Day 148

I got on the bus to Agnes water at around 12:00am. I hate over night buses. Can never sleep. Also nothing to look at, just darkness. 10 hours later and i was back in Agnes water. I had missed it. Arrived back at my hostel. The owner, my old boss, was happy to see me and said i could stay for free. He gave me my old job back and said i could have a few days off. Gonna be staying here for 2 weeks roughly. All the old people who worked at the hostel has left. I don't like the new people. It used to be a relaxing hostel, now its really loud. Went to sleep as i hadn't gotten any on the bus. Slept nearly all day...

Day 147

Brown Snake


Highly Venomous
 
Bites from this species have caused human fatalities. In fact the Eastern Brown Snake accounts for more fatalities than any other Australian Snake. A nervous, ready biter it will defend itself if threatened. Maintains a strong defensive "S" shaped posture. The second most toxic land snake in the world and the most venomous in South East Queensland. Bites from this species should be treated immediately and attended to with correct first aid.

It was my luck that i found myself no less 30 cm away from this snake. I was waiting at the hostel. Watching a film outside on the lawn with the rest of the hostel. I turned my head to the plant next to me and found myself staring face to face with a Brown snake. At the time i didn't realise how dangerous it was so i just looked at it and told people there was a snake next to me. The owner freaked out at told me to get away from it and then knocked it out of the plant with a broom. It was about a metre long and now it was pissed off. It coiled itself and jumped for peoples feet and then slithered off into the bush. Sometime later as i was sitting back in my chair i hear a women scream behind me and turn to see the same snake on the arm of my chair. I dont know why he kept coming after me but i was annoying to say the least. Was trying to enjoy the film. Knocked it off my chair with my arm and it coiled itself again when it hit the floor. The owner gets his broom again and starts whacking it. Doesn't go away. Got to admire the snake. It didn't want to leave. Maybe it was watching the movie as well. Anyway long story short. Saw a venomous snake today...

Day 146

Booked my bus to Agnes water for tomorrow. Will be nice to go back. Bus isn't till 11:45pm so have to wait the whole day. Today just went around the shops and chilled. Rained allot today. Not as much as usual. The rainy season must be nearly over.

Was considering buying a didgeridoo as a souvenir. They are bloody expensive. Cheapest ones are like $200 and a good one cost twice that. Went to a shop to check them out and they had free lessons. I'm not very good. Haven't got the lung capacity to make a beat. Can barely hold a tune. Still want one. Strictly ornamental. The shop had a great deal. Buy a didgeridoo and they will give you free air mail to wherever you want. Too bad i cant be throwing around money at the moment. Will buy one when i get back to Sydney...

Day 145

Spent most of the day in bed or using my free internet. Always happy when i have internet. I havent changed much in the past 5 months. Still glued to my laptop whenever i get the chance. Went out in the evening and played goon pong and kings cup, two drinking games i have become very accostomed to. We actually didnt have any ping pong balls so we fashioned a ball out of a mushroom and a plastic bag. Classy. Kings Cup is my favourite game. Especially as the rules change for everyone. My friend always has to drink the kings cup in the end. He gets pretty drunk and then picks fights with bouncers. Not the best. Especially as i have to take care of him and then apologize to the bouncers...

Day 144

Headed to Airlie Beach in the evening. Couldn't get to Agnes Water. The whole town is cut off from the rest of Australia by flood waters. That's gonna be a problem. Even if i do get to it there is a chance i could get stranded. Don't want that. Staying here tonight and tomorrow. See if the floods have subsided by then. Its annoying the one place i want to go is off limits. On the plus side Ive run into 2 people i met in Cairns. Gonna meet up with them tomorrow. Also can actually have a lie in tomorrow as i don't have to be on a coach or check out early. First time in a week, maybe longer. Happy days...

Day 143

So come sunrise i think i had managed an hour shut eye. I didn't feel good. The coach arrived and we set off. 5 hours later we had to turn back due to flooding. 5 hours return and then i was back where i started. Still hadn't managed to sleep. In the past 48 hours i have managed to sleep 1 hour. I have bags under my eyes which is actually warping the skin on my forehead. The worst part is I'm staying up to blog about how tired i am. Do you see the irony? Well at least i think that's irony. I was never too good with the whole irony stuff. Booked a small hostel for the night. I have decided to take the flooding as a sign and not go to Alice springs. Its too far and too expensive for what it is. A big red rock. Granted it is the most famous big red rock but as you are not allowed to climb it, i think spending $400 getting to it and the even more flying back, its somehow not worth it. Instead I'm gonna spend my last month in my favourite spot in Australia, Agnes water. Gonna work for 3 weeks. Save some money then fly to Hong Kong for a little under a week and then head back to beautiful London...

Day 142

Had to wait for my bus in the evening. Spent all day with my other Canadian friend who I'm sure is the biggest slut on the east coast. No, that's cruel. She is pretty promiscuous tho. And if she is reading this I'm just joking. Laugh out loud. But seriously. She then made me go shopping with her for friendship bracelets so "i wouldn't forget her" which is still the most boring and ever so slightly gay thing Ive done in Australia. Which includes being chatted up by a gay guy in a bar. Which still disturbs me even now. Mainly because I was way out of his league.

My bus journey was about 5 hours long and then to top it all off i had to wait for my next bus for 7 hours, in the middle of the night, by myself, outside, on a hard bench i couldn't even sleep on, by myself. I know i said by myself twice but i was literally by myself. I didn't see another human for 6 hours. Felt like a zombie apocalypse. When i bored i like to plan my escape routes and survival tactics in case a zombie apocalypse did occur at that very moment. I think i went a little bit insane. Found a deserted  trolley and spent an hour just skating around on it. Then when i got really tired i just sat there and looked out into space. Not the greatest part of my trip...