Women's Beginner Surf and Yoga Weekend in Bermagui, NSW

The weekend runs Friday to Sunday, with four surf lessons and four yoga sessions spread across the three days. Mornings start with yoga to warm up the body before surfing — the operators say this prevents injury and gets you ready to paddle out. Then it's into the water with qualified instructors from Camel Rock Surf School, who guide every step for beginners and advanced beginners. The team checks conditions daily and moves the group to whichever Bermagui beach break is working best.

Accommodation is at Beares Beach House, a large home in Bermagui designed and furnished by an Australian interior architect around a 'Coastal Chill' look. It has four spacious bedrooms upstairs, two bathrooms plus a powder room, an oversized lounge with a 12-seater couch and gas fireplace, a dining area with separate sitting lounges, a rumpus room with a pool table, a media room with smart TV, two double bunks downstairs sleeping 4-6, an outdoor BBQ area with a 10-seater table, and an extensive range of surfboards for guests to use. Traveller's package guests get Honorbread pastries delivered to their door each morning.

Saturday lunch is catered by Eastwoods, and there's a meet and greet dinner so everyone gets to know each other early. Surfboards and wetsuits are provided if you don't have your own, as is yoga equipment. The Local's package is for people already living in the area — same surf lessons, yoga, Saturday lunch and meet and greet dinner, but no accommodation and no pastries.

Bermagui itself is a small town on the far South Coast with a main street overlooking Horseshoe Bay. In free time you can swim at the Blue Pools, hike up Gulaga, or swim at Horse Head and Camel Rock. There are cafes and shops along the main street for coffee and food.

What separates this from a generic surf camp is the combination of a properly kitted-out house, daily yoga built around the surfing rather than bolted on, and instructors from a named local school who know these breaks. It's also explicitly a women's trip, which shapes the group dynamic — the shared rooms are described as sharing with 'surfer girls' and 'surfer girls' throughout.

What's included

- 4 x surf lessons with Camel Rock Surf School - 4 x yoga sessions with Cyd - 2 nights accommodation at Beares Beach House, Bermagui (Traveller's packages) - Honorbread pastries delivered to your door each morning (Traveller's packages) - Lunch on Saturday catered by Eastwoods - Meet and greet dinner - Surfboards and wetsuits if needed - Yoga equipment if needed

What's not included

- Travel to and from Bermagui - Meals other than Saturday lunch, the meet and greet dinner and morning pastries - Accommodation on the Local's package - Pastries on the Local's package - Travel insurance - Personal expenses