It's been pretty warm in Cairns this week. I've been taking it easy, bumming around the hostel or wandering around the small town. I've decided that diving up here is a bit over the budget so I'm hoping to find an opportunity to see another part of the reef down the coast. I'm booked on an Oz Experience bus that'll take me through places like Airlie Beach, the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Byron Bay, and on back to Sydney.
We get free dinners each evening (Chili con carne, spaghetti bolognese, or veggie pasta) which has been helpful as Australia is eating my money like a koala eats eucalyptus leaves. Unfortunately my dollars don't grow on trees. So I really appreciate the Christmas wishes that have shown up in my FeedTony account. Thank you Carol, John, Binh, and Tristan! Wish you were here. Humidity aside, it's a lovely area.
I took a Sunday drive up to Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation. Passing through lush rain forest and sugar cane fields, I felt a bit like I was in Hawaii. A local told me that a bunch of films shoot up there (Spielberg and Hanks are reported to have used it for the upcoming Pacific mini-series). The beach was nice with the ocean beckoning you to come in but there's no swimming there... if the crocodiles don't get you, there's a pretty good chance the jellyfish will. Ah so many things can hurt you in Oz, including the sun. Thankfully, I've been pretty good at laying on the sun block.
I've been running the air-conditioning in my room for hours everyday. It's December, right? Tomorrow is Christmas. You excited?
:couple new photos in the gallery:
Happy Christmas!!
merry christmas! dtlee
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I did find you. You were the guys in the video of 2girlsand1cup.
You are sick. Oh and you are the immigrant motherfuckers that supposedly got a college education but fucking can't write.
Tony,
Stay in the world as long as you can, and Carol & I will continue to fund FeedTony.com. Shadowfax can't write his incorrect ideas.
Shadowfax - I don't know about Charley, but tracking down you morons is a total waste of time.
John
Someone needs to grow up and stop living the Shadowfax years. Didn't you like stop going to UCI a DECADE ago?
Seriously, why waste your time with these guys? Happy Holidays everybody. Have a safe New Year's Eve.
Aw, I had a good comeback, too.
Oh well. Happy New Year!