I've been back in Mooloolaba for a few days now, and have been having a nice relaxed time. Tasmania was fantastic. I got to pet a Tasmanian Devil (she was sooo cute) and drove around seeing some beautiful country side and meeting wonderful people. I went to the platypus house and got up close and personal with some platypus and echidna's. The platypus were behind glass but were very active and the guide was most informative. Did you know that the male platypus is the only venomous mammal? The echidnas were very friendly and would climb up onto your feet and have a look at you. extremely cool animals.
Yesterday I went on a day trip with my flatmate Lucy. The hostel makes a trip to the Eumundi Markets, which are held on Wednesdays and Sundays. So off we went. The markets are a large out door farmers market set up and they had some cool stuff. I'm not much of a shopper but it was a nice way to kill the morning. Then off to the Glasshouse Mountains. There we went to the Garden Falls and swam in the billabong at the base of one of the falls. Man was that cold! Had my instinct to prevent drowning not been as strong, I would have screamed a string of profanities when I hit that water that would have made a sailor blush. Good thing the water was deep, as I got myself composed by time I broke surface. I headed straight for the sunny rocks to get out and warm up. Unfortunately the sunny rocks were on the opposite bank from where I could get back out, so in I went again to make the other shore. In nice and slow this time and swimming for all I was worth!
Today Lucy and I are going to the river paddle boarding and then kayaking this afternoon. Tomorrow Naomi and I are going paddle boarding again (or surfing, what ever) then the three of us are headed back down to Brisbane to do some rock climbing, and possibly bike the river bank. That evening my friend Holly is having her Birthday Party at South Bank on the river. I've been here almost 3 months and haven't been able to get together with Holly yet. How silly is that? So I'll be getting together with her tomorrow night.
Saturday morning Naomi and I are headed back out to Toogoolawah for some skydiving. We'll spend the night out there and then come back up here Sunday night. After that... I'll just see what happens.
Blue skys
Lisa Freitag
Silent River Kung Fu, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
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