30th November 2008
Sailing away
Day 54
Off sailing today on a Whitsundays cruise. Spent the morning chilling out with Tom, then off on my boat the Matador.
It was cool. I went scuba diving in the fringe areas of the Great Barrier Reef. When I got in the water, I was shocked by all the coral, colours and fish. Never did I expect it would be this good. Then 2 giant turtles swan past. It was fab!
Spent the evening playing card games with some people on the boat. It was so hot in the sleeping areas though, like an oven. I didn;t last long before taking my pillow and sleeping on the deck.
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Thursday, 4 December 2008
Day 53 Ill
29th November 2008
Ill
Day 53
Not feeling too well today. Everyone went to the lagoon and I stayed in the hostel. God I felt ill. I had drunk some goon last night but only a little - it doesn't matter though as goon is evil. It made me feel ill. Evil, evil goon.
Most people in the room stayed in this evening due to being sick of drinking or early departures in the morning. There's a tv in the room so we watched Jurassic Park and Team America.
Ill
Day 53
Not feeling too well today. Everyone went to the lagoon and I stayed in the hostel. God I felt ill. I had drunk some goon last night but only a little - it doesn't matter though as goon is evil. It made me feel ill. Evil, evil goon.
Most people in the room stayed in this evening due to being sick of drinking or early departures in the morning. There's a tv in the room so we watched Jurassic Park and Team America.
Day 52 Walking around Airlie
28th November 2008
Walking around Airlie
Day 52
Tom and I walked to Coles (a supermarket like Tesco). It took quite a while and was so humid that when we got there, the air conditioning was like a God send. Spent quite a while in there just walking around.
We played the longest game of 'would you rather' on the way back to the hostel with questions like 'would you rather have human size chicken feet or chicken size human feet?'. Obviously it would be human size chicken feet, I think so anyway.
Walking around Airlie
Day 52
Tom and I walked to Coles (a supermarket like Tesco). It took quite a while and was so humid that when we got there, the air conditioning was like a God send. Spent quite a while in there just walking around.
We played the longest game of 'would you rather' on the way back to the hostel with questions like 'would you rather have human size chicken feet or chicken size human feet?'. Obviously it would be human size chicken feet, I think so anyway.
Day 51 Airlie Beach
27th November 2008
Airlie Beach
Day 51
Got to Airlie Beach at 6am. Not able to check into the hostel until 12pm so had a walk around for a while then went back to the hostel and fell asleep on a bench like a tramp.
Chilled out in Airlie and went to some bars with Tom and JD, who are staying in my room.
Left a bar at 1:30am (I'd been on diet cokes after still not being able to drink alcohol since Fraser Island) and went for a swim in the lagoon til 4:30am, which was so cool.
Airlie Beach
Day 51
Got to Airlie Beach at 6am. Not able to check into the hostel until 12pm so had a walk around for a while then went back to the hostel and fell asleep on a bench like a tramp.
Chilled out in Airlie and went to some bars with Tom and JD, who are staying in my room.
Left a bar at 1:30am (I'd been on diet cokes after still not being able to drink alcohol since Fraser Island) and went for a swim in the lagoon til 4:30am, which was so cool.
Day 50 Myella Farmstay 2nd day
26th November 2008
Myella Farmstay
Day 50
We had the chance of riding the horses again this morning. As we were waiting for everyone to get prepared for the horse riding I realised that I wasn't too enthusiastic about it. The Dutch guy wasn't riding today. I asked him why and he said he didn't feel too good riding the horses and felt a bit shakey.
To be honest, yesterday I found sitting on a horse for a few hours trotting around alright, but once is enough. Twice would be boring. The thing was I felt really bad and a little ungrateful. It was like I felt I should do it, but didn't want to. So I decided not to go. I told the farmer man (the one with 2 eyes) and asked what could I do instead. He said anything. The Dutch guy and I said we'd go out on the motorbikes, and as there was two of us we could go around the acres of farm surrounding the main farm.
I told the Dutch guy that I didn't want to go horse riding as I found it a bit boring and he said he didn't want to go for the same reason too but he didn't want to say it. We went speeding off and it was fun. On going around the track, I thought 'I can do this faster' and ended up in the grass.
