Another Sunday Morning Surf Contest, etc. 🇦🇺 🏄 🏖️

G'day, Mate!

Sunday, May 5:

This morning Tiana invited me to go with her to a surf contest that Andy, Matt, and some of the CS guys were competing in. The weather kept changing from sunny to overcast, but it didn’t rain on us.


Andy gets barreled

Dads pushing kids into waves

Nice ride at the contest

It was not a huge contest. Just a simple one organized by the local Boardriders Club



Someone catches a wave (Yes, I know, I need a camera with a stronger zoom! I’m open to recommendations for a new phone!)


Tiana (standing), Andy (in hat) Laura (on blanket with Baby Bethany in her front pack) and Matt (in front of Laura). Their friend Connor is on the left, and I don’t remember who the guy with the sunglasses is 🙂


I collected some beautiful shells

Tiana, Connor, and Harry decided to go body surfing


Buddy, the Young’s dog

Buddy, the Young's dog

We went to Coast Evangelical Church in Forster on Sunday evening. They meet at a public primary school. They have a young people's service at 5 p.m. which I attended. Not only young people attend it. I was especially impacted by the extended prayer time they spent early in the service and that they had snack time in the middle of the service, instead of before or after.


Before Church, the birds in the trees on the school patio were amazing!

I recorded these lovely bird sounds in front of the Young's house. In New Zealand, they told me that they had a lot of species of birds, but I have been more impressed with the birds here in Australia!


Tiana said to watch for rainbow lorikeets. I saw fly by on Sunday, and then there were a bunch of them in the trees at church.But it wasn't until May 8 in Bonny Hills that I caught these two on video:

After Church, the Youngs invited people over to their house to worship. I am so impacted by how these 3 young 20-year-olds pour their lives out in ministry!

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  1. JoyMay 8, 2024 at 3:07 PM

    More great photos and videos! I honestly think your camera is just fine! 🥰

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