Great Barrier Reef

Bright and early we're off to the Great Barrier Reef! A bus is here to pick us up and drive us the 4 minutes to the dock. Before we left we went across the street to grab some quick breakfast from the café. I got a cookie 😳 oooops.

We're riding on a boat called calypso. It was just suppose to be ASU students but many other people are on our boat which I guess is okay because Ben is very cute. Maybe ill fall overboard. The top deck is the worst with motion. You'll go flying everywhere. It was so awesome and my favorite part of the boat. It was so intense I couldn't even stand up without falling over. I discovered that I love boats. They're are so very awesome. I wish I had one, a fast one. Vroooom vroooom.

I'm so bad at snorkeling. I drank more salt water than I did anything else. It was the saltiest water I've ever tasted. The whole breathing out of my mouth all the time was difficult too. I lost my friend in the water and ended up all alone in the open water. I was for sure a shark was going to kill me. But it's okay I'm alive. The reef wasn't as pretty as I expected. It was dull in color not bright like the pictures. Boo. There were some cool fish though. Very brightly colored and cute. Apparently after Nemo came out the demand for clown fish went up and there aren't any left in the reef. How unfortunate.

My sunglasses broke. I had to buy new ones. I got ones with a floral pattern on them. It was only $9. Thank you chemist.

We ate at pizza place and it was yummy pizza. The ground was sand which I thought was pretty cool. It was super beachy

Aussie Words:
Chemist- drug store

Quote of the Day:
"Puking is worth it " (Jasmine)

Back to civilization

Peace out wilderness.
There was a huge spider in someone's tent this morning. It was literally the size of a hand. POSION. Two poisonous animals within 24 hours. Grossssss

We're off to PORT DOGUIE again we're going to see the reef then we'll be going to Fiji! Another group of people is joining us when we get there. They have been in New Zealand for a while. It should be interesting mixing our groups together.

We explored the town! It's a cute little town. I spent a lot of money there 😳 I got awesome souvenirs for some awesome people. Myself included haha. I bought Tim Tams... thee best cookie things ever. *drooling*  it was pretty much just a day of traveling and shopping. Nothing too exciting

Quote of the day:
"I spent way too much money, take my wallet away" (Kolby&Laura)

Surviving the Outback

THE OUTBACK SUCKED!
It got so cold last night if thought I was going to die of hypothermia. I woke up with a cold it was that freezing. I can't even believe it.

We went on a nature walk for a lecture today and it was pretty awesome. Probably one of my favorite lectures so far. We learned a lot of random facts about birds and trees. I found it entertaining. The campsite is literally such a long walk from where everything is. We have to walk up like 3 huge hills. Talk about a workout.

The sunset tonight was gorgeous. We hiked to a lookout and watched it set from there. It was my first outback sunset. The outback isn't that bad during the day. I'm pretty sure I got tan today so that makes me happy. The night time here sucks because it's dark as crap. We don't have a very good flashlight either. Laura and I almost killed ourselves trying to go down the hills.

Here's the most exciting part of my day. I SAW A SNAKE! A real life snake it was about 6 feet long! 🐍 According to picture comparisons it was a red bellied black snake. Which are highly poisonous. Talk about scary!

Another great part of my day was playing mafia. I got to be the killer and it took forever for them to figure out it was me😂 mwahahaha.

Aussie Words:
Cheeky: sassy

Outback experience

We left Ellen and Aldo today :( and Claudey today. I'll miss that kitty he was my bud for those days. Ellen loved the gifts we gave her it was so sweet because she gave us gifts in return! It made me so happy. She was precious.

The outback is insane. We're literally living in tents. I might die. PRAY FOR ME. I'm sharing a tent with Laura so that's kinda sweet. Maybe I'll survive. There is literally no civilization. I don't even have service and they are no plugs so I hope my stuff doesn't die. I'd be so upset. It's kind of nice not having my phone though. If we're being honest. They got my dietary needs wrong so they didn't have a no pork meal for me today :( luckily there was extra vegetarian meal. I almost freaked.