A group of us left Myella farm and went back to Rockhampton. Then I had a 6.5 hour wait for my Greyhound coach to Airlie Beach. Selena, a girl who was at Myella is getting a coach a little after mine has departed so instead of sitting around doing nothing we went to the cinema to see the film Australia. It was good, Nicole Kidman was so funny in it.
It all worked out with pretty good timing - and now off to Airlie Beach.
Myella Farmstay
Day 50
We had the chance of riding the horses again this morning. As we were waiting for everyone to get prepared for the horse riding I realised that I wasn't too enthusiastic about it. The Dutch guy wasn't riding today. I asked him why and he said he didn't feel too good riding the horses and felt a bit shakey.
To be honest, yesterday I found sitting on a horse for a few hours trotting around alright, but once is enough. Twice would be boring. The thing was I felt really bad and a little ungrateful. It was like I felt I should do it, but didn't want to. So I decided not to go. I told the farmer man (the one with 2 eyes) and asked what could I do instead. He said anything. The Dutch guy and I said we'd go out on the motorbikes, and as there was two of us we could go around the acres of farm surrounding the main farm.
I told the Dutch guy that I didn't want to go horse riding as I found it a bit boring and he said he didn't want to go for the same reason too but he didn't want to say it. We went speeding off and it was fun. On going around the track, I thought 'I can do this faster' and ended up in the grass.
A group of us left Myella farm and went back to Rockhampton. Then I had a 6.5 hour wait for my Greyhound coach to Airlie Beach. Selena, a girl who was at Myella is getting a coach a little after mine has departed so instead of sitting around doing nothing we went to the cinema to see the film Australia. It was good, Nicole Kidman was so funny in it.
It all worked out with pretty good timing - and now off to Airlie Beach.
Day 49 Myella Farm stay
25th November 2008
Myella Farm
Day 49
6:30am - bus to Myella. Myella is a farm stay place that I booked through the jostel last night. Got there in the morning and today I rode a horse called Trigger. Was trotting along but I don't know what I'm doing.
Later that day we got to go on the motorbikes. This is more my thing! There was a speed limit of 35km per hour, but once I passed my little test and deemed good enough to ride around the farm I got it over 60km per hour. Loved it!
Later that day I was about to start driving on my own again but when I started the bike fell on me. Luckily no one saw.
There was a man in charge of the farm. He had one eye. The other eye was missing and his eyelids had folded inwards but were slightly open. When the normal eye blinked, the eyelids of the other blinked a little too.
In the afternoon, I fed some chickens and milked a cow.
At the farm they had 2 parrots too. One they rescued from a fence and it had half a wing on one side. It was a bit manky. The other bird was the most ugly bird I have ever seen in my life. It had beak and feather disease. It couldn't fly but just walked around the dining area and in and out of its cage. Some people said it was cute, they must have been crazy. Look at this-
Day 48 Crocodile Farm
24th November 2008
Rockhampton and Crocodile Farm
Day 48
Had a great nights sleep and have transferred to a girls dorm room for tonight. There were some English girls in the room and we went to a crocodile farm today. At the croc farm they breed the crocodiles and are Gucci's main supplier of croc skin apparently.
The guy who was doing the tour got in the enclosures with the crocodiles and fed them. Crazy man.
Then I went to the Botanical Gardens and Rockhampton Zoo. There wasn't much there to be honest but it was nice. Waited for the last bus back to the centre of Rockhampton but it never turned up so had to get a taxi.
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Day 47 Leaving Hervey Bay
23rd November 2008
Leaving Hervey Bay
Day 47
I am on my own again. God I hate when I leave people. When I woke up, most people had gone as they had early morning buses to catch. This morning I had breakfast and washed my underwear then phoned up Greyhound coaches to book a bus pass for the next few weeks. The plan is to go to Cairns.
Looking back I thought it may have been better to fly into Cairns and work my way down to Sydney, but instead I flew into Brisbane and am heading north to Cairns, then getting a flight down to Brisbane when I leave Cairns then heading South to Byron Bay then to Sydney. Even though this seems to be more expensive (extra coach up north and a flight) it has actually worked out cheaper than if I had flown to Cairns straight away. The flight to Brisbane is under 50 quid! The coach from Cairns to Brisbane would have been in the 100's. How crazy is that?
