The Drug Aware Pro is officially rolling along. The shots I snapped of the boys smiling at the press conference yesterday is because they have all been lent brand new 4WD Lexus Hybrids to cruise down from Perth to Margaret's and go bush bashing for the week.

Parko, Bede, Mick Fanning and Occy, who is just here to do stuff for Fuel TV, were all handed the keys ... what was Lexus thinking?

All in all, the press conference was pretty funny. Government officials, who are the main sponsors, were trying to be cool and utilize surf speak. "Pumping" was the word of the day. Everyone tried to use it in context and almost got it right. I was waiting for 'cowabunga' to pop out considering the Margaret River region is hosting the Cow Parade, an outdoor art display featuring 80 life size 3D cow canvases "grazing" at places all over the region. Some pretty fun cows out there, including the 'CowaBunga"hanging hoof' on the roof of the local pub.

Forecast looks like it will be pumping this week. Wednesday is suppose to be good and Friday is supposed to be triple overhead. There's a big pack of girls down here, including Alana Blanchard -- the tour misses her. Maybe she should have been given a special wildcard for 2010, or we could all hope she requalifies for 2011. Former tour warrior and West Oz legend Dave Macaulay's daughter is doing well here. She is only 17 years old, but has been ripping. Dad was sitting in the channel caddying for her and was beaming after she won her heat.

That's about it, except I nearly hit a kangaroo this morning heading to the contest. It just hopped out in front of the car. Yeah, they do hang in the streets and the highways here in Oz.