So the first event we had was going camping with Kasey's family to one of her dad's friends places. They have a property which is right next to this very nice river and a camp was setup. We went up on a friday and left sunday morning.
Things were good, good company, booze, and food. Fun for all! Kasey bought for us this little two man tent which is about the size of my computer. ;-) She also got for us an inflatable bed which as luck would have it is exactly the same size as the floor of the two man tent! So our whole tent was cushioned. How many of you out there have a tent like that eh? Besides that it was very 'cozy' and was fine for the two of us but I wouldn't want to take it on a long trek because it also did the following; leaked, didn't keep out any bugs besides monster/mutated sized bugs, a dog was able to force its way past the zippers into the tent with its nose, and finally had small holes to allow ground cridders in. Still! It was very comfortable and we slept quite well.
Then on sunday morning we headed off for our anniversary trip. Kasey lined up a nice place in Byron Bay. Its a very nice little town, very big with the tourists especially people backpacking from overseas.
Sunday: Showed up and were a bit tired from all the camping stuff so we cleaned up and headed into town for a little poking around and beer. We ended up visiting a few pubs and having small snacks along the way. We have been to Byron before but I always forget how MANY hippies are in the town :) Good natured people of course but vague as hell! Wandering in front of my car while driving and you all know how I drive, one hand on the wheel and the other out the window ready to give someone the finger. Anyhow, the first evening was good and relaxing.
The second day (Monday) we headed out to the beach only to find a storm rolled in behind us as we were walking! DOH! Before it kicked in we saw probably about twenty beached jelly fish and these were not small let me tell you! The biggest one was about the size of my chest and shoulders and about twice as deep. It was a shame we didn't have any cameras with us. So after the big jelly fish exhibition we headed back into the safety of the B&B while the storm blew out. Later that day we went for a big swim in the ocean (yes even through there were beached jelly fish) and man was it cold!! We then went back to our little spot (it was just us and one other person on the whole area ;-) ) and built sand castles. Mine in the end was destroyed by a lumbering giant (me). Later we had Thai food (Damn that stuff is great!) and then it was off to the Light House and the gulling pathway that leads fro it down to the most Easterly point in Australia. Pretty cool :) Lastly we went to dinner late that night where we had very swanky food and wine. Sometimes you have to live it up!
Tuesday (today) we checked out of the B&B and went to a dive shop where we got suited up for a snorkeling trip. It was a bit of a ride out to the island that we would be swimming at and the water was cold but it was good to start with. We saw two ocean turtles (
After a bit of water regurgitation and checking the vital bits of the body, head and family jewels, I decided everything was groovy and man what a stupid/interesting story I would have. After that the water became more and more fierce, string up all kinds of crap in the water so it was very hard to see anything. We did see two small sharks though called Wobbegong Sharks. Fairly harmless since they are so small and are not really concerted with humans. We watched one eating something inside a hole :) very cool! After awhile we gave up and came back to the boat because the ocean was too choppy to see or swim. On the way back we did sight a glimps of a family of whales moving along the coast line. very cool!
We came back today exhausted but much fun was had.
I will post pictures later this week once we get the batteries charged for it again.
