02x11 - Episode 11

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("Aiming for Your Head" by Betchadupa)

♪ There's too much choice ♪

♪ And not enough time ♪

♪ To find what's mine ♪

♪ Aiming for your head get down ♪

♪ You're the only one in town ♪

(pop rock music)

(waves crashing)

- Ouch, he blew it again.

How many's that?

- I stopped counting.

(waves crashing)

- Maybe we should go out there,

drag him in.

- It's Corey, when he's perfecting a move,

perfect just isn't good enough.

- Oh, well, call me picky,

but perfect's still a long way off.

(rock music)

- No, I think my Dad's finally lost it this time.

He emailed pictures.

- Buying a -year-old French villa

doesn't sound that crazy.

- years?

- Yeah, the King Louis were still in single figures.

- All that history.

- But it's Ks to the coast,

and it doesn't have any inside toilets.

- Well, my parents wouldn't even look at a place

unless it had four bathrooms, all inside.

- Well, at least it's near the beach.

- Uh, not anymore.

They bought a three-story pile with its own lake.

- Its own lake?

- No surf when I visit.

You wouldn't have that problem, would you?

Your Mom's still next to the beach, down south?

- Yeah, yeah, wake up in the morning,

open the window, check out the break.

- Cool.

- It's the best view on the South Coast,

the best place in Sea Vista Avenue.

- Sounds like a great house.

Make a million bucks on the circuit,

maybe I'll buy a place, eh?

- Speaking of inside loos,

you reckon it's safe to go back in the house?

- Don't go anywhere near the bathrooms.

Don't even go upstairs.

- What do you mean?

Plumbers said a bit of a job,

two blokes, twenty minutes.

- Yeah, plumber's code.

What he meant was,

blocked sewer, corroded water pipes.

Book my next Bali holiday.

- There's still no water.

I haven't had lunch yet.

- No one's had any lunch.

- You can pick something up on the road.

I'm kicking you all out.

- It can't be that bad.

- You've haven't seen the bathrooms.

Trust me, it is that bad.

Get out of here for the weekend.

Find a motel or something.

- A motel?

- Or something?

Actually, Bali's not a bad idea.

There are some cheap flights.

- We are not going to Bali.

That is a rumor started by Fly.

- Why not?

Surfing left point break in Uluwatu?

- Yeah, I found you a nice left point break, don't worry.

- Sandwiches for lunch, sausage for dinner,

eggs for breakfast.

- That's right folks.

We're camping out at Taylor's Beach.

It's quiet, and when the swells up,

there's good waves.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know Taylor's well.

I've surfed there heaps of times.

- Well, I need fast overhead waves.

I'm working on my air .

- Yeah, we've noticed, mate.

Give it a rest, eh?

Leave it to the experts.

- Ha, ha, ha.

- Hey, isn't Lindarra just south of there?

- Um, yeah, about half an hour off.

- We can go see your Mom.

Surprise her.

- Nah, she's got people staying with her.

- We'll be so close.

You must want to see her.

- Nah, I don't want to hassle her, not this weekend.

- Okay, so we're not jet setting to Denpasar,

I bags the driver's seat.

- No, no, no, Fly, hang on a sec.

- Practice is everything,

I think you've said once or twice.

Plus, I need the highway hours.

- All right, you drive.

But, if Fly's driving, I want no shouting,

no food fights, no back seat driving.

We clear?

- [All] Yes!

- See you Sunday night!

- [All] Bye Jilly!

("High Above The World" by Saab)

♪ High above the world ♪

♪ An alignment of the stars ♪

♪ High above the shelf ♪

- She's taking us north, I'm sure.

- Either that, or the sun's gonna set in the east.

- Will you lot shut up?

- Yeah, no back seat driving!

- Fly, watch your speed, it's only here.

- Hello!

♪ Stare into the sun ♪

♪ Stare into the sun ♪

- So, what's your secret?

The air ?

You said you're an expert.

I can't say I've noticed.

- I was having a lend mate.

No, I can't say I've tried an air too often.

- Yeah, that's why I'm working so hard on it,

I wanna own the move.

I'll nail it.

You watch.

- Go for it, it's good.

- Lindarra's got an old ocean pull on the point, hasn't it?

Any house on the beach, Seamus said.

- Yeah, yeah, it's right on the beach.

- Hey, does anyone have a tide chart?

Taylor sucks if the sand bar's showing.

- Here.

- Great spot, Simmo.

Good call.

- Worth the drive, eh?

- Oh yeah.

Can we hit the beach yet?

- Mate, the beach will be there in the morning.

Let's get the tents up,

and the gear stowed, all right?

How's the ladies' pavillion going?

- Is this some kind of test or something?

It makes no sense.

- Whoa, yeah, you're right Amy.

It's a test.

You put these through the pockets at the top

and it'll hold your roof up.

