The storm finally looked like it had almost gone when we woke up this morning - it was still raining on and off - but only slight drizzle. It didn't matter though, our Fraser Island trip had been cancelled (well, delayed) and we'd have to find something else to do. We were told we could use the second of our free nights at the hostel, which was cool - but if it hadn't have been free - there'd have been no way we'd have stayed.
After getting ready, we had some breakfast - mine was in a bowl so dirty, it looked like the girl had dug it out of the front garden before giving it to me - and then went for a nice long walk along the Esplanade (I think we were sub-conciously trying to get as far away from the hostel as we could). We were starting to really dislike Hervey Bay, but I think it's probably to do with the weather more than anything because it wasn't actually that bad today (it would start to rain, but then stop after about a minute).
When we'd walked far enough (we were knackered) we headed back and stopped in an Irish pub, called Hoolihans, for some lunch - I had a chicken sarnie and Nikki had barrimundi & chips. When we got back to the hostel we were told that all trips to Fraser Island had been cancelled until at least Wednesday - apparently the Island was in a real state, and because it's all sand (there are no roads) it would be suicide to try and drive there before the rangers have had a chance to clear it up.
We were really unhappy - we didn't want to have to hang around until Wednesday, only to be told that the trip might be cancelled again - and there was NO WAY we were staying in hell (Kookaburras), so we thought we'd sleep on it, check out in the morning and go from there (where, we didn't know). After the nightmares everyone was having in the kitchen, we refused to cook in there, so we went and got a pizza instead. When we got back to our hostel we packed our bags and talked with Claire and Emma (the English girls in our room). When we were just climbing into bed, a cockroach climbed into Claire's rucksack... we will definitely be leaving in the morning.
Boy did it rain: the Coast has had a months rain - in one day... and the places we'd left (Noosa, Rainbow Beach etc) are under water - d'oh!
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