The stars here are awesome! We can literally see the milky walk. It's beautiful! I wish I could sleep under them but I'm afraid of snakes. Pictures don't turn out so it'll be a mental memory, okay I'm going to bed so I can leave sooner. Hahahaha. I can do the outdoor thing just not at night.

Quote of the day:
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger cause we're in the freaking outback"(Nicole)

Farmstay Day2

1We woke up at 7 today to go for a walk down the lane. It's so quiet here. I'm still full from last night so I think I'll never eat again. This woman feeds us sooo much. I probably gained 50lbs. I'm totally going for a run tonight.

We went with Aldo around the farm to see cows! We rode in his 16 year old truck around the huge farm. They have baby cows that are so cute. We were looking from afar so I didn't have to smell or play with them. I thought the babies were the cutest. Why can't they all stay that size.

Ellen forced us to sew buttons on a scarf it was so hard. wife me. We're going out for dinner which should be fun. But I'm soooo full. I can't wait to go to Fiji 😍

We went to diner and on the way I encountered my first Australian spider! I freaked out a bit and Aldo who was driving turned around to look and we went off the road and into the ditch hahahahahaha Ellen startling yelling at Aldo. It was rather hilarious... Like super hilarious I've been laughing about it for hours. It  actually wasn't a ditch though. It was more like taller grass. They don't really have actual ditches here. No worries the spider went out of the window and I survived. At the restaurant I saw this woman who reminded me a lot of my mom. I must miss her.

Aussie words:
Boot- car trunk
White Flat- coffee with just a wee bit of milk
Gear- manual cars
Chook- chickens
Chickens- chicks

Quote of the day:
"My tattoo says learn to love the ride and it's on a wave"(Alyssa)

Tomorrow we're waking up early so I better go!

Kayaking in the Rainforest

Bright and early we're off to Tully! The most rainy part of Australia! In march 1950ish they had a flood that was over 7 meters high. The town now has a gumboot that high to represent the flood because apparently they were proud of it.

We learned more about Aboriginal people and has some delicious food. There was dip that was sooo good. It was like cream cheese, onion, and a bunch of stuff. It was tasty.

I went kayaking for the first time! It was more demanding than I had anticipated! It was a 5 mile loop and I didn't even fall out! I did lose a shoe though it floated downstream and the Aussie man rescued it. Phew thank god. I just bought those. It was really fun though! I definitely want to go again.

That's pretty much all we did today it took a long time. The rainforest smelled like weed. I'm super sleepy so nighty night

Quote of the day;
"No words to describe today, it was amazing"(Kellie)

Rain in the Rainforest

Today were on our way to mission beach! It's a 3 hour drive from Port Douglas so it should be a fun drive. The have sugar came growing in fields instead of corn.

I HEARD 5SOS AGAIN. I swear it keeps getting better.
AUSSIES
brb fangirling
it's like the best thing ever when I hear it. I gasp out loud every single time. Luke is my absolute favorite. I'm going to start asking everyone who looks my age if they know of 5 seconds of summer and maybe I'll meet one of their friends and I'll have a connection!

The beach is right across the street it's pretty awesome. I loveeee the water. Call me half mermaid. I'm pretty sure my fins started to show when my feet hit the water. The apartments were staying in are so nice. They have kitchens and living rooms. I can deal with that. I miss eating ramen. Crave

We went for a walk in the rainforest at night. The frogs and birds were the only ones out. I was hoping to see a python. But there weren't any! It was actually very creepy I thought I was going to die at one point. It was raining in the rainforest which I found ironic 😂 we're going kayaking tomorrow so it should be super exciting. I have no idea how to even attempt to do it. I guess I'll learn!

Ohhhh I learned more slang "deadly" used in a sentence would be "those shoes are so deadly" meaning they are cool or awesome. It's making a negative word into a positive one. I feel so sleepy I took melatonin last night and it killed me. I've been sleeping at every chance I've gotten  today! I only took it because I couldn't sleep because of that lizard.
haha okay bye! ✌️