SURF’S UP
Given our enviable access to beaches and water in Australia, and our
history as a surfing early adopter (many credit Hawaiian surfer Duke
Kahanamoku with introducing the sport to Australia at Freshwater on
Sydney’s Northern Beaches in 1915, but there are those who believe we
figured it out for ourselves much earlier), learning to surf is the perfect
way to spend time next to the water while getting fit and having fun.
Former world champion surfer Pam Burridge retired from the pro
circuit in 1998, starting up Pam Burridge Surf Schools on the NSW
South Coast. It runs regular women’s-only Surf Retreats at Mollymook
Beach, including surfing lessons from the legend herself. Alternatively
there are equally picturesque places to learn to surf around the
country: Surf Camp Australia hits the waves of Byron Bay on the
NSW Far North Coast; Go Ride A Wave operates out of the gorgeous
Great Ocean Road in Victoria; former pro surfer Cheyne Horan’s
School of Surf is based on Queensland’s Gold Coast; and Margaret
River Surf School conducts its lessons at Redgate Beach in WA.
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