Hello. This weekend was BEAUTIFUL! Friday went home after work however and was asleep in bed by 10 pm. The week wore me out! I got up at about 7 am on Saturday morning to a BEAUTIFUL day. I decided that I would go down to the beach for the coastal walk on the beach near my apartment. Th
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
Hello. This weekend was BEAUTIFUL! Friday went home after work however and was asleep in bed by 10 pm. The week wore me out! I got up at about 7 am on Saturday morning to a BEAUTIFUL day. I decided that I would go down to the beach for the coastal walk on the beach near my apartment. Th
Monday, November 8, 2010
Hello! It was brought to my attention how bad my blo
g has been slacking. This is mostly because I honestly have been SO BUSY. I am trying to think over the last several we
eks--- Had my birthday where I went to Opera House bar with my roomates then out. It was fun; however, just was not the same knowing that everyone else was together in Oxford for the Auburn game. After my birthday was November 2nd and Melbourne Cup Day. This is "the race that stops the nation." And they aren't kidding when they use this term... even schools gather in a central area and stop teaching to watch the race. I decided since it would be my only Melbourne cup that I should place a bet; therefore I put a small place bet on "Maluckyday" and "Americain" to represent our country. Su
re enough these 2 won first and 2nd place!!! I was very excited about this. Nearly all offices shut down after the race and I met my co workers around the corner at a small pub to watch the rest of the races. Lets see----- this brings us up to November 3rd which was my other roomates birthday. We had a small party at our house for Silvia with her classmates. She is my roomate from Slovokia that is here studying English. Lets see.... this weekend took surfing less
ons. Yes this is WAYYYYY harder than it looks. And if you see in the pictures that it looks like I am struggling with a wave about 1/2 foot tall that is because I was. I will say for my defense though the pic
tures were taken in my first 30 minutes before it came a storm. By the end of the 2 hour lesson I had improved some!!! Sunday we went to the Harbour for the Red Bull Flutag event. Not sure who knows what this is or not. It is basically when people build a flying object of some sort and fly it off of a ramp into the water. Its pretty funny to watch! Last night we went to a stand up comedy show and dinner in the city. Very very funny guy!!!! So just a quick note catching up on what I have been up to... besides this stuff I have been working 9-5 every day so between all of this is why I have not had a chance to write!!!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Where do I begin. I am about to complete my 2nd week of work. I finally for the most part know what I am doing without asking a million questions every day. For the most part have been
in a routine—wake up , go to work, workout, bed and then start over a
gain! Wednesday after work April and I met up for after work drinks at the Sydney Tower overlooking the city. Her co worker gave us the cheap method of going up in the tower—you can either pay like a normal person (around $50) or go up to the restaurant for after work cocktails about $15. As you can imagine we chose the free trip up in the tower with a drink. After that we walked around Hyde Park at the Noodle Market. This was basically ton of vendors from food all over… mostly Asian food. Friday night I met up with some friends that I had not seen in about 3 weeks that I met in Mission bea
ch. They were in town so went to hang out with them for a bit. I suppose that brings us to Saturday—one of my most fun days!!! We went to the races. I went with my friend Cassie from Philly to Bell a girl from around here’s birthday. Cassie’s sister studied a semester of college in Australia and Bell was one of her best friends and therefore that is the connection. The horse racing day is very similar to a grove day. We woke up at about 9 and got the train out to Bell’s house. She lives in a very cute part of town in North Sydney. They had breakfast finger foods, mimosas music and picnic blankets out on the lawn. Everyone was dressed up in their dresses with hair pieces. We stayed around there visiting until about 12 then took the train outside of town to the races. The races lasted until about 6 o clock then we went to dinner. After that we hit up a great karaoke bar in Chinatown. Ding Dang Dong Karaoke. They have rooms that
you can rent out by the hour. Since there were about 15-20 of us we got a room for an hour—very entertaining! These were the nicest, most welcoming group of girls ever! I told them they would have to come to an Ole Miss football game and I am not kidding when I think there is a good chance a couple may come! Talked to one of the girls this morning and she invited me to a day party they are having at their house in a few weekends. Hmmmm… let’s see what else is new….. April and I joined a trail period for a hot yoga place. For all the times I said yoga was not a work out I lied… I have been SO SORE. I have decided after about 3 times of doing it how
ever I am just a person who enjoys going for a run much more! April and I booked our surf lessons today. In two weekends we will be attempting to surf…. Can’t wait to see how this goes. I think we are going to try to talk Courtney into coming down to the beach to take videos and pictures… we are pretty sure it will be a pretty good laugh. I cannot believe how fast time has gone by! It seems as though we just got here and we have almost been here for 3 months, it’s crazy!!! Well I suppose that is all for now. I figured I had not written in a while so I would write down what has been going on!



Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sydney----
Hello. I just completed day number two of work. I forgot how exhausting working all day can be!!! The good news is that I really like work. I am working at reception in the architecture building in the program development support office. Basically I do odd jobs. Day one was quite interesting. I sat in an education board meeting for 3 hours taking minutes. Yes, that was me attempting to understand all of the
different accents in the room and type as quickly as possible! Everyone is VERY nice there though. I have actually gotten 3 calls for other employment since I started there; I guess it is a good thing that I like the job!! I am a bit depressed however. The other day when I was on campus in regular clothes several people came up and talked to me. Apparently if you put business clothes on and go on a uni campus you might as well write on your forhead with a sharpe marker "don't be my friend". I was talking to the guy who was getting me coffee and I suppose the person behind me in line overheard and was like "oh wait you aren't a teacher here." Since when did I look old enough to be a college professor!? I would assume I just looked like a kid dressed up for a presentation-- apparently not! This weekend was BEAUTIFUL. I stayed in western Sydney to house sit one of my roomates friends house because they went to Byron Bay. I have never understood how people couldn't like animals until this weekend. I was looking after DEMON cat. It is the neediest, touchiest, cat I have ever seen in
my life. I was held hostage in the back small room all weekend while the cat enjoyed the big screen tv, nice bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. These are the rooms that it had its fur COVERING and could some how get in the rooms even if the doors were shut. The weekend consisted of me yelling at the cat and fighting it away from touching me with a remote control. Friday went out to dinner. First time I have been out to a nice dinner in FOREVER. Cassie (friend from Philly) had off work for once so we went downtown and had dinner. I had the best, biggest burger ever! It was AMAZING! Sunday went to Coogee beach for the day to hang out with some friends that live out there and then over to a friend's house that night. That's about all that has been going on though!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Yay for employment.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
So not to much has been going on therefore have not updated the blog any! Today is my last day at my current 4 day temp job. The good news is I get the first paycheck I have had in a LONG time! Next Tuesday I have an interview for another temporary position that will be longer term until my scheduled departure date. I'll keep my fingers crossed for that. Besides that not all that much has been going on. Just been hanging out with roomates and a few other people around town. Starting to have some friends who will be around here for a while so that is nice! Its the weekend so I am off to meet up with some friends in the city. Just was going to update and say I'm alive, well, and still LOVING it!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Bondi Beach House
I haven't written in a while mainly because not to much interesting has been going on and I have been busy. This week has been dedicated mainly to interviews/applying for jobs! I am now
settled in my house and could not have been luckier with good roomates. I live about a 5 minute walk from Bondi Beach and 15 minute walk from the Junction which is a main train hub. There is a bus that runs from 1/2 a block from our house too so it is easy to get around. I have gotten rejected from about a million jobs, but am happy to say that I have a temp role starting next week. It is only 1 full day and 2 half days, but apparently once you get added
onto the "active temp list" you get contacted more often and for longer roles. I have actually received 2 more calls this afternoon as well so I suppose this is true! The good news is with the cost of living so high the pay is also high. Tonight (Friday night) we are having a small party/get together at our house. It is with about 8 of Silvia and Youdi's classmates. They are the Slovakian couple that occupy the other room. Yesterday, Youdi came to ask permission if they invite friends since this is the first time they have not had to study
since they have been here. They are studying English here. Another reason I love these roomates-- soo considerate. Even if they are listening to music they ask permission. They asked permission from all the other people in the building and told their friends that they must be out of the apartment or somewhere else after 10:00pm. The two girls that I am sharing a room with is April (from New Mexico) and Courtney (from Canada). Last night April and I took the train into the city and went for a walk around the Opera house and over the Sydney Harbour Br
idge. We also made a list of all the different places that we want to go to. We decided 2 nights a week we are going to meet up after work and split an "entree" (which is an appetizer) and get a glass of wine. This way we can try out all the different places we want to go in the city and suburbs. Tomorrow is the AFL finals (Aussie Football (Rugby) League. I think we are going to go up to the Australian Hotel. Apparently they have really good Kangaroo pizza and will have the game playing. Monday is Labor Day here so national holiday! I think I may take the train out to the Blue Mountains for a quick day trip. Well that is all for now. Off to eat some dinner! (And in the picture the room is a disaster because it was the day I moved in and my junk was everywhere!)