- You've done this before.

Unfair.

- You haven't?

- Never camped in my life.

My parents are strictly resort only people.

This is fun.

Kind of roughing it.

We have air mattresses, right Brooke?

- It's good to slum it once in a while.

Which reminds me, do you think Jilly packed enough food?

- There's always fresh fish if she didn't.

- Come on Eric, give us a hand.

We're sharing.

- Cool.

How did this happen?

We tossed a coin.

You lost.

- So, where are the amenities blocks?

- You choose.

- Sure hope the surf's worth it.

♪ Hey there young girl ♪

♪ Throw it up here and I'll capture it ♪

- Wow, this is seriously bad.

- Who stole our left break?

- I have never seen it this wind blown.

- Luck of the draw I guess.

- Come on guys, we've got the whole East Coast.

Let's go to Lindarra.

See if it's better there.

- No, it'll be the same as here.

Why waste our time?

- It won't be a waste of time.

You can go see your Mom.

I'm dying to meet her.

- She's got friends down.

- Eric, if she finds out you were this close

and didn't visit, she'll k*ll you.

Moms are like that.

- Moms are like that.

Don't worry about it, we'll phone ahead on the road,

you can use the mobile.

- No, no, no, let's surprise her.

- Okay, well, we'll take the boards,

the swell might come up after lunch.

- Hey, if I'm driving, I'll need a serious breakfast.

- At last, we get to check out the famous

Tanner beach house.

- Best view on the South Coast.

♪ You look so good ♪

♪ When I get up ♪

♪ When I'm yawning ♪

- I'm turning the key and nothing's happening.

- Got the right key?

- Give me a break, you have a go if you like,

I'll look under the bonnet.

- What bonnet?

- You know what I mean.

- Anyone know anything about cars?

- I can change the oil on a tractor.

- So that's a no.

- Mike, are you good with engines?

- Sorry, it's still on my maybe one day list.

- It's probably got a flat battery.

Did you leave the lights on last night?

- No, and you are so sitting in the back on the drive home.

- Can we phone for road service?

- I'll go for a walk.

See if I can get a signal.

- So no Lindarra trip, no wave hunting?

- Sorry, Eric.

Guess this means you won't get to see your Mom this time.

- Well, next time, eh?

- Eric must be so disappointed.

- I know how I'd feel if it was my Mom.

- Still, there's nothing we can do about it.

- Not necessarily.

- What?

Amy?

- I could catch the bus to Lindarra,

and find Eric's Mom!

Imagine the look on his face if she turned

up here for lunch!

- He'd be wrapped!

- Do you think you could keep him busy

for a couple of hours?

- No worries.

Leave it to me.

- Wish me luck!

- Looking at it isn't gonna help.

- Nothing else to do.

I'm supposed to be practicing.

- The air ?

- My signature move.

Or it will be.

- When you can actually do it.

- Yeah, thanks for that.

- Have you talked to Simmo about it?

- Sure, I've been through the theory with him.

He agrees I'm right.

Timing, footwork, balance.

It's all there.

- On paper.

- In the surf, I know what I have to do.

The routine's in my head.

Like a program running in the background.

But when I hit the wave,

the reentry it...

- It's too choppy.

Thinking it through over and over won't make a difference.

- What else is there?

- Come with me.

- Where to?

- I've got something much more exciting to do!

- Bush walking?

- Yeah, why not?

Eric knows the area so well,

I thought he could show us around.

Right, Eric?

- Sure, why not, there's some caves up near the cliff.

And there's these middens out on the point.

- Middens.

Yeah, that's really gonna fool me.

- Oh come on Mike, you'll love it,

the fresh air, the exercise.

- The spiders, the snakes.

- Stop being such a city boy.

Come on, it'll be fun.

- I'll go check with Amy, see if she wants to come.

- Oh, I already spoke to her.

She's gonna hang around here.

- You sure?

Might just go check, see if--

- Don't bother, she's got a book to finish.

For an English report.

On Monday.

- Oh, righto.

All right, let's do it.

("Trouble Maker" by Machine g*n Fellatio)

- Did you get through on the phone?

- Eventually.

Had to climb a tree to get a signal.

The road service here's a mechanic out of Jasper Creek

and he's not answering his phone.

- Up to us then.

My Mom's car did this once.

It was the solenoid.

- Oh yeah?

You know what a solenoid looks like?

- I know what my Mom's solenoid looks like.

- And what will you do if you find it?

- I'll tighten it, check the wires.

I don't know?

- No, first thing we should do is check the battery.

Tighten the contacts.

- It's not the battery, the battery's fine.

I bet you-- - Well it's not

the solenoid either.

- The mechanic will tell us that, then we'll know.

- I'm going to tighten the contacts.

- Fine, go ahead, waste your time!

- Fine. - Fine!

- Fine!

