Hello "peeps" as my young cousin Diederik would say,
I just wanted to let everyone know what I've been up to in the last week and a half and my future plans to head up north to Cairns!
Me and Heather have split up to have solo adventures, as you may have read in her previous blog postings, and I have stayed in Rockhampton for a few nights (at a scary hostel called the Oxford Hotel that I would not recommend to anyone - due to it being haunted, having all it's essential facilities broken and or ill equipped *the dryer, the internet kiosks, the TV, and the payphone* and of course because you don't sleep until the pub downstairs does at roughly 2am- and the town is so little and cute! Rocky is probably one of the quietest old lady/cowboy towns I have been to, but it was delightful none the less. I ventured to the local art gallery, where a scary old curator man hit on me for several minutes while I was trying to appreciate the 6-10 art pieces they had, ate breakfast at a local old fashioned cafe, where I learned that Australians put ice-cream on their pancakes haha, and visited the local botanical gardens and mini zoo with my family.
When my family came and picked me up in Rocky we left for their home in Moranbah, which is roughly 5 hrs inland (in the outback country!). Moranbah has roughly 8000 people comprised of mainly mining families who's jobs are in one of the local mines. The mine supplies people with homes and cars so pretty much everyone here has a white company van or SUV in their driveways. The first sightseeing type activity we went to was the Clermont rodeo/fair that's just outside Moranbah in the neighbouring town. I saw several of the livestock they keep in the vast surrounding farmlands, camels, and some killer snakes put on display by a local handler/presenter. I have officially been in the presence of the deadliest snake in the world! The "fear" snake. The handler explained, to those that are fearing for my life here in Australia, that only 15 people get bitten by snakes per year here and all of them are handlers, AND that you have a better chance of dying form a bee sting allergic reaction here in this country than a snake or spider.
I also bought my first cowboy hat for my outback souvenir, since it made me feel like I blended in with the local folk (save for my ghostly complexion) and I posted some pictures of it on Facebook XD
So after spending a week and a bit here with my family my aunt has spoiled me like crazy. She bought me a cellphone to tell me get a job (which I have been actively searching for everyday mummy I promise) and just today she has informed me that she can't take me to Townsville after all due to a change of plans so she has bought me a greyhound pass with accommodation to head from Mackay to Cairns over the next 10 days, WITH ACCOMMODATION :O, and It allows me to get off at all the following stops along the way that I felt I was going to miss out on : Arlie Beach, Bowen, Townsville, Mission Beach, and then Cairns. I am so grateful and extremely excited. I have to remind myself to save money for Cairns tho, so that I don't become homeless. WOOP WOOP
I have plans on Sat (Friday in Canada) to go meet up with Heather for a day in Arlie beach - I missed her so, and then I'll be posting more solo blogs until Cairns.
Wish me luck!!
XOXOOX
P.S Flickr is being a douche and telling me I can't post more pictures to my photostream for a few more days so keep checking back and hopefully I'll have some new ones to show.
Briana
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