Anyway I booked a coach ticket over the phone and I leave Hervey Bay today to go to Bundaberg. After booking the coach ticket, I went on the internet to book accommodation in Bundaberg, but everywhere was fully booked. DOH! It's strange though because I actually don't care. I'll just turn up and see if anything is available.
Got a bit depressed being at the hostel by myself so got the shuttle bus to the bus stop where the coach will arrive and I'll wait there for a while rather than being at the hostel on my own. I got the shuttle bus to the coach stop, and as I was getting off the shuttle bus I remembered something - I left all my underwear on the washing line back at the hostel! DOH!
Went in the shopping centre near to the coach shop to re-stock on underwear so now I have all new underwear. All I need now is somewhere to stay for the night.
4:30pm I am in Bundaberg. There is no accommodation anywhere in this town. Whoops. I've had to book the next coach out of here to Rockhampton, where one hostel there has a room. Only problem is they only have male dorm rooms left and it will be 11:30pm by the time I get there. The lady at the hostels reception said she will leave a key to the room in an outside safe and gave me the safe code.
It's ok though because Bundaberg looks a but naff anyway. There were 2 Canadian men I got speaking to at the coach station. They did the same as me and turned up with no accommodation booekd so were waiting for a coach to somewhere else.
I thought I learnt my lesson in Japan - don't leave it until the last minute to book accommodation. Obviously not.
Oh well, skipping Bundaberg gives me extra time to spend in other places. Got to keep positive about these things!
I love Australia
Leaving Hervey Bay
Day 47
I am on my own again. God I hate when I leave people. When I woke up, most people had gone as they had early morning buses to catch. This morning I had breakfast and washed my underwear then phoned up Greyhound coaches to book a bus pass for the next few weeks. The plan is to go to Cairns.
Looking back I thought it may have been better to fly into Cairns and work my way down to Sydney, but instead I flew into Brisbane and am heading north to Cairns, then getting a flight down to Brisbane when I leave Cairns then heading South to Byron Bay then to Sydney. Even though this seems to be more expensive (extra coach up north and a flight) it has actually worked out cheaper than if I had flown to Cairns straight away. The flight to Brisbane is under 50 quid! The coach from Cairns to Brisbane would have been in the 100's. How crazy is that?
Anyway I booked a coach ticket over the phone and I leave Hervey Bay today to go to Bundaberg. After booking the coach ticket, I went on the internet to book accommodation in Bundaberg, but everywhere was fully booked. DOH! It's strange though because I actually don't care. I'll just turn up and see if anything is available.
Got a bit depressed being at the hostel by myself so got the shuttle bus to the bus stop where the coach will arrive and I'll wait there for a while rather than being at the hostel on my own. I got the shuttle bus to the coach stop, and as I was getting off the shuttle bus I remembered something - I left all my underwear on the washing line back at the hostel! DOH!
Went in the shopping centre near to the coach shop to re-stock on underwear so now I have all new underwear. All I need now is somewhere to stay for the night.
4:30pm I am in Bundaberg. There is no accommodation anywhere in this town. Whoops. I've had to book the next coach out of here to Rockhampton, where one hostel there has a room. Only problem is they only have male dorm rooms left and it will be 11:30pm by the time I get there. The lady at the hostels reception said she will leave a key to the room in an outside safe and gave me the safe code.
It's ok though because Bundaberg looks a but naff anyway. There were 2 Canadian men I got speaking to at the coach station. They did the same as me and turned up with no accommodation booekd so were waiting for a coach to somewhere else.
I thought I learnt my lesson in Japan - don't leave it until the last minute to book accommodation. Obviously not.
Oh well, skipping Bundaberg gives me extra time to spend in other places. Got to keep positive about these things!
I love Australia
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Day 46 Fraser Island last day HUNGOVER
22nd November 2008
Hangover
Day 46
I have never woken up so drunk in my life. Woke up in the tent and felt so ill. Oh it was awful. I'm definately not driving today.
Everyone was so nice though. I slept in the van whilst they had breakfast, made the sandwiches for lunch and put the tents down.
