Wednesday 21st November 2018
Well today we woke to miserable conditions for Day 3 of the World Surf Life Savings Titles. Beach events day. Unfortunately for the boys this was to be a very long day of waiting around. It started off slowly with a café/coffee shop crawl. How long can we make a cuppa last so we can stay inside out of the cold, raining and windy day. We moved from one café to the next chocolate and coffee shop. The boys then headed off to the beach and us girls headed up the main street to look at some shops. I then took advantage of the lay day and went to the hairdressers. Unfortunately for our bank account Glenelg has Terrigal prices. The hairdresser was a lovely guy who did a pretty good job. I spent 3 hours out of the rain but it was a shame I missed the sprints and relays. Due to the atrocious windy conditions on the beach they moved the events a block back from the beach onto a grassy park. The boys managed 8th place in the beach/grass relay.

After a long day in terrible conditions we headed out for dinner which tonight was a lovely Thai meal. the wind continued to howl through the streets of Glenelg and the rain kept pouring down. On the way home to the caravan park we checked accommodation nearby as we were concerned how the night was going to progress with our rooftop tent. Unfortunately the area was heavily booked at late checkin was only available at a few expensive places, so we decided to tough it out. Unfortunately wind speed of 60-80kmh with wind gusts up to 90kmh was too much for our tent and after setting it up, I sat in it for about 10minutes. It was like sitting on a bucking bull, I was rocking and rolling all over the place. We decided it was too dangerous to sleep in, so we put it down again and slept in the front seat of the car. As you can imagine we didn’t sleep too well. We should have accepted Anita’s offer to sleep on their apartment floor. Or thought about taking our pillows and doona to the TV/lounge room at the caravan park. Unfortunately we did neither of these 2 tings. Oh well. Lesson learned.