This rain is making me wet

Today is a nasty rainy day. The JJ's and I had been planning to drive down to Ballina or farther Soiuth and then camp at a National Park along the coast there. The weather quickly put a stop to that. We stopped by a visitor's center to get info on local campsites and were informed that severe weather was expected to continue for the next two days. Had Jaimie not been with us, Jon and I probably would have made the bad decision to camp out in the rain somwhere, but it wasn't really worth it to argue on this one. As I write this in my notebook, I am sitting in a motel room in Evan's Head a small coastal town with one grocery store, one pub, and more than their share of bare footed hicks.
The rain is still going strong, but that didn't stop us from taking a walk down to the beach for a swim. The waves were pretty rough and a few surfers were out trying to catch some breakers. The heavy surf had churned up the seas; coral and seaweed caught on my leg each time the water flowed back out. The first time it happened it scared the crap out of me, nearly causing me to jump out of the water. Jaimie thought this was pretty funny, but I was reminded of the large jellyfish we had seen earlier washed up on the beach. We stopped our walking to poke it with a stick a few times before losing interest. On the walk back to the motel, a good number of the blue bottle jellyfish lined the beach. After a shower, I'm writing this in front of a TV with the Australia v. India cricket match about to start. Luckily this is only a one day game, it will be over later tonight (Edit: The game was later rained out and declared a draw- what a terrible sport)

Eearlier in the day on the drive down to Evan's Head we crossed off one of the things on my "Things to do in Australia" List. Amy had suggested yesterday that we visit the Sirromet winery, about 40 minutes outside Brisbane. They offered hourly tours of the vineyard, but weren't running them today because of the rain. While we waited to see if the rain would let up we opted for a tasing of several fine vintages. Although Sirromet produces a wide variety of wines, our tasting stayed mostly to the red wines. I bought a few bottles of some of the above to bring back to the US. My parents will get one bottle, which one they get is a surprise.
Tomorrow morning at 10AM is the Superbowl here. Evan's Head only pub, the Hotel Illawong will have the game on. We will all be there watching. The Jusczyk's are both Patriot fans, Jaimie by marriage only. I am rooting for the underdogs, Eli Manning and the Cinderella story NY Giants. If the rain doesn't let up by the time the game is over, we may decide to cut the trip short and make the long drive back to Castlereagh. This will give us an extra day to do something cool around Sidney later in the week.