2/27/02 In The Caravan, OZ (Kelly)
After we woke this morning we drove about an hour west from Mackay through the bumpiest roads I've ever been on...yea, we totally broke our rental agreement...oops! No damage done though! We went to Eungella National Park (pronounced "young gulla".) We tried to go view some platypuses but unfortunately the little guys are nocturnal creatures so we weren't able to see any. They typically are active during dusk and dawn hours only. Since we were there at like 11:30am they obviously were sleeping...oh well! We then drove to a couple of waterfalls which took a good 2 mile walk to get to. Phillip, being the adventurer he is, decided to take a swim...the water I heard was freezing. On the walk back to the car I started to feel ill, probably heat exhaustion...I was sweating bullets at an unreasonable rate! I actually had to sit down for a few minutes...any whoo, I'm fine now!
We drove to Airlie Beach today, the gate way to Whitsunday Islands, about a 2 hour drive from Eungella. We've booked a dive tour for tomorrow on the Great Barrier Reef, I'm pumped.
Something to add that is extremely pathetic...Phillip an I decided to splurge on dinner tonight and eat at the Red Rooster, equivalent to Dairy Queen. We were trying to decide if we should wear our Sunday best--we are sooo WT!
Posted by Admin at February 28, 2002 01:51 AM