Up the Creek... with a paddle and long board...

One of the perks of staying in the expensive backpackers is that they offer free activities to keep you entertained. On my first day there i signed up for the paddle boarding, but as there was only one person signed up (myself), they decided not to go ahead with the event. I think because the sun wasn't shining the youngsters felt it was an inside day... Time is short peeps, you gotta live sunshine or no sunshine!! On my final day at the hostel, i was again the only one signed up, but this time they did go ahead with it, so it was the instructor, his friend and myself.  We piled the long boards on top of the car and headed for Culimmandi lake;  which is really a river, but lets not be pedantic about small things...  Once there we put our boards onto the water, and they floated - thank goodness!  The next step was to stand on the board and it still to be floating... Well, the board stayed floating, but i didn't always stay standing!!!  The instructor (Phil) tried to teach me to turn, but it was just not happening so i ended up in the creek. I did ask about crocs at around this point and he didn't seem to think there were any there. Nonetheless, i hopped right back onto the board in record time!
It was sunset and we were gently floating down-'lake'... it was so beautiful and peaceful... ;-)