I SHALL NOT PASS...as a smart and coordinated individual...

Day 8: Wednesday, June 24th
Steps taken: 5,872

I can't remember my dreams that night, but let's say they were full of shenanigans that I wasn't having consciously.  I woke up, packed up, and went down to breakfast finding out about some of the shenanigans from the night before.  As long as they're not like the prank war that happened on the Contiki Egypt trip then I'm fine with what happens.

Shortly after leaving the Imperial Hotel in Bingara, we stopped at a house that had several wallabies.  Caitlin said that it might be a shelter for them.  The next stop was Boundary Creek Waterfall before lunch.  We did make a pit stop to get food for a picnic for lunch.  Then we arrived at the waterfall.  It was a great spot.  I never get sick of seeing waterfalls.  It was a little tricky crossing the stream to get to the falls, but it was even trickier to get back.  I wasn't confident in my footing although I should have been so I slipped a bit.  Thankfully my boots were waterproof.  I was not very graceful as I stumbled back across, but I grabbed a massive branch and raised it up trying to look cool and not like I had two left feet.  Supposedly I looked like Gandalf the Grey/White doing that so mission accomplished?

From there we went to Raspberry Lookout for lunch.  I had a roast beef, turkey & cheese on rye & pumpkin bread.  I hope I can find that bread at home.  It was tasty.  I also had some bacon and cheddar cheeseballs, and a cream soda Fanta.  The view from there of the surrounding mountains was spectacular.  When we were done eating and admiring the view, we were off to Yamba.

Yamba is a nice little beach town.  After settling in to our lodgings a bunch of us went down to the beach to swim.  The water wasn't too rough, but I thought I would be okay with my glasses on mostly because I was more comfortable in the water with them on.  That was a mistake.  A good wave knocked them off and they were gone.  For someone with a Master's degree I can be a master dumbass sometimes.  Thankfully I brought a spare pair just in case anything happened to my main pair.  At least the ocean has better vision now.

After that set back I took a shower, and walked into town with a few of the guys.  We stopped in a few stores, and then went to a place called Yamba Chick-Inn for some grub.  The alternative was McDonald's  This was a much better choice.  I had a six piece chicken nugget.  They were very crispy, and you could tell that the quality of the chicken was much better than whackdonald's.  When we were done eating, we headed back towards the hotel.

We all lounged around for a while, and then had dinner around 8pm.  I had the crispy skin salmon with rice and a bacon wrapped pear.  It was excellent.  Almost reminiscent of the kind of dish they might have served in Antarctica.  After dinner I went upstairs to relax since fairly early the next day would be surfing.  For someone who loves the water I haven't done nearly as many water activities as I would have liked.  The next day would scratch surfing off the list.