Sooo I just got back to my hostel after a very long walk to Mcdonald's/Woolworths. We had a 10hr bus ride yesterday. so brutal, but we got to the cattle station in time for a shower and pot roast with gravy, potatoes, carrots and green beans. we rode the mechanical bull all night and dressed up like cowgirls, yee-haw! and you thought guelph was country...nothing compared to kroombit cattle station!
it was fun though, i tried XXXX Bitter, decent beer i must say. also learned to crack a whip, faster than the speed of sound. its harder than it looks, actually. but fun.
The next morning we had to wake up at 6 am (that was this am actually, long as day!) we had beans on toast for brekky, pretty bland but ok. im so sick of instant coffee, i just want real coffee one time. anyway, then we went to the rodeo where my team (called the goat-nads, we had to have a name that involved the word goat...) came in 2nd place for the goat branding competition. it was my job to wrestle the goat to the ground. i was mighty good at it too! the other team beat us by 2 secs. we also learned to lassoe goats and shoot shotguns. then the bus left at 1030am and we stopped in miriam vale for lunch. we got chips to share and i had a gross spring roll, never again. we learned about james cook and his wild travels. thats the only good thing about the Oz Experience bus, the drivers talk a lot about history and random facts. for example, the reason there is a kangaroo and an emu on the 50 cent piece is that both of those animals cant walk backwards so it signifies that aussie is always moving forward. quite cool i think.
oh i also learned how to lawn bowl! its actually quite an extreme sport, each year more ppl die lawn bowling than surfing and skateboarding combined. guess why?
because old ppl play! sooo funny.
Anyway I am so excited for Australia day tomorrow! we are all going down to the beach here in hervey bay to drink goon and hang around. Then to the irish pub i think, should be lovely. barbie on the beach again!
then Fraser island self guided tour the next day. should be good. but a guy just suffered massive barin damage as he choked on a piece of steak and the heli didnt come for 3 hrs. very isolated place. also 3 girls died a few years ago because stupid boys were racing on the sand roads and flipped their cars. eeek. pray for me!
Love!
Hannah
Thanks for ending that post on a high note! You must be operating under the assumption that only people who DON'T worry about you read this blog.
ReplyDeleteOn an unrelated note, Daphne is alternating snores with whimpers in her sleep at this very moment. It's equal parts endearing and worrisome.