Surfing in Byron

Our first destination back in NSW was, of course, Byron Bay. We had trouble finding the 'trendy' cafe in this town because there are so many, but we did pretty well while on a bike ride to find a cute little laneway stop that had bright coloured stools and rich, strong coffee.

Apart from a drive up to Cape Byron to reach the most easterly point of the Australian mainland, the focus was all on the beach.....going for walks, building awesome sand castles and for one young man, surfing his very first wave.

Dylan has a couple of birthday 'experiences' owing and chose to cash one in by having a surfing lesson at Byron Bay - how cool is that! He was in a class with four adults and showed them all up with his skill and energy.

As with most things active that Dylan undertakes, he is apparently a natural, according to his coach  and the coach of the other surf school on the beach who ran over to me after Dylan stood up and caught a wave all the way in to shore on just his second try. Here's how the conversation went:

"Wow, is that your young fella that just did that?"
"Yep"
"I can't believe he's never done it before, you've got to keep him at it. Where are you from?"
"Canberra"
"Oh"

I think my pitch to move somewhere warmer and closer to the beach may have just gained a vote!

I missed filming his best one, but this ride in was pretty good too!