(rock music)

- I thought fish liked a juicy bit of worm or a prawn?

- No challenge, you might as well buy them

at the fish shop, deep fried.

- So you're just gonna catch them

with a bit of wire and a feather?

- That's the art.

The fish think it's lunch and they bite.

- This doesn't sound like you.

You're more of a jump in and wrestle the fish

bare handed kind of girl.

- I might be if I thought that'd work.

But some things have to be approached

from a different angle.

- Whoa.

Tell me how you did that.

- I can't tell you, I just showed you.

Have a go.

- Okay.

I put this much line out, go back with momentum,

and then...

(rock music)

Is that how you do it?

- I'm guessing not.

There's a bit of art in the casting too.

- Okay.

I'm seeing what you're doing.

Give me room.

- [Amy Voiceover] This is weird.

I'm looking for the best house in the street.

There's no houses here at all.

- That was a good midden.

- Yeah, sure.

Lots of shells.

- You can see why the original owners liked it.

It's good out here.

- Hey look, maybe we should head back,

we don't want to wander too far and get lost.

- Yeah, I think I've seen enough.

- No way!

There's nothing to do back there until lunch.

So, you said there were caves.

This way, right?

- Yeah.

(dog barking)

- [Amy Voiceover] I took a wrong turn.

Except, I didn't even take a turn.

- Morning.

- Hi.

Is there another Sea Vista Avenue in Lindarra?

- Not that I know of, but I've only been here years.

- Right.

I'm looking for Mrs Tanner.

She's supposed to live in Sea Vista, but--

- Oh, that'll be Ronnie Tanner.

- You know her?

- Of course.

Her place is down by the point, number three.

It's right at the end, you can't miss it.

- Thanks.

♪ At the end of the weekend ♪

♪ It's hard to stand tall ♪

♪ At the end of the weekend ♪

♪ It's hard to stand tall ♪

- [Amy Voiceover] Eric didn't want us here.

He was in a caravan park and,

he didn't want us to know.

- Excuse me?

You all right?

You look a bit lost.

- Yeah, fine thanks, just heading back to the bus stop.

- Oh, you'll have a bit of a wait.

The next bus isn't until five.

- This afternoon?

- It's weekend timetables, one bus in, one bus out.

- Great.

- Is there someone to phone?

You can use mine if you want.

- You don't mind?

- Course not.

It's my van.

Best view of the South Coast.

- Best place in the Sea Vista Avenue.

I think I know your son.

- Let you in on a secret?

I hated fly fishing at first.

- Gee, can't understand that at all.

- My Dad made me fish.

He's a total tragic.

And after a while, I realized I was enjoying myself.

I like where fishing takes me.

- Like water?

- I mean it relaxes me.

We all need to relax.

- What am I doing wrong?

- You're thinking too much.

Try to sense the rhythm of the cast.

- It's about transferring energy from the rod

to the fly line.

It's simple physics, it shouldn't be this hard.

- Will you shut up about physics for a minute,

and switch off the calculator?

Get into your position.

Left foot forward.

Now close your eyes.

- What?

- This is not about science, this is about feel.

Back cast, speed up, then stop.

Feel the line loading the rod,

then forward cast, speed up and stop.

Like a sling shot.

- If I close my eyes, I can't see what I'm doing.

- That's the whole idea.

- Feel, right.

- Trust your instincts.

- Okay, you're the boss.

(laughs) Hey d'ya see that?

- Not bad!

- Next challenge, catch a fish.

- Don't push it.

- You know, you're just like Eric said.

- I am?

- He talks about you all the time.

- This is some collection you've got here.

Eric must have really owned this beach.

- [Eric's Mom] His hair was permanently

wet for about years.

Sit.

I'll make some tea.

- Thanks.

So, how long have you been here?

- We used to have a little place up in town.

Then we lost Eric's Dad, been here since Eric was two.

- Wow.

Bet he loved growing up so close to the water.

- Close all right.

Very close at high tide.

Eric said you're from the Gold Coast?

A bit different to here.

- Yeah.

Very different.

- I drove him up that way a few times,

Virginia comps.

- That's a long way.

- Things parents do for their kids, eh?

Still, very quiet around here without him.

- It would be.

I think any place Eric is, is definitely not quiet.

- Did you come looking for me, Amy?

Is Eric all right?

- He's fine.

He's great actually.

We're all camping at Taylor's.

- That's just up the road.

I wonder why he never said.

- Last minute thing.

I just thought I'd just pop up and say hi.

- Try that.

Oh.

- I told you it wasn't the battery.

- Yeah, well it wasn't the solenoid either.

- That we could see.

- No road service yet?

- No.

Looks like we might be stuck here 'til tomorrow.

- I guess there's no chance of getting

to Lindarra now then, eh?

- How was the hike?

- Great.

We got halfway to the caves,

and then Brooke decided she wanted lunch.

