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Another Perfect Day On The Gold Coast

Another Perfect Day On The Gold Coast

I had to get up early this morning and get down to Coolangatta Beach. One of my surfboard hire clients was checking out early and needed 1 minimal and 1 short board picked up before they left. So up I got, arriving in Cooly before 7am.

Coolangatta is located about 30 minutes south of Surfer's Paradise by car, along the Australian Gold Coast, both places renowned the world over for their phenomenal surf conditions. Surfer's Paradise at the northern end of the Gold Coast has some of the most incredible beach breaks given its shifting sand sea floor, a characteristic that imbues plenty of swell to the waves there.

Unlike Surfer's Paradise, Coolongatta farther south, is renowned for its point breaks at sites such as Greenmount, Kirra and Snapper Rocks. Though they lack the significant swell of the northern beaches, these point breaks surely offer the best waves in the region. The waves simply do not stop bending around the points on the good days. When fatigued and tired, a surfer can simply kick off a wave instead of it abruptly ending.

That's not the case this morning however. Upon arrival, the waves stood at less than one foot tall and nice and clean, though without a hint of wind. Having scooped the surfboard rentals I stopped in for a bite to eat at a pleasant little cafe with the idea of observing what our beaches are like when there is no surfing to be done.

Shortly into this observational activity it dawned on me just why the Gold Coast, in Queensland state in the north of the country, is one of the hottest beach destinations in the world. At this early hour the activity on the beach front was already moving at a good pace with plenty of folks out enjoying the conditions: of course, with the water at 24 and the air at 26 they didn't need much cajoling. In such conditions, who wouldn't want to be hitting the beach for the day?!

In the water, there are a couple of Polynesian style surfers out, with those big stand up boards and paddle, enjoying the tame conditions with a couple of long boarders. Also, there were a handful of swimmers swimming between the flags, trying to catch a little breaker on the shore edge.

At Coolangatta beach, the water is met by about 50 meters of clean golden sand. There are already a couple of groups of girls out in their bikinis, improving their tans. Ha, this early it must be their last day of vacation here and they want to get that last bit of sun before they go home.

Small groups of runners and cyclists whiz past on the designated park tracks, some early morning exercise. And far out in the ocean, there is a school of whales making quite a splash on their migrations, much to the amazement of many passersby.

I observe this all from a chic little cafe, where a pretty waitress serves me my latte and eggs benedict. As a local, sometimes it is time well spent just to sit back, recognize and soak up the things that so many other people travel the world to come here and enjoy. I hope you manage to share the beauty of our home one day too. Life really doesn't get much better than this.

by: Damian Papworth

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