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Our bus pulled into Airlie Beach at about 9am this morning where it was a beautiful day. We were both feeling pretty tired as the overnight bus last night had been completely full making it very difficult to get much sleep. We were booked into a hostel called Magnums here as part of the package we booked back in Byron Bay and so after no pick-up buses showed up we headed off there with our bags. When we got to Magnums we had to wait around until 11am to check in which put me into a bit of a bad mood as I was very tired and hungry. To make matters worse when we eventually did check in, it turned out we were in a 10 bed dorm that stank of urine and sweaty bodies. I was very angry at this point as I just wanted somewhere clean to get some sleep. I tried ringing up the booking office in Byron Bay to get them to put us in a different hostel but had no luck and I tried to get a different dorm room at Magnums but they were fully booked! I was so angry by this point and in the end we had to pay $25 to upgrade our room to a double. The double room was much better - it was clean and we had a fridge and a kettle, but I was still angry!
After dumping our bags in the room and having a shower we must have been exhausted because we immediately fell asleep and didn't wake up until 4pm. By this time we were starving as we had had nothing to eat today so we headed out soon after we woke up.
The shops were still open to my delight and I ended up getting a top from Jay Jays and we got some goon (wine in a box) to take on the boat tomorow. We had a really cheap but nice tea at a bar just up the road from where we are staying with some red wine and then went on the internet for a bit. Despite the sleep earlier we both felt completely knackered and had an early night.
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