At Geraldton with Marcus and Tarnishia

Hello all, we are now set up in our little home for a month here in Geraldton. It’s a comfy holiday house not very far from St Georges Beach in a nice quiet area. It’s so good to be spending time with Marcus and Tarni. She’s 4 now and a real cutie (also with plenty of attitude) and Adam and I are having fun with her and catching up with Marcus. We haven’t seen them since our wedding in Fiji about a year and a half ago, when Marcus was Best Man and Tarni was our Flowergirl. :-)

During our first few days here we’ve had a look around, been for a bike ride into town, gone to the beach and I have resumed my fledgling windsurfing career! We picked up a second hand beginner’s board for me (which means it’s nice and floaty and stable, and good for practicing turns etc) and I have been out a couple of times already. So far so good! I plan having lessons too, to speed my progress up so that I can (hopefully) start sailing on a faster short board sooner. Marcus has a short board which floats me easily, so I am able to practice on that too. Adam took Tarni out on the front of the big board yesterday, but despite being excited to hop on the board initially, she quickly became scared and the tears started as soon as the board started moving. Another time maybe. :-)

Marcus and Adam are meanwhile waiting for some stronger wind so they can get out sailing too- it’s forecast to pick up later this week. For those of you who don’t know, Geraldton is a world wide windsurfing hot spot, which is why we are here. Adam and Marcus have been sailing here a few times before, and have both really been looking forward to this extended stay so they can get in plenty of windsurfing.

It’s a relief to be out of the caravan and in one spot for a while- basically to take a break from the road and just live. We’ve even been able to unpack our clothes and things and it’s terrific feeling as though we have a home base for more than a week or so. It also means we can do other things we normally can’t, such as go to a chiro to get our backs back into line etc.

Lots of love,
Emma & Adam xx