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15 - Tuesday 27th May 2014, Brisbane , Queensland, Australia.
I'm back in Brisbane, it's becoming a second home, but the best news is I have finished working in Clermont yaaaaay! Wow what an amazing week I have just had, let me fill you in.
So leaving Clermont on Monday 19th Aidan and I arrived in Emerald ready to catch a train anywhere which would resemble a bit more normality rather than the bush which we have lived in the for the last 3 months. So we found a train to Rockhampton which took about 5 hours and then we arrived. We found it incredible they had a Coles and a Woolworth's (supermarkets) the choice of shops was awesome and we had a great time just enjoying the towns atmosphere. We found a hostel and spent our first night away from Clermont it was pure bliss to be out of there. We had a look around Rockhampton which was much smaller than I thought it would be, it had 2 shopping malls and that was about it. Although it's good to have seen it's not somewhere I will rush back to.
After a few days of Rockhampton we decided to catch a bus to the seaside town of yeppoon about 20 mins from Rockhampton. It was great to see a beach again and we enjoyed just sitting on the sunny beach with a few drinks, ideally thinking about what and where next. Yeppoon is a lovely little town it's beautiful and it seems to be a holiday place for the Australians, there was no Europeans to be seen, it seems to be off the beaten track. Yeppoon had the best hostel I have stayed in so far, it had sofas, ovens and was just lovely. It may seem crazy but hostels only seem to have hobs so the fact we could cook using an oven was brilliant. it opened up a world of cooking opportunities haha. But the best was still to come...
So on Thursday we decided to head to a tiny island off the coast of yeppoon called great Kepple island. Well all I can say is Incredible. It is without a doubt the best place I have been on this planet, forget the Maldives, Thailand or any other beach the beaches I have visited this was perfect. It had white sand, clear blue sea, coral reef, baby sharks and no people! We were in paradise, we went on walks across the island through the jungle land, we snorkels off the reef and just enjoyed this perfect island. Seeing places like this tiny island off the beaten track is what makes traveling the greatest experience of my life! So we decided to stay for 3 days We just enjoyed everything about it and if we could have extended our 3 days we would have, but with ferry schedular it wasn't possible. Kepple island...you were amazing, I won't forget!
After Kepple nothing was going to be quite as good, so we headed back to the yeppoon hostel for a quite night where we woke up at 5 am to watch the champions league final. I wanted athletic Madrid and Aidan wanted Real Madrid so it was game on! As I had become used to losing bets with him I should have known it wasn't going to be athletics night, an Real won....typical. It was then time to head back to Rockhampton for our last night, we decided we needed some home comforts and decided to make a roast lamb and mash potato meal, it was good! Before a night of watching the Grand Prix. Supporting Lewis of course Charlie ;).
The next day was time for the long 8 hour train ride through to brissy, and well here I am. This week I need to sort out a few things before I fly off to Fiji on Monday. Things are getting exciting and everyday I pinch myself because I have been here 6 months now and I know how lucky I am to be having this incredible experience. But it scares me how quickly it's going... It will soon Be October where i can not wait to go and put Mum, Dad, Ants, Charlie and Kris up from the airport.
Quick shout out to Cassie!
Happy birthday Cass, I'm glad you got your card in time, even if it was covered in graffiti! Have a good one babes!
Laura xxxx
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lyndsey Glad you're having a good time babes! Still cannot believe it has been 6 months that has flooown by. Kepple island sounds incredible so jel! We shall have to have a fb session again soon :) xxx
Laura Thanks babes! Yeah Kepple was so nice you should defo come out to vist and it's the summer hollas soon so that's a good excuse :) if not we need a skype ses!! Xxx
Cassie Woop woop i got a birthday comment! xx