Sunday 13th March and we decide to head to Torquay and check out Cosy Corner on the front beach - Susan (our official photographer), Sam and myself. The weather when we leave about 8.00 am is looking great and and as we are heading off reasonably early we hope for a good run down to Geelong. The trip flies and we are down there at 9.30 am easy - cosy corner, which is on the front beach at Torquay is hopeless though, flat as a tack and the tide going out. We check out Point Danger on the left hand edge of Torquay surf beach (the opposite end to the surf club) and it is going fine. The waves are two to three feet and there are only six to ten people out and reasonably spread out.
Sam and I head out from the path down from the car park, about 40 meters or so across from the point itself, heading to Torquay. There's a right hander breaking with some left hander further across towards towards Torquay main beach. It's a bit scrambly getting out across thr rocks but once through that it's an easy paddle out as the sets have a decent wait between them.
I get quite a decent ride early on, getting up quick and heading right and then turning off the back of the wave. I'm feeling pretty chuffed at this point and looking forward to the session. This feeling doesn't last too long though as a I just fail to get onto a few and also have at least two rides lined up only to give way to a bloke on the inside both times. I'm getting quite frustrated and then this is topped off by an attempt to go too late on a wave which sees me absolutely wiped out and my board pinged about 4 feet into the air as I go straight over the top. I get up laughing at the sight of a young gun paddling out who is in fits at my stack and I decide to chill out and get back in the line-up.
I then just sit out the back for about 10 minutes and take in the great day, have a chat to Sam about how he is going and decide to be more patient. The change in attitude pays off as I get a nice little wave that I take left and manage to work into the reform. I head back out and then get my wave of the day - It's a two and half foot wave that I paddle hard onto and then get up, move right down the wave as it breaks and keep riding. It then reforms and I go up and right and keep heading down the line until it breaks again and then I drop down and ride all the way in to the edge of the rocks. Great ride and I decide to head out very content.
We get changed and then head for brunch - we go to point bake in Torquay and it is fantastic. Great bacon, avocado, tomato and lettuce toasted sandwich. Sue has the same but with chicken and Sam has chips. Great meal. We then head back to the beach and Sam has another surf and get's a couple of good rides before the weather turns real bad - wind, rain and clouds come over very quickly. We then head to the surf shops at Torquay and buy a few goodies and then home. Great day and break 24 down. I think 30 by the end of the month is realistic as I have a few days off towards the end and then I reckon I'm looking good for 50.
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