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sydney
Well last I wrote I was off looking for houses. After looking at a lot of different places I found a place in Bondi (Eastern Suburb) with a girl from New Mexico and one from Canada. Tonight is the last night in the hostel! Besides that not too much has been going on. I have been out a couple times with some people that I randomly know and spent most days either on interviews or applying for jobs. Hopefully something will turn up soon! I keep hoping someone will just walk up to my on the street and give me a great job; however, don't quite think that is going to happen! Tomorrow I have 2 more interviews, although most of these interviews don't really count because most of with temp agencies and they still have to place you. The last couple days have been BEAUTIFUL! I am currently sitting in the Botanical Gardens overlooking the Sydney Harbour-- sunny mid 70s! I spent the morning on a walk/jog across the Harbour Bridge and at the Rocks market where there are a bunch of vendors set up. There is always something interesting going on. Saturday I found a vintage clothing market with live music in a cute part of town so spent some time wandering around there!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
This and that...
Gosh a lot has been happening since I wrote last! I arrived Wednesday in Airlie Beach, checked into my 17 bed hostel room and then off to the travel agent to figure out my plans. Waiting till the last minute did pay off because I was able to get the standby rates. I
booked a 2 day/2 night sail around the Whitsunday islands thatleft Thursday afternoon. About 2 we all met at a cafe and boarded the boat. It could not have been better! The boat normally holds 28 but it was only about half full because this season has been really slow. It was perfect though because we were all able to spread out. Out of the 13 people on board there was only one group of three girls which came together everyone else was traveling alone. We had good representation from all over the world. Out of 13 there was people from Brazil, Pacedonia, Holland, Ireland, Germany, France, America, Spain and Australia. It was nice to have someone cook for us too! The food was wonderful and we had fresh
fruit and snacks every mid morning, afternoon, and evening! I think I probably gained 10 pounds! We got to help in sailing by raising the sails using the grinders which is quite a workout and ended up snorkeling on 3 different islands in the Whitsundays. Once we got to the lookout on Whitehaven beach it started raining though! Thank goodness that only lasted about 5
minutes and it turned out to be a beautiful day on the beach! We played a soccer game for an hour or so... talk about hard to run on sand! Everything has worked out wonderfully. Got to be good friends with one of the girls on the boat from Ireland who has lived in Sydney for the last 5 months and she will be back there for 3 weeks. She is going to help me get settled, introduce me to all of her friends, help me find a place to live so that was comforting! Saturday night went to dinner and out with all of the people still in town from the boat and Sunday caught the Greyhound to a small town called Mackay. Once I arrived at Mackay I went to check in at the one hostel. WELL, the lady says she wr
ote to tell me that my reservation was denied because they were full; however, she did not! Not exactly the place that I pictured springing for my first private room. The lady at Geckos said the motel is "just up the way" a common Aussie term. I should have known when I set off that DOES NOT mean it is close at all. I walked about 15 blocks with my heavy bag because it is about as easy to hail a taxi in Columbus as it is in Mackay. I eventually made it and I ended up staying in a lovely little retirement community of Sun Palm Plaza :/. I decided to make the most of it and spent the night in my large bed relaxing and watching tv excited about a good night's sleep. Long about 5 am the loudest storm known to man comes through. In 3 hours they received 5 inches of rain and we lost power. I ended up taking a taxi to the airport the next day not quite as well rested as I would have hoped. Once I arrived at the check in counter
the lady tells me how Jet star is a point to point service so once I arrive in Brisbane for my lay over I am going to need to go to baggage claim, get my bag, and go back through the check in process. The only upside to this is it gave me something to do in my 5 hour lay over due to the next flight being pushed back due to inclement weather. The only good news was that we were one of the few flights that didn't get cancelled. Everything headed north was cancelled for the night. With all of that being said though, Airlie Beach was amazing and worth the hassel of getting there and getting out. Long about 10 last night I arrived and checked into my hostel in Sydney. The people in my room are very nice which is always a
relief. This morning I awoke early excited to be back in the city. I went up to the office immediately to retrive my battery charger for my computer which has prevented me from
