Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie, Oi Oi Oi!!!!!
Trip Start
Aug 24, 2007
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Trip End
Apr 08, 2008
Cairns,
Australia
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Well, we finally made it to Australia, yay! Me and Carlien arrived from Bali in the middle of the night about a week ago and landed in Darwin in the sweltering heat. It was about 35 degrees on average, and we spent the first few days wondering around Litchfield and Kakadu National Parks. It was great fun, although the heat (combined with 90% humidity) was just ridiculous!! Nice weather for lying by the pool, but not so fun for trekking!!
We really enjoyed it though, we swam in a few waterfalls, saw some really pretty scenery, and even spotted our first Kangaroo (along with some other weird and wonderful animals)!! The most interesting (and scary) was probably the frill-necked lizard which our guide caught and then released while we stood around it in a circle (so as to trap it!!!). But it was a very angry lizard, and our guide said it can bite off a mans finger - ouch!!!! We also went on a river-boat trip and saw some crocodiles which was lots of fun!
Yesterday we woke up nice and early and headed to the airport. From there we flew to Cairns which is still very hot, but cooler than Darwin (thank goodness!!) where we met Tony again! YAY!! He'll be with us for Christmas which I am absolutely over the moon about, and he is now saying he might stay with us while we travel down the east coast of Australia. Hooray!!!! :)
I'm looking forward to Christmas but it's hard to get in the Christmas spirit when its so hot.........and also Santa won't know that Im in Australia so he's sure to deliver all my presents to Croydon (obvioulsly I'll be getting loads because Ive been so good this year). So thats a bit of a bummer. But the hardest thing will be being away from everyone at home. Im really missing my family at the moment (which always happens when I'm feeling ill!!!), and its horrible to be missing Ryans first Christmas. But Im trying to look on the bright side, it will be such a different experience to see how the Ozzies do Christmas!! Im looking forward to the BBQs on the beach, and pulling crackers with my travelling family, Carlien and Tony!! I'm also really happy to be in Oz becuase it's here that we'll hopefully be seeing loads of our friends from China, and even a few from home. And soon Amy will be coming out to meet us, and she'll be travelling with us for about six weeks so that will be ace!!
Hmmm, what other news to share?? It should be a bit more chilled out for a while now which will be nice after being stupidly busy in Indonesia and Darwin. Unfortunately we probably wont be able to do our Great Barrier Reef dives drom here as planned because me and Carlien both have ridiculously blocked ears and noses! NOT fun, but we're ok! We should be able to do it at a later date though, so cant wait for that! We both seem to be getting a bit ill at the moment and I think it may be because our bodies are actually getting used to western food again - how crazy is that?! Carlien laughed at me because the first night we were here I ordered noodles for dinner, and since then Ive actually been craving rice!!
The only other thing worth mentioning is that my phone has yet to pick up three mobile over here, so to everyone I said I would call, I havent forgotten, I'm just having a little difficulty!! I'm on it, dont worry!! I've been a bit rubbish with emails and messages recently because we've been so busy so sorry about that. I'll try and be better in future!!
A few messages before I disappear:
A HUGE Happy Birthday to some of my best friends in the world: Clem, Max, Hima, and Hayley. Hope you all had/have brilliant birthdays! Wish I could have been there for all of them, I miss you all loads and can't wait to see you when I get back.
Bid Ted and Ted - "We're a thousand miles apart but you know I love you" ;) Miss you more than ever. Give the little man a kiss for me.
And that's a wrap!
Hope everyone is good there, keep me up to date with all the Christmas gossip from back home! Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'll be thinking of you all!
Love, hugs and kisses, from Steph xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
