves

Time for a quick rant. This morning we got up early and got ourseves all dolled up to go to the beach and do some boogie boarding. Board shorts, "rashie" shirts, boogie boards, the works. Headed out of the hostel around 9:30am and were at the beach around 10:30.

Wouldn't you know it, there were NO WAVES? None. I mean NONE AT ALL. The water was pretty much as smooth as glass. As in, perfect canoeing conditions. GAH.

You see, when we headed through Adelaide on our way out to Perth, we spent a glorious afternoon down at Glenelg, enjoying the waves (and the gale-force winds). Turns out that was not exactly the regular weather. Today's was. So no waves for us. Wow did we feel like idiots with our boards and this completely flat water! Fortunately there were a few other boogie boarders, also dragging their boards dejectedly through the water, looking for non-existant waves.

We've vowed to spend some of our precious upcoming weekends down at Torquay or other spots along the Victorian coastline that might actually have waves.

In other news, I forgot to add in yesterday's short blurb that:
(a) Jen got bit by some crazy bug out west and the bites on her legs were all bruised and it looked like she had leprosy.
(b) She then fried her legs when we went snorkelling.
(c) After adding aloe gel to soothe her burns, her legs took on a distinctly green tinge and it looked like she was going mouldy.
(d) To add insult to injury (literally), when we got off the tram tonight on the way back to the hostel, we discovered that Jen had sat on a wet seat - so she got to walk all the way home with a wet bum.

Poor Jen! Send her your love, everyone!