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Well hello from Airlie Beach...I am here and I am smelly. I have not showered in about 4 days and I have been on a messy, sweaty, salty boat!Nice...
I went on a sailing trip, which was so much better than I thought it was going to be- when I got on after an 11 hour bus trip I thought I was just going to be stuck on a booze cruise, which it was to a certain extent, but it actually turned out to be a lot of fun and I discovered a new love of sailing! what an amazing sport- am thinking about taking a sailing course either along the way or when I get home. we were on an 80foot ex-racing yacht and the weather was pretty bad, which made for some very fun speeding at an angle!
Went to the Whitsundays which were beautiful even in the rain and did some more snorkelling around the reef, though I didn't really like that 'cos we were so much closer to the coral which just made me nervous about breaking it. Still pretty amazing to see it that close.
I'm just killing time in Airlie at the mo, cos it's only 4pm and my bus isn't until midnight. From here I'm going to Hervey Bay and out from there to Fraser Island for another tour thing- not sure I'm really keen on this touristy stuff, but it's the only way of getting to see most of these things. One of the best things about the sailing trip was that it made me realise that I do really love being active and doing pretty exciting things rather than just sitting around in the sun, so I am particularly looking forward to New Zealand now!
Met some nice people on the yacht, though haven't met any people that I like as much as you guys back home- you've obviously been spoiling me with your company! Still, not feeling quite as lonely as I was before- think I was mostly just really missing laughing, but there were 3 particularly funny (in a laugh at kinda way!) Canadian guys on the trip- they were utter wreck-heads, but it was funny to watch them get wasted and hungover at sea!
Right well, think that's it for now...will propably update again when I'm in Brisbane before I fly to Sydney.
Love, Rose xxx
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