We went to Eli Creek today. It was nice and involved minimal effort. Then we went to Lake Wabby. We had to walk 1.8km to get to Lake Wabby through woods and 1km over sand dunes. I thought I wasn't going to make it. It was awful! The walk that is, not the lake. The lake was cool. Went swimming in it, which helped to sober me up a bit then joined everyone in a run down the hill and jumping into the lake. It was so fun! Then I decided to walk up the hill and roll down horizontally. As I was feeling a little better it seemed like a great idea at the time. I didn't feel too good after I did it.
The walk back was easier but the drive to the ferry off Fraser Island was over all the tree roots and bumpy roads. Not good.
Tim and I had a gaytime. My attention was first brought to gaytimes during a TV commercial. Gaytimes are a make of ice cream over here. There catchphrase is 'it's so hard to have a Gaytime on your own'. Seriously.
Hangover
Day 46
I have never woken up so drunk in my life. Woke up in the tent and felt so ill. Oh it was awful. I'm definately not driving today.
Everyone was so nice though. I slept in the van whilst they had breakfast, made the sandwiches for lunch and put the tents down.
We went to Eli Creek today. It was nice and involved minimal effort. Then we went to Lake Wabby. We had to walk 1.8km to get to Lake Wabby through woods and 1km over sand dunes. I thought I wasn't going to make it. It was awful! The walk that is, not the lake. The lake was cool. Went swimming in it, which helped to sober me up a bit then joined everyone in a run down the hill and jumping into the lake. It was so fun! Then I decided to walk up the hill and roll down horizontally. As I was feeling a little better it seemed like a great idea at the time. I didn't feel too good after I did it.
The walk back was easier but the drive to the ferry off Fraser Island was over all the tree roots and bumpy roads. Not good.
Tim and I had a gaytime. My attention was first brought to gaytimes during a TV commercial. Gaytimes are a make of ice cream over here. There catchphrase is 'it's so hard to have a Gaytime on your own'. Seriously.
Day 45 Fraser Island 2nd Day
21st November 2008
Fraser Island 2nd Day
Day 45
Lovely weather today!
We went to a place on Fraser Island called Indian Head. It was the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen. We could see the mantarays in the sea from where we were standing. Took some pics then accidentally trod on my glasses when I left them on the floor. Clever. It was strange though as usually I'd be pissed off when things like that happen, but I really didn't care. I'll find some glue one day and fix them.
We all then went to a place called 'Champagne Pools' and had a swim. The salt water irritated a rash on my neck though and it stung like hell.
All the people I am with are so cool. There is Jamie, Tim, Lucy, Laura, Jess, Anna and Connie. When we got back to the campsite we had lunch and then me Jamie and Tim went to chill on the beach for a bit with some goon (cheap wine). It was fab. There were these huge fies around us though that bite and we had to defend ourselves by swatting them with flip flops whenever they came 
near to us.
near to us.We went back to the campsite for dinner then we all strolled down to the beach again where we were drinking under the stars. We went for a paddle in the sea and all of this plankton were sparkling around our feet! It was surreal.
This guy Tim who is from England too is like my best bud here. He is so funny and I am having the best time here.
Day 44 FRASER ISLAND
20th November 2008Fraser Island Baby!
Day 44
Up nice and early as I'm going to Fraser Island today! A few of payed rock, paper, scissors to see who would be the first driver and I won so got to drive from the rental place to Fraser Island. It was so cool. Got there and visited some beautiful lakes. It was fab.We aimed to be at the campsite for about 5pm ish but we got lost. Driving on the beach for ages we didn't know where the turning was and it was raining and getting dark. Then the thunder and lightning started. The lightening was PINK! We saw a giant turtle too.
After driving on the beach for ages we came to the conclusion that we must have missed the turning so turned around and drove back down the beach and just picked a turning that we found. The car got stuck in the sand so we had to get out and push it in the rain. When the car started and got out of the sand rut we all cheered and jumped in. We drove up this random turning for a while and agreed that even if it was the wrong place we'd stay here anyway. It was dark, wet and we were all getting hungry.
Turned out that it was the right turning! The people at the site weren't too impressed that we were (very) late. It was dark, still thunder and lightning, raining and we had 2 tents to put in. The tents were stupid. Stupid, stupid tents. Some bits were missing and sand kept getting into the poles and they took ages to put up.
