The Coral Sea

I have been derelict in my blogging duties and I have a couple days worth to catch up on. Enjoy.

Today we decided that Port Douglas was the place to be, so at the last minute we booked a bus trip out there. The weather was fabulous so with sandals, sunnies, sunscreen and towels in hand, off we went to catch the bus.

Port Douglas is a trendy holiday town with alot of fabulous shops and restaurants. I bought a wicked bamboo purse - the favourite saying in PD is wicked. I seem to be keeping Australia's economy afloat ha ha.

Next, down to the Coral Sea to swim for a bit. The waves were huge and it was alot of fun jumping into them, and the water was so warm.

I was getting short tempered because I was hungry. I finally said "Jeff, just make a decision and let's eat." I hate indecisiveness about such a simple thing. There were some Canadian women from Scarborough in the same restaurant as us. When I finished my lunch, the waitress brought theirs and I said "That looks better than mine was". One of the ladies asked if I wanted a piece of pizza and who am I to say no to pizza.

Time to find a washroom, toilet or loo. You can walk into any restaurant in Australia and the staff doesn't mind if you use the toilet. They aren't only for customers. In fact, they are more than happy to let you use their toilet if you walk in off the street and ask.

Back to finding a loo - I found the loo in a very posh restaurant and one of the walls was an aquarium of tropical fish. I felt like I was snorkelling again.

We headed back to the tour shop for the bus ride back to the hotel and then we were in search of a restaurant for dinner.

Since I had some time remaining on my Internet account that I purchased at the hostel, I wanted to check my e-mail and update my blog on the way to dinner. I caught up on my blog and then we ended up at The Woolshed - the same restaurant the tour group went to a couple of nights ago.

Two hours after I used the computer, I suddenly realized that I forgot my flash drive in the computer, so we rushed back hoping it was still there. It wasn't, so now I owe Janis a flash drive since it was hers. I managed to keep it throughout the Sydney portion of my trip until two days before I leave Australia. What an airhead I am!

Time for more Aussie expressions:

Give me a tick - means give me a moment
I found out what Ridgie Didge means - everything's OK
Bonza - everything's good
Hard yakka - hard work
Dill - I thought it was a spice, but in Australia it's someone who's stupid.
Flat out like a lizard drinking - working hard