having my laptop for the last 3 or so weeks. I got on the elevator and clicked floor 17... from my memory of the last time I was there. I should have known that my memory isn't good! I got off on the wrong floor. Knowing I was only 1 floor off I decided not to be lazy and take the stairs. I go down a flight of stairs and went to open the door.... the doors lock from the inside. Then, using my common sense decided surely the bottom floor has access to the street so I proceed down 17 fights of stairs to arrive at the last... locked door... with an alarm and a fine for opening it. I then began calling everyone who I know their number off the top of my head or was in my Aussie phone book. Thanks a lot you guys for NOT answering. I finally reached Brian awaking him from a nap. Bet he didn't expect to hear from me in Australia! Nonetheless he looked up the office number and I asked the girl from
California who works the front desk to come let me in! Mind you, this is after I had to go BACK up 18 flights of stairs. What a great way to start the day! Once in the office though I was excited to find out while we were away a lot of really nice people are in town and living in Sydney for a while. Actually a good bit are American or Canadian. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. I looked at some places to live. First one... well to say the least not liveable. Second was very nice! However, I always said I would like to go to China... I think if I lived there a trip to China would not be in order because the whole entire community is Chinese. I am going tomorrow out to Bondi Beach to look at a house with two girls-- one from America, one from Canada. Keep your fingers crossed! I am about ready to ditch the backpack and hostel living! Well that is all for now!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Magnetic Island
Well, Anne and I survived the kayaking excursion to Dunk Island and back. We showed up at 8:00 in the morning after a late night for a day of kayaking. Once we arrived at the location the other couple who was going with us pulled up. Out they pulled their kayaking gloves, own snorkeling equipment
-- the whole bit. Off we set... We kayaked a total of 11km she said. I cannot explain to you the pain I am currently in! We went further than just the tip of the island that you can see from Mission Beach because around the bac
k side the beach is more remote and that is where she wanted to go. We have lots of pictures; however, they are on the hostels waterproof camera so I will have to wait for Anne to put them up. Monday morning I set off for Magnetic Island. I arrived here and met up with about 5 or 6 people that had left Mission Beach a couple days before. This is one of the prettiest places I have ever seen! Last night however was a bit of the tent repeat. I went to sleep in a pleasant temperature bungalow but awoke at 9:15 to extreme heat! I do not know how people would stay in any of these places other than in winter. Since it was too hot to sleep i
n I put on my swimsuit shorts and tshirt and headed off for a little hike. As I walked up to the start of the hike that I chose there were about 3 couples in their late 60s so I went ahead of them. I finally reached the top of the mountain about 5 km and 2 hours later. The view was worth the wait though! It was amazing!! I sure hope noone coule see me on this hike because I by far looked like one of the most spastic people ever. Every rustle in the leaves made me walk that much faster and it did not help that within 5 minutes of starting to walk I spotted a spider the size of my hand. I reached the end of the trail and decided I was going to spend the afternoon on the
other side of the island however once I reached the end all I saw was a dead end road. After debating for a bit I turned around to head back to the climb I just completed. Just about that time I saw the couples that I had started right in front of and they thank goodness knew the way to the town. They asked me to join them and talked with them for a while. They were from Denmark but had actually been to Mississippi before. I then went on my way and checked out a few of the bay areas. I am now exhausted back at the hostel about to try to figure out my plan for tomorrow. I have a bus booked to the Whitsundays now I just have to work on a couple more of the small details like where I am going to stay and how long!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Finding Nemo



I have now been in Mission Beach for about a full week and Anne has gotten settled into her new job. On pretty days the place is amazing-beautiful beach and outdoor activites. We have had a few rainy days which turns into a movie day. I absolutely love all of the people I have met at this place. This is by far one of the friendliest places we have been. Lets see.... when did I write last... a couple of days ago Anne and I walked to "town." About an hour and a half walk in which you must cross a small river. We got there to find about 6 cafes and that is about it. I took a picture of the town however in the last day my computer charger has started sparking and will not work. Therefore, until I get a new charger that is being mailed from the US there will be no photos. Two days ago got all new roomates. It was kind of funny because it is 8 people all w


ng dock. After getting a f
ew more loads of people we set out. It was a rainy day when we got picked u
p but tu
