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Hi there everyone, i hope your all well, im going to try again so here goes.
we arrived in Cairns two weeks ago, it was quite warm but it was stormy, it rained for about 3 days, which meant i couldnt go to the barrier reef or cape tribulation and port douglas, but on my last day there the weather was beautiful and we (me and becky and a girl from holland that we met)went on a sky ride over the rainforest, it was really good, we saw waterfalls and an old aboriginal town at the top of the forrest, it was great. we then went back to cairns and spen the afternoon sunbathing by the lagoon (which is like a man made beach and sea because you cant swim in the sea because of jelly fish)the next day i started my travels down the coast with my grey hound pass, my first stop was mission beach and because becky didnt start work till monday she came down for the weekend. we had a great couple of days, the weather was good so we spent two days pottering round and on the beach, it was so beautiful, the beach was massive and only had about five people on it (including us!) on sunday we went our seperate ways, which was sad, i really miss my travelling buddy! becky went back to cairns and i moved onto townsville. i was looking forward to going to magnetic island but with the news of the cyclone when i got there the island was evacuated. so i was stuck in townsville and all the hostels were booked up, i ended up staying in a b&b which was ok, but it was scarey knowing the cyclone was around, everything was shut and you couldn't really leave the building, so it was quite boring, i was pretty lucky as mission beach has been wiped out now!
i booked on a coach to airlie beach with hope of going to the whitsundays, when i got there it was raining, again. and all the boat trips were cancelled for a week because of another cyclone heading towards the islands.luckily i bumped into a girl a had met on the bus and we decided to go for a drink to cheer ourselevs up, which was cool.
i had had enough of the tropical storms so decided to head for Brisbane (this took an 18 hour bus ride which was hard work, but worth it)
Brisbane was really cool,i arrived at 6am so was very tired and kinda took it easy and had a wander round and had an early night (my best nights sleep in a long time)the next day i did a walk around the city, there is loads of cool buildings and galleries and the river is beautiful, i walked thru the botanical gardens and then i went to the shopping mall, which was brill! (they have this ice cream place called cold rock, not heard of it before and you choose your ice cream, any flavour and then you choose a filling, like cheescake, brownies, kit kat, mars bars or sweets there is loads and they mix it together for you and bash it all up, it is so good i definately reccommend it)
that evening i met acouple of girls and a few other from the hostel and spent that eveing chatting to them all. I also decided to book a trip to Melbourne too, it looked sunny on the tv and i have always wanted to go, it is a bit of a d-tour (2 hour flight) but i was very excited.
So here i am sat in melbourne on my last day. I have really enjoyed it here, it is really cool and has a great buzz about the place. last night i watched the closing ceremony of the games in Federation Square, there were thousands of people and loads of fireworks it was wicked.i've seen loads of things here but not enough, the shopping is brilliant and there are loads of unusal buildings everywhere, i wish i could stay here longer but, not got enough time, (the YHA here is brilliant, its like a hotel and its got amazing views over the city from the roof top garden). so i fly back to brisbane tomorrow, and move down the coast to Surfers Paradise, which i hope is sunny, my tan is fading fast!
so i hope this update works this time.
i hope your all doing ok, thank you for your messages there ace.
im missing you all so much,i didnt think it would be this hard missing you all, but it is. i cant wait to catch up with you all
love and miss you
Lou Xx
Ps I cant believe phil and anna have sussed out my secret, im not travelling round the world, i have actually been competing in the games!!!! he he Xx Did anyone else see me?
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