Friday morning I got up nice and early, at 5 o'clock. It was still dark when I left the house at 5.40 to get the bus. I caught the first bus out to Coogee and as we headed out to the beach, the light slowly started to break on the horizon. Once there at the beach, the sun was beginning to rise over the sea. The water was warm, as you would expect at this time of the year. Joggers were making their way up and down the sand. As I paddled along and looked at the rocks I thought to myself "This is what life is really like."