Due to its size when you say your going on a short drive in Australia you can mean upto 200km. So when I say we took a long trip from Hearvey bay to Airley beech I mean we did a LOT of driving. Departing from Hearvey bay (9:30) after munching the free toast brekky we set off on the highway for Airley beach. I drove all morning until we reached Rockhampton (2:30) where we ate lunch I bought a watch (the sales assistant gave us a discount I think she took a shine to Phil). Next we pulled into super cheap auto (4:30) to replace the faulty inverter, and now heres the thing about australia the sales assistant took us on our word and replaced it with out a recipt that would never happen in England.
Its Pauls birthday tommorrow so I bought him a card and then did something rather dumb, I walked into Australia post with the envalope and asked what do I need to send this to Sydney, with a rye smile the postmistress looked at me and said you need a stamp dear. Doh pretty obvious ask a silly question get a silly answer. Back on the road and by 5pm we were driving through some beautiful countryside the sun was setting over the mountains as we travelled through the scene was amazing, from sunset the watching the stars appear, certanly it made the Ks much more bearable.
Unfortunatly for me this is also the day I found out I only got a 2:2 so it was very bittersweet. By the time we made it to Airley beech I was feeling crushed and tired Phil just tired, we couldnt find a hostel open which had vacencys and ended up paying $50 each to stay in a hotel.(11:30). Needless to say we now have plenty of towls, and we defintly know to book ahead in future.