Eerie Indiana
Trip Start
Sep 08, 2005
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Trip End
Nov 29, 2005
Rockhampton,
Australia
Monday, November 14, 2005
Got to Rockhampton after 12 miserable hours on the bus. The bloody thing broke down in a place called Maryborough which was dull as dishwater. To make matters worse we weren't allowed to leave the station while the bus was being worked on so it was soooooo boring and hot. The bus driver looked like the guy from Family Guy and talked to you like Harold Bishop (Neighbours) with his head pointed upwards and looking down his glasses. It was the only entertainment we had.
Arrived in Rockie at 9.30 pm. Checked into the YHA which was like a jungle. We had bugs everywhere, lizards procreating all over the place and just about every other fly, ant and insect you could think of all over the kitchen ceilings and office.
Room was okay though but we were too tired to care
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. Went to bed early.The next day we checked out of YHA and went to River View Lodge. Lovely wee place right on the river. Patricia (who ran it) was really nice. Saturday afternoon so we decided we would hit the town centre to see what was going on. It calls itself the beef capital of Australia so we reckoned there would be a few characters we would meet on the way. Jay was even looking for an auction (bedebedebede - sold). Oh my God it was DEAD. It was 1.00 on a Saturday afternoon and there were about 10 people in the town centre (including us!). All the shops were closed but the weird thing was there were loads of cars about so we thought maybe we were missing out on something.
We went into this bar and had a drink. Asked the girl what the craic was and she looked at us as if we were idiots. She said it's always quiet around this time - people have probably just gone home. WHAT????
It started to thunder and the rain started. Decided we would go back to the Lodge and chill as there was nothing else to do. Started making our way back and the next minute there was a torrential downpour like you wouldn't belive. We were absolutely soaked through to the skin
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. People passing us in cars were just laughing at the two tourists in flip flops when it's pissing down. That said, it was still really really hot. It was so funny. It just so happened that we were passing a bar full of locals so to get out of the rain (and only for that reason) we entered the establishment.The bar maid gave us towels to dry off - aaaawwww. So we couldn't refuse her offer of a drink. One drink turned into ten (the rain was still bad). To say this bar was full of rednecks would seem like an insult to them but the mullets and string vests were out in force. Good people though and we had great craic. There was even a guy putting songs on and kept checking to see if we were happy with the music (it was country/rock & roll) and whether we wanted anything put on. We asked him for Snoop Dog but we think he thought we were French or something so we decided on U2.
Left and got ready for dinner - thinking Saturday night would be a bit better. Went to the restaurant and we were the only people there - apart from some guy checking his e-mails. Dinner was rotten so we asked the girl serving us where was good on a Sat night. She suggested a bar round the corner. Got there - it was livelier but still not busy. Cool place though - had a couple of drinks.
Nearly got attacked by huge bats on the way home - funny.
