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Arrived at Agnes Water/1770 this morning - very excited because this is where the reef ends and the surfing begins!! Had gotten the bus with Christina and Julia, but they were staying at a different hostel to me, so I got onto the (40 second) transfer to my hostel - Cool Bananas! As I got off the bus I met Katherine (who I'd met in Cairns) as she was getting on the bus, and swapped numbers so that we could meet a bit further down!
The hostel seemed nice, very laid back, clean enough. Asked about surf lessons and they only directed me to the slightly more expensive ones (I'd heard you could get them for $17). I decided to go for a walk into the town (which is basically a cluster of shops haha). Walked into a tourist office and asked about the surf lessons, and was 15 minutes too late to do it as they only run at 10am which was a bit gutting, especially when I walked past and could easily have joined in but I hadn't thought to bring my bikini with me! So I ended up having a wee walk around the shops, just sussing the place out really.
Walked down to the beach and watched the surf lessons going on, there was quite a big group but didn't look too bad! Was enjoying just chilling out on the beach with my book. Met a couple who had been in my room in the hostel and chatted to them for a bit which was cool. When I got too hot I headed to the local travelshop (Tribal) and sat on the internet for a bit and chatted to the guy about what to do with my life - needed to book Uluru and NZ buses etc. After messing about for a good while I went back to the hostel, and met a girl from Derry in the kitchen who was pretty nice.
I ended up eating dinner with the Irish girl and a swedish girl and german guy that night and having a drink with them in the hostel. Most people in the hostel were having a few drinks and talking about heading on to the only pub in town when it got a bit later...these guys thought they would head on down a bit earlier but it was a bit of a rubbish pub haha...very weird atmosphere and pretty empty, lots of old people dancing haha. After a while we gave it up and just headed back on the free shuttle bus, and hit bed! It was an ok night but nothing amazing!
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