rned out the be one of the prettiest days yet! This worked out well for Anne too because yesterday for "work" she had to skydive. Well after about an hour and a half boat ride out to the reef we started snorkeling. I never thought I would want to dive however looking around here really made me want to and perhaps in the Whitsundays I will give it a try! We anchored in a small lagoon with the reef surrounding us. I was looking in the water right when we
arrived and said "hey Sarah look at that big fish." Then she replies "OH MY GOSH thats a bloody shark!" Sure enough, it was. The reef sharks do not hurt you however and I was surprised that it did not bother me that bad. It was only 4 or 5 feet long, not like jaws! We were in the water for about 3 hours in all. We had to wear wetsuits to keep warm because the water was a bit chilly. After a full day out there we headed back. We actually spotted several humpback whales on the ride back! By far one of my favorite days since I have been here! Last night at the hostel we had trivia night.... I put Americans to shame. I think everyone got better schooling on geography then I did. Today is another pretty day and I am about to go back to the hostel to go paddle bording for the afternoon. Our activities director aka Anne planned this so whenever I want to hang out with her I have to attend hostel activities--should be fun though! I just booked a bus ticket and am going to be traveling south. Anne is going to be staying behind :(. Sad, however I am sure we will meet up soon enough! Her job is too good to pass up however there is nothing else for me to do here! Well I suppose that is all for now!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Mission Beach
Day two now at Mission Beach. Its a gorgeous beach as everywhere has been! We have been getting spoiled with all of the beautiful views. Not to much has been going on. This town is SUPER small. Got up yesterday and got dressed up to pursue the job hunt. It went a bit differently than expected because when asking the people nearby the only options is a dishwasher at the restaurant across the street for a couple hours a week. All of the pretty resorts that we were counting on are at least 5 miles away with virtually no transportation to reach them. According to the man at the front desk if its a low tide it wouldn't be that bad of a walk on the beach-- you only have to cross one small creek! Well I am fairly adventurous but walking 5 miles over a creek dressed up in high heats is not that appealing. Not sure exactly what is going to happen from here. Anne did start her job today and it is a dream job! She gets to plan all of the events of the hostel, has air conditioned accommodations which I am jealous of! gets to live for free, and every tour is paid for. One of the tours she "HAS" to go on is a 3 day trip around the Whitsunday islands. Today was kind of a yucky day. It has been raining all day and Anne had to work so I have been reading and that is about it. That is the downfall with there only being a beach... it is that or nothing! So sorry for no good stories-- nothing interesting happening. There are lots of great people staying and working here though so that is always nice! Well I am off to be social!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Not a happy camper....
It turns out that Cairns is not all it is made out to be so we kept on going. We booked a rental car for 3 days and took off on a road trip north. First stop was Port Douglas and all of the beaches in between the two locations. I loveeeed this town. It reminds me a lot of Newport Beach/OC where we go on fam vacations a lot. It was a very resort tourist town. We got there on a Wednesday afternoon and headed straight for 4 mile beach. It was so pretty! Mountains as far as you can see. We decided we were feeling adventurous so we camped out for three days. Well, at least as much camping out as we were up for. There were tents; however, we had access to a bathroom and there were beds in it. After checking in we headed down to the Yacht Club. Apparently on Wednesday afternoon if you go down to the club around 4:30 for happy hour members take you out on their sail boats. I suppose this is a way to get business to the bar. We headed down there and of course our luck out of nowhere it gets really windy and rains; therefore no one got to go out on the boats :(. We ended up enjoying the pretty marine with some glasses of wine before retiring really early to our tent. We both fell asleep at about 7 and woke up at about 10 pm wide awake. We decided it was as good of time and any to do laundry so we trek out around the bush to start a load of laundry. Out of nowhere headed straight as us is this little creature that looks something like an oversized hamster like the size of a small cat. We saw one in the zoo and was saying how cute the little fellow was. Not so cute when he is coming out around your tent headed at you. Needless to say after a little shrieking and running I was a little skidish around the tent from then on. Actually the tent was one of the best night’s sleep I got… until about 9 am when it turns into a sauna! Apparently we get the morning sun and it goes from upper 60s to about 95 degrees in there in no time. Not cool (no pun intended). Thursday we headed north to Cape Tribulation and Daintree Rainforest. First stop along the way was a Crocodile Spotting boat ride on the Daintree River. I must say, although I am terrified of crocs I was a bit disappointed when we only got to see one guy the whole time. At one point on our croc spotting adventure, ole tour guide states to look in the