Expats ahoy

Following the three weeks in the UK, there has been quite an influx of British doctors into Terrigal.  This is because the current 'academic' year has just finished back home and so anyone wanting some time out from the NHS or a new start has just arrived.  Most of them seem pretty cool, with a few new recruits for the OzTag team looking quite likely, a bonus as they are girls and we are seriously lacking girls on our team at the mo.

We've had Chrissie (X) and Mariyam (Mizzle) staying with us for a few days, both of whom have previously either studied or worked with Em and Izzy, although they have now gone to stay in the infamous Hotel Gosford to meet some of the other new doctors and hopefully find some housemates.  They have found out why the Hotel has got such a reputation - apparently all the people that are in the bar are middle aged men, sitting and drinking on their own whilst either watching TV or gambling on the machines... and I think that the same people turn up every day, the decor is really grotty and the 3 star rating should be more like 1 star!

Took X out surfing yesterday, as she really wanted to have a go, although when we got to the beach we realised maybe we should have walked down to look at the surf first.  There were bugger all waves, and it made for a long few hours of constant paddling against the tide and rips.  Got a couple of sets at the end, but was a bit too dangerous to surf proper as the waves were sending us right onto the beach which was heavily populated with families and small kids.  Bailed after about 2 hours deeming safety of beachgoers was a higher priority.

Planning on some better surfing tomorrow down at Avoca with Rhys.