Day 81

Woke up at 5:15am. Wasn't tired so went downstairs for coffee. Flipped thought the TV channels. Found a music channel. Haven't seen a music video in ages. Everyone else on the tour woke up later. We all headed off for the tour. We had another briefing. It was about driving on sand and what to do and what not to do. They also covered Dingoes. Said don't feed them or they will bite you. If you see one don't run away screaming because they will chase you and bite you. If you find yourself being followed by dingoes just turn and stare at them. All pretty obvious. We were about to leave when the tour guide said " Oh, and don't go swimming on the east coast by yourself because some died doing that". Letting us know that last. Apparently he went for a night swim (idiot) then got pulled out by a rip tide onto the EAC East Australian Current. We have all seen Finding Nemo. Anyway he got dragged down the coast and they found his body the next day washed up on the shore. Sounded like he had it coming.

9 of us including the Driver had to cram into one car. That's 3 in the front, 3 in the back and 3 in the rear. Not the most comfortable. I was in the back seat. Never been so happy to not be tall. Guy next to me wasn't much taller yet he had no leg room. Drove to the ferry. Got out and stretched or legs. Drove to a lake. The road was just a dirt track. Bumped and skidded all over the place. The guide was a good off-road driver luckily. Still got shaken about a good amount tho.

The lake was good. Very calm and shallow. Didn't go in. Wasnt in the mood to have to dry off. I soon encountered flies. Everywhere these huge flies. They would land on you and bite you. Horrible things. It was funny because everyone else was getting bitten and swarmed yet they didn't even touch me. Don't know why. One girl in my group was getting bitten every 5 seconds. It made me laugh anyway. A few landed on me but then they just flew off again, as if to say "oops sorry thought you were someone else"

Headed to another lake and had a swim. The we drove to the camp we would be staying in for the next 2 nights. On the way we past a huge shipwreck and got out to take pictures. Very cool. It was all rusted and falling apart. The camp was good. Cleanish. As clean as a camp in the woods can get. Big tent. Sleeping bags. Campfire. We had a BBQ the first night. Well needed after a long day. Had steak, sausages and burgers. Then we drank and roasted marshmallows and chased dingoes away from our camp. Was good fun. Went to sleeping bag and just crashed. Not the most comfortable and covered in sand, but i was tired....