After our full day of activity yesterday, we pulled into a campground in Redcliffe. The campgrounds here are nice - stainless steel barbeques at some; stainless steel picnic tables at others and full sinks. Some even have all three. After we pitched our tent and I showered all the sand off me I was in search of a wireless Internet cafe. I didn't want to venture too far down the beach in case I got lost, when I came across four Aussie ladies, or should I say sheilas. They didn't know of any wireless Internet locations anywhere on a Friday night after 9 pm in Deadcliff as they call it.
They pointed out a couple of other spots across the water: Deception Bay, AKA Decrepid Bay, and Moreton Bay is also called Moron Bay. They were very nice and we talked on the Beach for about an hour. Aussies are so friendly and fun. When I returned to the campground, I found out there was wireless there. It wasn't free, but at least I got to connect with my friends via e-mail and update my blog. When I was finished, Ross and James caught up on their e-mail too, or at least until the Internet timed out. I purchased an hour's worth of time, but I'm sure I got alot more because it seemed I was online forever.
During my 17 days so far here in Australia, I have learned a thing or two:
Number one - I wanna stay ha ha!
A few Aussie expressions:
G'Day Mate - I used that once and I felt like an Aussie
Fair Dinkum - pulling the wool over your eyes
Heaps - Alot of
I was up with the birds this morning and some very nice singing birds were right outside our tent. It was very nice. I was taking care of some business at home - paying a bill. OK, that's done - back to the business of sun and fun.
Today we will just be going to the Australia Zoo - home of the Crocodile Hunter. Some others in our group opted for a hike to the Glass Mountains. We have a long drive ahead of us as we are heading towards Airlie Beach where I will be sailing around the Whitsunday Islands on an 80 foot long racing yacht called the Ragamuffin. She has won alot of competitions. I can picture my brother and his wife green with envy. Snorkelling will be on the menu, as well as scuba diving if I choose, for an extra fee. I think I'll wait until we get to Cairns before I scuba dive because that is where part of the Great Barrier Reef is.
Back to the zoo.
I am very glad I chose, or was talked into, the zoo. Can you say A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, or as Susan would say, AWESOME! We spent four hours in the zoo and still could have seen more. This zoo is the best zoo I have ever seen. It's more of a wildlife park in that it is all about conservation. Their saying is "if you stop buying, hunting will stop." There was a wildlife show at the Crocoseum and it put any animal show I have seen to shame. There were Macaw parrots flying free. I have never seen so many beautiful birds as there are in Australia. We were treated to seeing how a crocodile hunts, by a man splashing to attract the croc, and we were given a lesson on a few varieties of snakes. A guy was in the water swimming with a very long snake. For the most part, if you leave a snake alone, it will leave you alone.
The kangaroos were out in the open - it just isn't right to cage a roo. I bought some food to feed them and got some great photos of me - feeding and laying beside a roo. I happened on a bunch of them hopping away and got some great video coverage.
All the animals were spectacular. Do you think they would notice a Macaw parrot in my carry-on luggage? That would be the ultimate souvenir for my Mom and Dad. What do you get for someone who doesn't need anything?
Time to get on our way to our next destination. Tomorrow will be a travel day.
Try to imagine typing in a very bumpy bus ride. That's what I'm doing now - one-finger typing. This is very frustrating and slower than using one arm after my shoulder surgery because the cursor jumps all over the page and it is time consuming fixing jumpin'-cursor syndrome. Then when I finally realize there's a really big mistake, I can't find where the mistake is a sentebecause the screen is so bmiddle of a ouncy. Later, when I'm proof reading, I find the middle of a sentence in the middle of another sentence. It just happened for the 5,000th time, but I'm not going to fix it because I think you need a challenge to figure this out ha.
We stopped for lunch at a picnic playground. Emma had an extra sandwich and asked if anyone wanted it. I asked if there was butter on it because as alot of you know, I don't like butter. Emma said "Of course", as if to say "Why wouldn't there be?" That's England for you. Now I think I understand why my Dad puts butter on every piece of bread - he's English! I'm still trying to figure out my Mom.
I think there is a love connection between Hannah and James because they look pretty cozy. Ahh, young love!
We drove by a small bush fire as we were driving down the road close to our campground. We have now checked into our campground and the first order of business is pitching our tent and then laundry. We might be on You Tube because all the local campers were taking pictures of us because when we arrived we were a flurry of activity putting up our tents. Hey, there are some wild kangaroos over there watching me. Crikey! That's a wrap.
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