I had to put this picture in my blog because it is from the zoo and is funny.
My day started off very early. We were scheduled to leave camp at 7:30am. For some reason I got my time wrong. It was only 5:30 and I thought we only had an hour, so I got up. I was wondering why no one else was up yet. I must have been tired from lack of sleep from the kangaroos hopping by the tent, the crows with their Aussie accents (they do sound different here) and kookaburras singing.
As soon as I logged onto the computer, my Mom was quick to Skype me. Although the connection was better (well, sort of) and there was no delay or jerkiness, we were cut off and I felt bad because I couldn't spend much time online with her because I only purchased half an hour of Internet time and the connection here is awful. I keep getting booted out and I have to navigate my way around to get back in. I wanted to post one more picture for yesterday's blog, but kept getting booted out. I finally gave up. What normally takes three minutes to do took me 25 minutes ... so frustrating.
It's Jolanda's (I've been spelling her name incorrectly previously) birthday today. She's 26 years old. I can't even remember 26 years old. We're going out to dinner at Airlie Beach tonight to celebrate.
We just crossed the Tropic of Capricorn. It goes through a town called Rockhampton, the center of Australia. A large sun dial is in the middle of town and on one side of it is a sign that says "Temperate Zone" and the other side says "Tropic Zone". Sarah told us that you can feel it get colder as you walk towards the "Temperate Zone" sign. As we all walked towards the temperate side, Sarah said "Just kidding". I can't believe we fell for it. It sounds so tropical, doesn't it. That's because it IS!
What are caterpillars scared of? Dogerpillars. I know, I know, sick. Don't blame me. We just drove past a sign in front of a primary school where the school children made the sign. We've been on the road for six hours now and I'm bored. The scenery isn't very nice because we are heading towards the outback and it is very hot. Oooh ooh - road kill. We're in kangaroo alley - seeing a roo dead on the side of the road is more common than deer or moose in the mountains.
I'm becoming quite the little camper. I hung my clothes on the line last night to dry, underwear and all, just like Norma back home. It wasn't quite dry this morning so I just packed them in my day bag and I'm using the dash board of paddy as a dryer. It doesn't take any time at all with the hot sun. At 10:15 this morning, it was already 28 degrees. It must be 35 or more now.
And now for the excitement of the day so far - a flat. The tire shredded as we were driving 100 kpm. 37 degrees and changing a flat in Australia. It's a team effort of supervisors and workers, or it was until we realized that the spare tire had the wrong rim on it. Sarah called a tow truck and when it got here we had already been waiting for over an hour. This has been an exercise in patience. I told Hannah that I thought her and Calum were an item and she informed me otherwise; they are just good friends. Sorry Hannah and Calum. We had reservations for Jolanda's birthday dinner. We won't get to Airlie Beach now until dark. We have been playing cards, playing the shopping game (a memory game I'll have to show you when I get home) and just amusing ourselves. FOUR hours later, we were finally on our way. Yeah! Our dinner out was nixed, but we will go out tomorrow night. We are in this campground for two nights which is a treat to not have to break camp tomorrow morning.
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