We were hungry in the rain trying to put 2 stupid tents up - and it was so much fun! All of it. No one got moody or angry or anything and we all had a laugh. After the tents were finally up we had a BBQ and chilled drinking wine in the slighty wet tents until we fell asleep.
Day 43 Back in a hostel
19th November 2008
Hostel time
Day 43
It's been a while since I have stayed at a hostel after the Couchsurfing and volunteering for the past few weeks. I want my own room back again!
There were people outside the dorm window talking absolute rubbish very loudly and people kept comng in the room and turning the lights on and off.
This morning I have bite marks over my feet where something has had a nibble at me in the night. Nice.
The weather is lovely today though, so fingers crossed for Fraser Island tomorrow.
Met a girl called Jess and a guy called Craig who are going to Fraser Island tomorrow too. We went to the pub and had a few drinks and now I am so excited! AHHH!
Hostel time
Day 43
It's been a while since I have stayed at a hostel after the Couchsurfing and volunteering for the past few weeks. I want my own room back again!
There were people outside the dorm window talking absolute rubbish very loudly and people kept comng in the room and turning the lights on and off.
This morning I have bite marks over my feet where something has had a nibble at me in the night. Nice.
The weather is lovely today though, so fingers crossed for Fraser Island tomorrow.
Met a girl called Jess and a guy called Craig who are going to Fraser Island tomorrow too. We went to the pub and had a few drinks and now I am so excited! AHHH!
Day 42 Helloooo Hervey Bay!
18th November 2008
Helloooo Hervey Bay!
Day 42
Today's weather: rain, rain, rain, no rain, rain, no rain.
Rain gets me down.
I left Bambooland today. Janne has driven me to Hervey Bay and I went on the internet to check out the weather for the next few days to see when it's best for me to go to Fraser Island. I was hoping to go anytime in the next couple of days. The weather forecast is bad and only starts to get better in a week. DOH!
I wasn't too impressed that it'll be raining in my Fraser Island trip. There have been storms all over the East Coast.
Feeling a bit down I have noticed something has been missing out of my life this past 5 weeks I have been travelling, so to cheer myself up I went out and bought a bottle of the stuff today. It has cheered me up as I used to use it all the time back home and all of this volunteering and planting has taken its toll. Now I've got some nail polish I have nice shiny nails again. Yay!
I have got a grip and booked my Fraser Island trip for Thursday.
Helloooo Hervey Bay!
Day 42
Today's weather: rain, rain, rain, no rain, rain, no rain.
Rain gets me down.
I left Bambooland today. Janne has driven me to Hervey Bay and I went on the internet to check out the weather for the next few days to see when it's best for me to go to Fraser Island. I was hoping to go anytime in the next couple of days. The weather forecast is bad and only starts to get better in a week. DOH!
I wasn't too impressed that it'll be raining in my Fraser Island trip. There have been storms all over the East Coast.
Feeling a bit down I have noticed something has been missing out of my life this past 5 weeks I have been travelling, so to cheer myself up I went out and bought a bottle of the stuff today. It has cheered me up as I used to use it all the time back home and all of this volunteering and planting has taken its toll. Now I've got some nail polish I have nice shiny nails again. Yay!
I have got a grip and booked my Fraser Island trip for Thursday.
Day 41 Kangaroo spotting
17th November 2008
Planting and Kangaroo spotting
Day 41
Planted some bamboo today then Mona and I went kangaroo spotting. We saw some wild kangaroos jumping around. You can't get close to them because they see you and jump off. Mona said she thought that my blog was funny and likes it, so that was a relief.
I leave Bambooland tomorrow. It's strange. I was happy to leave Japan, Brisbane and Mooloolaba but I could easily spend a few more weeks here.
There has been some crazy weather here though this past few days. The loudest thunder and brightest lightening I have ever seen! The windows and I were shaking! We only got a little of the storm though. Brisbane got the worst of it so God knows what it was like there.
Planting and Kangaroo spotting
Day 41
Planted some bamboo today then Mona and I went kangaroo spotting. We saw some wild kangaroos jumping around. You can't get close to them because they see you and jump off. Mona said she thought that my blog was funny and likes it, so that was a relief.