bush to the right of us because there are always big crocs around there. Getting us real close for a good look…. We get stuck. He tells us there is no need to panic; however, the look on his face says something completely different. We get to move from side to side on the boat to shift the weight. He then proceeds to tell us that it’s going to be ok in his 10 years of giving these tours this did happen once before and the guests had to wade to shore. Now I don’t know WHAT this kid was thinking because he is going to have to get out and push the boat before I get in the water after he just told us this location is where all the large crocodiles hang out. No worries though, after moving from the front of the boat then to the middle we eventually got unstuck. On we went after the River cruise to several different hiking trails throughout the rainforest. One of the walks was known to have the large Cassowary birds all around it. These are actually the deadiest birds because of their large claws. Good news is that we got to see one in the zoo and not on our hike. Anne however did have her pepper spray on hand just in case. I told her I thought it might be frowned upon to pepper spray an endangered species, but we never encountered anything so we were good to go. Next we headed up to Cape Tribulation and hiked a bit where the beach, Great Barrier Reef, and rain forest all comes together. We played on the beach for a while here and Anne and I made a new friend. Literally, we made a new friend—her name is Sandy and she is pictured down at the bottom. After playing in huts, with coconuts, climbing palm trees, etc we decided to get back on the road to head back down to Port Douglas before dust. We decided to make dinner Aussie style on the Barbie outside the tent. We have actually learned how to budget very well. The best way is to buy the discounted food that expires that same day—still tastes good and ½ the price! After cooking out we headed out for the night seeing as though there is not too much to do sitting in a tent especially because we have now spent three weeks together and it’s not like there is any catching up to be done. Saturday morning we awoke similar to the day before BURNING alive. We put on our swimsuits and headed across the street to sleep the day away on the beach. Half of the time I just spent looking at the beautiful scenery. The pictures don’t do it justice. The mountains extend as far as you can see. Decided dinner turned out so good last night that we would do the same again tonight. Then off to attempt to get ready for the night. I am pretty certain that we were the only 2 people or EVER in the campground that we were staying that had to take turns teasing each other’s hair with the aerosol hairspray in the tent because there was no mirror therefore couldn’t see to do anything yourself. Then off we went out for the night to see some Cane Toad races. If you ever have the opportunity to watch one of these please do—VERY entertaining. Toads are put in the middle of the table and “whips” (birthday horns) are used to make them jump. The goal is to get your toad to jump off the table the fastest, catch it, run over and put it in the bucket on the other side of the bar. I guess we look like new kids to the toad races because the announcer made us “VIP” for the night and got to sit on the stage, get free drinks, and mentioned our name about 30 times throughout the night. Anne got to be the writer on stage and keep track of the contestants. I feel as though we jinxed ourselves for the last night in the tent. Before bed we were saying how much we liked it and went to sleep. I woke up at 6 in the morning to a downpour. I thought to myself how relaxing then I realized it sounded more like a waterfall. I popped out of the bed to see our flooded tent and water pouring into it. I headed out in the bush in the pouring down rain to try and re tie the front part to prevent water from leaking. We finally got it stopped for a couple more hours of sleep. I was drenched, my clothes were all soaking wet, the majority of the stuff on the floor was wet and I was NOT a happy camper to say the least. This morning we woke up, headed in the rental car back to Cairns to get on a greyhound and head to Mission Beach. Anne got a job here for the next three months as an activities coordinator. We arrived an hour late because apparently the greyhound people do not know how to stay on a schedule. I dropped off my stuff in my room. Anne and I are in different places now because she is with the staff and I am with 6 other people. I was not thrilled however to find the room feels like an OVEN and there is no air conditioning so this should be interesting. I went to the front desk to ask where town was because I love wandering around cities and they said the grocery store was the city center and it closes at 5 and was not opened on Sunday. I am thinking this is serious small town! Especially because there is no cell phone service and our broadband internet will not work here! Oh well! Instead I put on the tennis shoes and went for a run on the beach which was probably much needed anyway! Looking forward to tomorrow to get to go exploring. Pictures are as follows: 1. Port Douglas 2. Between Cairns and Port Douglas on a lookout 3. Our tent 4. Sandy 5. Cape Tribulation 6. Daintree Rainforest 7. Cane Toad Races
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