We found a really great beach like 15 minutes from our apartment. I say we found it like nobody else knows about it but it is actually really popular I guess…we just hadn’t realized how close it is to us. It is on the west coast (facing Australia) which is the coast which has the coast that has the more dangerous waves.
Muriwai Beach from top of the hill where the Gannets nest
The first time we went to it the waves were not too bad but the last time we went they were pretty crazy. I had only seen waves even close to that size or quickness during hurricane Juan at Peggys Cove. I don’t think by a lot of peoples standards they were that bad though. I am very nautical so they wouldn’t have been a problem for me… 
Like my nail polish?
The beach has black sand which sounds cool but it is actually not that awesome…it gets ridiculously hot on the feet and seems to get everywhere. Sheila’s car is full of it and the other night she tried to take a hit from her puffer and there was black sand in it. So that is my biggest problem in life right now…the black sand. Things are pretty good…
Muriwai Gannet Colony
We layed on the beach and got some sun and also took a walk out to the point where people were fishing. While we were out by the people fishing we found the Muriwai Gannet Colongy…I don’t know much of anything about birds but it was a pretty impressive number of them and they had a bunch of baby birds too which was kind of cool. I hadn’t seen that many birds since they closed the landfill in Kentville…I loved that place.
The water is still really cold…one of these days I will go in it for a swim instead of just wading up to my knees and going back to the towel to lay in the sun. It is still early in the summer!