Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The story continues...

....the story continues....

Tara and I somehow make it through a couple roundabouts (peculiar British commonwealth street structure). I kept saying "yield to the right! yield to the right!" We spot the bike path and start scooting along the beach. We stopped for coffee at a little cafe overlooking the ocean. After about three miles, we came to the end of the trail, and spotted a Woolworth's (grocery store). So, we decided it would be a good time to go shopping for our usual fanfare (rice cakes, apples, and tim tams). Also, we need some champagne for when we met up with our French friends. The bottle shop guy said if we bought six, we'd get a 10% discount. Being suckers for discounts, no matter if it makes sense or not, Tara and I readily pick out 6 bottles of bubbly! When we retrieved our bikes, we realized what we had done. How were we going to get it all back! I took the bike chain and strapped down the Champagne in the six pack carrying case to the back of my bike. Tara carried our purses. So here were...two girls in helmets, sundresses, sunnies, and a six pack of rattling Champagne bottles all the way back to our hostel. Tara even juggled her kebab in one hand as we rode. It was absurd and completely us. One of our funniest and completey unphotographed moments of the trip.

Itinenary Update:

We left Hervey Bay and went to Airlie Beach. We took an incredible sailing/snorkeling trip out to the Whitsunday Islands. I snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef!!! The fish were so thick around me at one point that I freaked out (wild aminals kind of make me nervous) and swung out my hand. It smacked into one. So I flung out my other arm to get away and it smacked into another fish!!!! But all in all it has been one of the most beautiful sights I have beheld in my life.

Then, we left Airlie Beach for Townsville and met up with our French friends, Vinci and Caro, as well as Abby!!!! Abby and I snorkeled again off of Magnetic Island. Vinci and Caro offered to take us to Cairns. All five of us road tripped in their camper van. We camped out in their extra tent for three nights.

Tara, Abby, and I kissed them goodbye a couple days ago and flew to Sydney, hopped the train immediately to Townsville (there was a crazy crazy guy on our train who kept asking us if we were ok...then he'd flip us off...then he'd ask our names...then he'd say his name was "cannabis"...then he'd ask us if we were ok...then he'd talk to other people and it would start all over...eventful three hours!), where we spent a night.

Then, we headed out for a day to Port Stephens to see the whales and dolphins...but not surprisingly (we always have things not work out on this trip) it was way too windy to see anything so we didn't pay to go out. Instead, we watched a movie with Heath Ledger (the ultimate Aussie...God rest his soul). About half way through the movie, Abby and I look up at the top shelf over our heads and see a tail. We flick on the lights and discover a rat peeping at us!!!!! I will not lie. All three of us freaked. The rat flew out of sight. We continued watching Heath. However, the rat was not to be deterred for long. He kept terrorizing us about every 10 minutes until the movie was done. I was even standing on top of my chair for a good fifteen minutes. Remember, I don't like unpredictable wild animals...Tomorrow we head back to Sydney, where Tara and I will show Abby all the great sights. I'm most excited for the world famous zoo!

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