Last Wednesday me and Robyn went white water rafting on the Tully river. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty much s**ting myself, I'm the kind of girl who pays into Flamingo Land and only goes on the waltzers.
It turned out that it was one of my favourite things I've done so far. The weather was lovely, we were really lucky. The only thing was that there hasn't been as much rain this year so the water levels were quite low. I'm definitely going to do it again next year once the water levels are back up again.
Got to say, the most difficult part of the day was having to get changed by the side of the road. The bus driver wouldn't let us back on with our wet clothes on but there was literally nowhere to change. The guide directed us to the other side of the bus which was supposedly the 'womens side' we got there and there was this chinese guy just stood there! So we had to change in our towels, not the easiest thing I've ever done =/
That night our group went for our version of the last supper. It was the Alexs' last night in Cairns and I was leaving early on Friday morning. We went to this lovely little restaurant called Mondos and as it was Wednesday we could get fajitas and a drink for $20 so we all had that and it was really nice.
It was sad saying bye to Alex again but I know she is doing what is right for her and hopefully we will meet up again when they get back to Oz later in the year. Gotta say i'm a bit jealous that they are heading back to Bali as well!
On Thursday me and lougles went shopping at DFO, which is basically a discount shopping centre. It's the only place in Oz that i've ever found a bargain. Shorts for $2 and some flip flops for $5. I'm really gunna miss Lou and I hope we keep in touch.
Yesterday I was up early to come to the outback to work. I'm at a place called sunset tavern in Karumba. The money is pretty good and there is literally nowhere to spend it so i'm hoping I will save enough money to travel down the East Coast in style.
The bus picked me up at 6.25am and is meant to arrive in Karumba at 5.30pm, which is bad enough. It ended up being half 6 by the time I finally got here. As we were driving through the outback I felt like I had landed in a scene from Wolf Creek. There literally is nothing there. Just dirt tracks, a couple of houses and a garage/restaurant/ general store. I felt a bit of relief when I got to Karumba because
compared to the rest of the places this was actually quite lively. The tavern is very busy so i'm sure the time will go quite quickly and i'm looking forward to working on the bar. The house was a bit of a shock. There's 10 of us living here and they have literally squeezed as many of us in as possible. It was pretty grotty and at first I didn't know what i'd gotten myself into but Rach cleaned up and its not as bad now. I'm sure i'll soon get used to it. I'm missing the pool already though!
That's about it for now. I want to write an entry on the aboriginals but i'll save that for another time.
Love to all
xxx
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