This morning I went for a walk with my cousin Bryony from Freshwater to Manly beach and back. I class it as one of the best coastal walks in the world and I couldn't think of a better way to spend my last day in Australia.

We dived into the surf at the end of the walk and I spotted a woman surfing. She looked pretty good and was wearing an Australian flag bikini. Bryony recognised her as Layne Beachley, so yeah, considering she's a 7 x world champion, she's not bad on a board.

We had a bit of a chat and she told me she was busy organising the Layne Beachley Classic.

It started with a dream to see female surfers compete for the same money as professional men on the tour, and for their skill to receive the same recognition. That dream becomes a reality in Dee Why in three weeks time when the worlds top 17 female surfers battle it out on Sydney's Northern Beaches, competing for a prize purse of US $140,000.

But she doesn't stop there, her Aim for the Stars Foundation provides financial and moral support to girls and women across Australia to help them realise their dreams in sporting, academic, community or cultural pursuits. Since 2003 the foundation has supported females across Australia including a glider pilot, marine biologist, race car driver, figure skater, rodeo rider and opera singer to name a few.

I told her a bit about my adventure and amazingly she'd already read about what I was doing in the newspaper. I was super stoke to meet such an inspiringly driven and down-to-earth woman, achieving big things in and out of the water. Go Layne!