Stradbroke

  I just got back on Monday from our adventure to Straddie (Stradbroke).  It was totally awesome! :) We first had to jump on a ferry called Minjerribah.  That is what Straddie used to be called, which means land of mosquitoes. :o  It didn't appear to buggy to me.  Thank goodness. 

  After we got off the Minjerribah, we went to go get our 4x4 passes.  Because apparently you have to have one of those.  As we started to make our way to the hotel, our GPS decided to make go down Industry Road which was a dead end construction site. :)  So we decided to ditch the GPS.  We did finally make it to the hotel.

  The beaches at Straddie were AMAZING!!  They had crystal clear water, white sand, and awesome waves.  Speaking of waves, well typing, we took surfing lessons.  Ok, surfing is a lot harder than you think it is. It is also easier not to get up on your knees first.  I don't know why, but that is what the instructor man said.  I did get up a couple of times though.  Except the nose of my board kept on nose-diving.

  I almost forgot about 4 wheeling.  The island had a ton of trails and we just couldn't resist.  Sadly we had to do a U-turn because the trail just wasn't coming to an end and we were constantly running into puddles, well large ponds.  The trails were really fun, but our car, Jim didn't like that he had to get dirty.  I know this because he told me in his Aussie accent and lisp that he was too pretty for 4x4ing.  He is a Pajero Exceed, so I guess he's pretty fancy.  Jim has a lisp because the man who sold it to us had a lisp.  :)

 That is my adventure to Straddie.

I'm down-under

  I am finally posting again.  It does get kind of difficult though to post while you are still going to school.
  Australia honestly isn't that different, of course they speak with an accent, which I don't have by the way.  Other than that it really isn't that different.  the food is kind of different, but that's because it's right by Asia.  Sadly there is like no Mexican food:(  and it is really hard to find beans. you have to go to some special store just for beans.  Everything here seems to come in really small portions. I don't know why, I guess that's just how Aussies are. 
  One strange thing in my opinion is that there are just a ton of wild turkeys running around everywhere like the park and by the roads.  Another strange thing is that the people don't seem bothered by bugs at all! :o  STRANGE! Because there are a TON of bugs. Oh well.