- Well it is that time, isn't it?

Anyone seen Amy around?

- Hey, have any of you been watching the beach?

- Surf's up guys.

Time to get wet!

(pop rock music)

- Eric.

You've got a visitor.

- Mom!

Hi!

- Heard you were in the area.

Hello!

- I'd have, I'd have called, but you know,

the phones aren't working.

- Oh, lucky Amy came to see me,

I would have missed you otherwise.

- Amy.

- Surprise.

- Well I gave her a lift back.

Thought I'd get to see you and meet your new friends.

- Bit of a problem I'm afraid,

the waves are calling.

- Oh no, that's good.

I'll come and watch the show.

- It is okay, isn't it?

Meeting your friends?

- Yeah, of course.

Yeah, come on.

Come on.

(waves crashing)

- Nice shape.

Lucky that hike was only Ks.

- Oh, wimp!

- There you go again.

- What?

- You're running the air program

in your head, aren't you?

- That's how I surf!

- It's not about science, it's about feel, remember?

- Go fishing you mean.

♪ You win ♪

♪ Hands down ♪

♪ The state ♪

♪ You're in ♪

♪ Speaks volumes about what I've found ♪

♪ You're right ♪

♪ I'm right ♪

- They're all very good.

Is it fun working with them?

- Yeah, they're a great bunch of kids.

Of course, they know it all already.

- Yeah, goes without saying.

♪ We're right ♪

♪ I'm right ♪

♪ You're right ♪

- You want to join us for lunch?

- Yeah, I'd love to.

- Course, it won't be anything flash.

The kids are out surfing and I should be helping

Fly with the van.

- How's that going?

- Yeah, really well.

We've been playing around with the engine for two hours

and we still haven't got a clue.

- Maybe it's not the engine.

Well, like, if the motor's not ticking over,

it could be a wiring problem.

- Oh yeah.

Where would that be?

- Near the ignition.

Under the dash sometimes wires come loose, yeah.

- I didn't know you were into cars.

- No, I've been reading a lot.

- Yeah, Eric's full of surprises, aren't you mate?

Well I might go and check the wiring.

- Hey check out, Corey's been knocking himself out,

trying to do a .

- He's at it again, eh?

- Looks like it.

(laughing)

- Think he'll nail it this time?

- I've got a good feeling.

♪ We're right ♪

(waves crashing)

- Yeah, Corey!

- Oh what!

- Woo! - Yeah!

- Way to catch a fish!

♪ I cannot feel a thing yeah ♪

♪ You're right ♪

(engine revs)

- Yeah!

Woo-hoo!

- Yes!

- All right.

One loose wire, I thought we were gonna

get choppered out of here!

- I wouldn't mind another night here.

There's no reason to go back.

Surf's hot now.

- [Simmo] There is school, think that's a reason.

- So I had my doubts, by Simmo is a genius.

Why fight it?

He nailed that wire.

- I did have some help from an expert.

- Compliment accepted.

- I didn't mean you.

(laughing)

- Hey. - Hey.

- I kind of sprung your Mom on you before.

I should say sorry.

- There's no need.

So you've seen where we live.

- You said it was the best view on the South Coast.

You were right.

- I stuffed up.

I let you guys think it was a palace,

I should have said something.

- It doesn't matter.

You didn't stuff up.

- It's just, you know, you guys are used to nice things,

mega bathrooms--

- So what?

Your Mom's awesome.

And she loves you.

That's all that counts.

Anyway, I reckon it would be cool to live in a caravan.

- You have to fold down the kitchen table

to get to bed.

- So?

Who needs to sleep and eat at the same time anyway?

- All right, you lot.

If it's going off at Taylor's,

it will be twice as good at Lindarra.

So you're all invited back to Eric's place

for a surf and then a barbecue.

- Sounds good!

(gentle music)

- Dead right, Eric!

Best view on the South Coast.

- Look at that beach!

This is where you grew up?

Pretty cool!

- It's like being on holidays /!

- Give me a break, it's a complete pain in the bum

when eight people come over for dinner.

We'll work something out though.

- I'll come help you.

- Now guys, there are four bathrooms,

they're on the amenities block over there, okay?

- Talk about a surfing head start.

It's almost unfair!

- Simmo, about the van's wire.

Um, I might have accidentally on purpose loosened it.

- Uh-huh.

You want to tell me why?

- I just thought,

I thought it'd be better if we stayed at Taylor's.

I was wrong.

I'm sorry.

- It's cool.

But when we get back, the van will need a wash.

That'll be you, my friend.

- Everyone hold everything, I've got Eric's baby photos!

- Hey!

♪ There's too much choice ♪

♪ And not enough time ♪

♪ To find what's mine ♪

♪ Aiming for your head ♪

♪ Get down ♪

♪ You're the only one in town ♪