We woke up way before the alarm this morning and, after laying in bed chatting, we got up and got ready for breakfast. We had some raison toast and a cuppa and then checked out of our room. We didn't have to catch our Greyhound until 12.15pm, so we figured we'd hang around the hostel and use the internet instead. Nikki went on one computer and I managed to plug in my laptop - which meant I could update the blog... yippee!
After about an hour on the internet, we collected our bags and took the short walk round to the bus stop. The sun was high in the sky again - which made us happy because of the sailing trip we're supposed to be having this week. The Greyhound arrived right on time and we got to Airlie Beach at just after 2pm.
Some of the hostels were asking for $88 for a double room. I'm sure they were nice hostels, but seeing as our daily budget is about $100 there was no way we could pay that much. Luckily, one of them - Backpackers By The Bay - were only asking for $60, so we went with them. We jumped in the van and they brought us back. The hostel is actually pretty cool - and it overlooks the... well, Bay!
We only booked in for one night, and after finishing off the thai green vegetable curry from yesterday, for our lunch we went out into town. Airlie Beach seems really nice - with loads of shops and things to do.
As we were walking through town we came across the shop with whom we're going on our Whitsunday's trip. We went in to make enquiries and they said they could fit us on tomorrow's trip - woohoo! We left the shop and went to Magnums, which is a hostel in which we get 2 nights free accommodation, to check if we could stay with them when we got back - and they said yes, so for the next 4 nights we don't have to spend anything on accommodation... come on!
With our Whitsunday's sailing trip sorted we went and bought ourselves ice-creams and walked through the bicentinial park to the sea where we sat and ate them. Afterwards we had a look round the shops, then came back to the hostel.
This evening we said we'd take part in a quiz the hostel was having - in which you could win a bottle of champagne. When we got there at 7pm (the time it was supposed to start) the guys had already started drinking it - they said they didn't think anyone was gonna turn up. We did the quiz anyway, and our team - me, Nikki and an American girl called Jen won! Because the champagne had gone (they even gave us a glass) we got to have a free round of beer instead, which suited me just fine. Afterwards, when we were speaking to Jen about what she was doing in Australia (she's here studying), a guy sat next to us introduced himself and we found that he's from England - and he lives in Bristol - he was even born in Keynsham, but grew up in St. George...
Boy, what a small world!
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