The first night I got there I arrived at around 9, so we didn't get back to her room until around 11:30, I think. We went back to her room and hung out and watched a movie. Well, we turned a movie on and then turned it off and went to bed.
The next day was a full one. We woke up, ate breakfast, hopped on a bus, and then climbed Castle Hill. The trail we picked was called the goat trail, which was a set of stairs all the way to the top. There were over 1,300 steps! I felt so accomplished when I got to the top!
One the way down my legs felt like jelly! They were shaking and twitching and it was really hard to stand still!
After that we went to the beach to relax for a while. We had lunch and sunbathed for a while. Then we collected seashells!
When we left the beach, we headed to Rowes Bay to look for creatures in the tidal pools. We found some really neat things! I saw a chiton, a starfish, a sponge, anemones, tons of snails, crabs, and two sea cucumbers=) Rowes Bay was beautiful, and it was so fun climbing the rocks.
To get there we had to wade out into the ocean to get around this fence. Alicia said that the last time she was there on a field trip and they barely had to touch the water to get around it. Alicia was curious about what was at the end of the bay and so was I. So I climbed up some rocks and looked and it just ended! There was a steep drop off and a few feet on the other side of it the rocks continued. I'm thinking it might have been a fault? But that's not the moral of the story. The point is, it was really fun=)
The next day we went to Magnetic Island, or Maggie Island, as the locals call it. We had a blast! We bought cheap snorkels, but we didn't really go anywhere we could use them, so it was kind of a waste. BUT I have them now, so if I need them I won't have to buy them. We went to Horseshoe Bay which was on the opposite side of the island from where the ferry landed. You could rent any kind of water craft you wanted there! Even a sea plane!! It was really expensive there. I wish that I would have had money because I definitely would have rented a scooter to drive around!
While at Horseshoe Bay, we buried ourselves in the sand and had some guy take a picture of us! I think I would like to add, "Get buried up to my neck in sand," to my bucket list. I was only waist deep this time. Right after this picture, I busted out of the sand like the Hulk!
As we were leaving Maggie Island, we saw rock wallabies! They were so adorable and there was a little boy feeding them crackers. Once we got back to the mainland, we went to the Strand (the name for the beach front) and play on this awesome climbing thing and the playground! While waiting for these annoying kids to leave the rope part, I heard a man refer to it as "The Drunk Ropes." haha. In my opinion, YOU WOULD DIE if you were drunk and climbed it. I wouldn't let my kids up there! You can see pictures of the ropes course on my Facebook. The first picture in this post is me and Alicia at the playground.
My last night there, we got gelato at Juliette's and at it under the stars on the beach. It was so romantic<3 It might have been a date considering she bought my ice cream! lol. The whole time we were eating our ice cream we were basically panicking, waiting for a saltie (salt water crocodile) to climb out of the ocean and chase us up the beach. Speaking of crocs, Alicia told me that people actually swim in the rivers up there! They say that they do it because only freshies live in the river, and they only bite, unlike the salties which will eat you. Either way...I'M not getting in a river up there.
On Monday, Alicia took me around her campus which really wasn't that different from Southern. It was very spread out and laid back. People went to class not wearing shoes! It made me jealous because its so warm and pretty there, and so cold and wet here. We live in two completely different places! They had turkeys running around campus and we saw possums in her back yard!
I am excited that time seems to be moving quickly. This weekend I am going to volunteer in Inverloch for two days. I will be camping, which will be fun. I'll post more later! Love you!
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