Video chat rocks, and rip currents suck

It's been a busy few days - here's some highlights:

• caught in a rip current alongside a rocky point along a beach break south of Currumbin Alley, helped some guys out by lending them my surfboard to get back to shore, then ended up in pretty dire straights along with one of them. Bit of a wakeup call, but no harm done.
• had a great time chatting to Naomi and Dave using webcams over Skype, showing them around the house here and getting a tour of their flat. Great to be able to say "nice to see you" instead of just "nice to talk to you" - it makes a real difference. Same goes for seeing Adam, Amanda and Annabel over their newly-setup webcam. Sunday evening's are turning out to be a good chance to catch up with folks back in the UK
  
• Currumbin wildlife sanctuary is a great place, with lovely animals and beautiful setting, but I don't think we can really have our wedding ceremony there. It was worth checking out (and we got a free tour around the place!) but it didn't feel quite right to us for what we have in mind
• Elephant rock cafe, though, will suit us perfectly for the reception - had a tasty dinner there on saturday night.
• And we've found a place to rent that we really like - fingers crossed that our application will be chosen from the pile that will surely be sent in!

Plenty of photos from Brisbane and Currumbin up on fatcat, here.