I leave Bambooland tomorrow. It's strange. I was happy to leave Japan, Brisbane and Mooloolaba but I could easily spend a few more weeks here.
There has been some crazy weather here though this past few days. The loudest thunder and brightest lightening I have ever seen! The windows and I were shaking! We only got a little of the storm though. Brisbane got the worst of it so God knows what it was like there.
Day 40 ID please
16th November 2008
PUB talk
Day 40
We went around some pubs last night in Hervey Bay. On the last pub we went to though I got asked for ID and I hadn't brought any out with me. Bummer. Janne said there was a side entrance to the pub so I sneaked in and sat in a corner. When it was my round I passed Janne some money and he went to the bar for me.
Janne was driving us home later in the night and on our way back he got pulled over by the police and breathalysed. The policeman said Janne had driven through an orange light and that he could be issued with a fine and get points on his licence! The policeman was such a prick. He was being so argumentative and was a right cocky so and so.
Janne was under the limit though as he didn't have that much to drink and the policeman let us go.
Oh and Janne has read my blog now too so I defo look like a psycho now.
PUB talk
Day 40
We went around some pubs last night in Hervey Bay. On the last pub we went to though I got asked for ID and I hadn't brought any out with me. Bummer. Janne said there was a side entrance to the pub so I sneaked in and sat in a corner. When it was my round I passed Janne some money and he went to the bar for me.
Janne was driving us home later in the night and on our way back he got pulled over by the police and breathalysed. The policeman said Janne had driven through an orange light and that he could be issued with a fine and get points on his licence! The policeman was such a prick. He was being so argumentative and was a right cocky so and so.
Janne was under the limit though as he didn't have that much to drink and the policeman let us go.
Oh and Janne has read my blog now too so I defo look like a psycho now.
Day 39 Wedding
15th November 2008
Raking again
Day 39
I think today was the day I was meant to be graduating from Sheffield Hallam University for doing my PGCert in Asperger syndrome. Cool.
There's a wedding on later today at Bambooland so Silent Mike and I did raking today to make all the grounds look nice and pretty. Ah.
Later we are going to a pub in Hervey Bay for a meal so am looking forward to that.
I have been thinking a lot recently about life and al that jazz and have come to the conclusion to follow my instincts on everything. Plus I've started to research volunteering for UNICEF for next year.
LATER
The wedding that took place today was lovely. Then this evening Mona asked me if I kept a blog. I said yes and she asked me for the address so now I am probably going to look like a right psycho after writing all that stuff about Mike and the canoe.
Raking again
Day 39
I think today was the day I was meant to be graduating from Sheffield Hallam University for doing my PGCert in Asperger syndrome. Cool.
There's a wedding on later today at Bambooland so Silent Mike and I did raking today to make all the grounds look nice and pretty. Ah.
Later we are going to a pub in Hervey Bay for a meal so am looking forward to that.
I have been thinking a lot recently about life and al that jazz and have come to the conclusion to follow my instincts on everything. Plus I've started to research volunteering for UNICEF for next year.
LATER
The wedding that took place today was lovely. Then this evening Mona asked me if I kept a blog. I said yes and she asked me for the address so now I am probably going to look like a right psycho after writing all that stuff about Mike and the canoe.
Day 38 Scooping
14th November 2008
Scooping & Jaws
Day 38
Task for the day: Scooping leaves from the pond.
Went down to a pub in Hervey Bay. Hoping to book my trip to Fraser Island soon, maybe tomorrow.
When I got back to my room at Bambooland I listened to the radio for a while. There's a really good radio station out here and at nights they have an English presenter. They have a topic each night people can call up and talk about, or people can phone up and start their own topic. The thing is that some of the people who ring up are drunk and get confused. It's so funny. The topic recently was 'favourite Australian films'. One woman phoned up the station and ranted on about men who have cheated on her and then this drunk man phoned up and said his favourite Australian movie is 'Jaws'. It was hilarious. The presenter was really nice about it even though he obviously knew that 'Jaws' is not an Australian film and told the man he didn't think it was made in Australia. The man was so confused.
Scooping & Jaws
Day 38
Task for the day: Scooping leaves from the pond.
Went down to a pub in Hervey Bay. Hoping to book my trip to Fraser Island soon, maybe tomorrow.
