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Australia, part IV

Richard Rosss
2006-04-03 13:27:06

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Met the guys at brekkie and after some tough negotiations we decided to hire a mini moke - they are little topless minis. So we got 3 of them for 10 of us. We drove to horseshow bay for some swimming and volloyball and then stopped at the Forts walk. Carlos didn't have any shoes on, so he literally ran the 2k to the forts. These are old WW2 gun emplacements and command centres over looking the sea, whcih gave us some great views. The cars where ace, we had food fights whilst driving and generally caused a racous in them round the island (yes, we mooned as well!) Grabbed some food and beers for later then dropped the cars off. Headed to the bar where I continued my assault on the cocktail menu then we headed down to the beach. Manageed to rustle up about 15 folks and we played killer on the beach - great game. Unfortunately the police helicopter telling us not to drink and then the rain put a dampner on proceedings. Headed to bed!

Weds - Loose on a jetski!

Headed down to Horseshow bay for my safety briefing on a jetski. Cos I was on my todd, I grabbed my own ski and I was racing around at around 60-70ks. Jumped 2-3 feet out of the sea. We drove to Townsville and back (about 20ks) and then continued round the Island. Chilled by the pool later, read, swam and sun bathed. Life is tough :) Chatted to some folks on the breach, watching a storm in Townsville.

Spent a day chilling in Townsville - not a great deal to report about that, although the Museam of Tropical Queensland was ace. There is a special section about HMS Pandora (the boat the UK sent to capture the mutineers from the bounty which sank off the coast here on a reef) A lot of our phrases came from that boat, Pandora's box, down the hatch and chewing the fat! Had an ealry night after watching Shrek on TV, what a good movie!

Friday 7th - Hung around till my bus was due to leave at 2ish. The bus broke down ...