I can officially say I capsized on the Tully River in Australia
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Things that inspired me this week:
Driving from Townsville to Cairns and seeing the devastation from Hurricane Yasi. Homes flattened, storefronts blown out and completely destroyed, broken forests, bare of leaves
Learning 20 volunteers from the Oz Experience bus had been dropped off the previous day in Mission Beach to spend 2 weeks as volunteers to help clear the wreckage
The motto “do one thing a day that scares you”
On Magnetic Island I held an echidna, snake, and fresh-water crocodile (!!)
My friend Jackie who was forced to make a very difficult and heart-breaking decision
Finally making it to Cairns! The last destination on my east coast road trip
The book 1788 by David Hill about the first fleet that came to Australia, a gift from my friend Rose. Learning I can enjoy reading history for leisure!
The Kings Speech, the Oscars, and all the glamour
Being stuck on Magnetic Island and not panicking. Perhaps this experience is doing more for my anxiety than I realize
Mangoes from the Rusty Markets in Cairns
Driving from Townsville to Cairns and seeing the devastation from Hurricane Yasi. Homes flattened, storefronts blown out and completely destroyed, broken forests, bare of leaves
Learning 20 volunteers from the Oz Experience bus had been dropped off the previous day in Mission Beach to spend 2 weeks as volunteers to help clear the wreckage
The motto “do one thing a day that scares you”
On Magnetic Island I held an echidna, snake, and fresh-water crocodile (!!)
My friend Jackie who was forced to make a very difficult and heart-breaking decision
Finally making it to Cairns! The last destination on my east coast road trip
The book 1788 by David Hill about the first fleet that came to Australia, a gift from my friend Rose. Learning I can enjoy reading history for leisure!
The Kings Speech, the Oscars, and all the glamour
Being stuck on Magnetic Island and not panicking. Perhaps this experience is doing more for my anxiety than I realize
Mangoes from the Rusty Markets in Cairns
Feed the Birds
One of Australia’s parrot species is the rainbow lorikeet, and at Koala Village I had the chance to partake in their daily feeding! It was like being in San Marco Square in Venice all over again. My brother, who is terrified of birds, would have been quite unhappy in my shoes.
Koala Village.
My time on Magnetic Island can best be characterized as long and rainy. I was meant to spend only a day there, but the weather was so wet - and I mean monsoon torrential downpour all day and night wet - that the roads to Cairns were flooded. So instead I spent three days on Maggie Island, much of it curled up in my hostel dorm with a book.
I did get a small window of overcast but dry skies in which I went to Bungalow Bay Koala Village to check out some of Australia's rare and famous animals. How cute is the echidna! It looks like a mix between a porcupine and hedgehog. And who knew koalas scratched themselves like a dog?
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