Enid on body board at Nambucca Heads Beach
It was a great day. When we awoke this morning, all the cloud and rain of yesterday was gone, the sun was out and there was almost no wind. After breakfast we went out and swam for a while in the waves in the ocean, then walked along the beach towards the Nambucca Heads. A lot of other people were out on the beach this morning, mostly walking or excercising their dogs, and a few people were in the water. There was a class of young children, maybe ten year olds or younger, close to the surf clubhouse. They were being trained as surf lifesavers. Mostly though they were just having a lot of fun taking part in a relay race running into the water.
We thought it would be nice to have a body board, so when we got back to the caravan park asked at the registration desk if there was a surf shop in town. The man said that there was, and we thought we could walk downtown and get a board. However it’s a long walk, and so we went back into the office and asked if they had a phone number for the store so we could check if it was open. The woman didn’t really seem to know what a body board was, but while she was looking up the phone number the man said, “it’s one of these.” There were several old boards stacked in the corner. She said, “well just let them use one of them,” and the man went back into a back room, and got a slightly bigger board, though the strap on it was broken.
David body boarding at Nambucca Heads Beach
“Give me five minutes,” he said, “and I’ll fix it.” I went down and did some filming of flowers with the video camera, and when I got back Enid had picked up the board. We spent the rest of the time until lunch learning how to use it, and having a great time. After lunch we went back again, and spent another hour in the water. The only problem is that while most of my body was covered (either with a shirt or sunscreen), the top of my head was not, and I have a very sunburned scalp. We hope to stay here again tomorrow if the weather is nice, but if so I’ll have to wear a bandanna on my head when in the water.