When I got back to my room at Bambooland I listened to the radio for a while. There's a really good radio station out here and at nights they have an English presenter. They have a topic each night people can call up and talk about, or people can phone up and start their own topic. The thing is that some of the people who ring up are drunk and get confused. It's so funny. The topic recently was 'favourite Australian films'. One woman phoned up the station and ranted on about men who have cheated on her and then this drunk man phoned up and said his favourite Australian movie is 'Jaws'. It was hilarious. The presenter was really nice about it even though he obviously knew that 'Jaws' is not an Australian film and told the man he didn't think it was made in Australia. The man was so confused.
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Day 37 Planting and rowing
13th November 2008
Planting and rowing
Day 37
Spent the first part of the day planting bamboo.
Then me and Silent Mike (in the picture above) took the canoe down to the river near to where we are staying. We went rowing along the river. I made occassional observational comments. He didn't say anything.
We were rowing down the river for quite a while, me in the front of the canoe and him in the back, then I started to think, 'what if he pulls a knife out and stabs me in the back? What would I do?'. I thought about it for a while and came to the conclusion that out of the two of us, I'm probably the more unstable one, which made me feel better.
Then it started to rain a lot so there was no time for anyone to do any stabbing and we both started to frantically paddle back. I started to make jokes about bringing an umbrella. The rain got heavier, which was bad as I had put a load of suncream on my face before going out in the canoe and the rain made it run down my face and go into my eyes. It stung like hell. I had to paddle back most of the way with my eyes closed.
By the time we got to where we started it had stopped raining. Silent Mike seemed amused by the mascara running down my face but (obviously) said nothing. If he'd have said anything bad I would have stabbed him... just kidding. I didn't have a knife.
Planting and rowing
Day 37
Spent the first part of the day planting bamboo.
Then me and Silent Mike (in the picture above) took the canoe down to the river near to where we are staying. We went rowing along the river. I made occassional observational comments. He didn't say anything.
We were rowing down the river for quite a while, me in the front of the canoe and him in the back, then I started to think, 'what if he pulls a knife out and stabs me in the back? What would I do?'. I thought about it for a while and came to the conclusion that out of the two of us, I'm probably the more unstable one, which made me feel better.
Then it started to rain a lot so there was no time for anyone to do any stabbing and we both started to frantically paddle back. I started to make jokes about bringing an umbrella. The rain got heavier, which was bad as I had put a load of suncream on my face before going out in the canoe and the rain made it run down my face and go into my eyes. It stung like hell. I had to paddle back most of the way with my eyes closed.
By the time we got to where we started it had stopped raining. Silent Mike seemed amused by the mascara running down my face but (obviously) said nothing. If he'd have said anything bad I would have stabbed him... just kidding. I didn't have a knife.
Day 35 Mulching
11th November 2008
Mulching
Day 35
Learnt what mulching was (putting dried leaves on ground where stuff is growing). Did it (put dried leaves on ground where stuff was growing).
It may be time to leave here soon. Have saved quite a bit of money by staying here but feeling a good drinking session coming on...
Mulching
Day 35
Learnt what mulching was (putting dried leaves on ground where stuff is growing). Did it (put dried leaves on ground where stuff was growing).
It may be time to leave here soon. Have saved quite a bit of money by staying here but feeling a good drinking session coming on...
Day 34 Weeding
10th November 2008
Weeding
Day 34
Did weeding.
Watched 'Little Miss Sunshine' in the evening with Silent Mike, Janne and Teresa. I picked the film as I remember my sister went to watch it at the cinema a while ago and she said it was good.
I don't know if the others really got into it though, I had a feeling they didn't like it much. When the part with the car horn came on I was laughing so much I tried to hide that I was laughing but it made it all even funnier. God that creased me up.
Weeding
Day 34
Did weeding.
Watched 'Little Miss Sunshine' in the evening with Silent Mike, Janne and Teresa. I picked the film as I remember my sister went to watch it at the cinema a while ago and she said it was good.
I don't know if the others really got into it though, I had a feeling they didn't like it much. When the part with the car horn came on I was laughing so much I tried to hide that I was laughing but it made it all even funnier. God that creased me up.
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