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On the bus journey from Cairns to Mission Beach, we stopped off at Johnstone River Crocodile Farm, home to Gregory - the biggest crocodile in captivity. We had a tour of the farm and fed the kangaroos and wallabies, then it was feeding time for the crocs so we got to watch that. Couldn't believe how big some of them were!
When we got to Mission Beach I realised that I'd have to stay there an extra night. I'd booked and paid for four nights so that I wouldn't have to keep moving around on Easter weekend, trying to find somewhere to stay, but it turned out there were no buses leaving Mission Beach on Tuesdays (when I intended to leave). I was there for five nights in total which would have been alright if it hadn't rained every single day! The weather was so temperamental. One minute it was beautiful sunshine and everyone was sat round the pool, the next it was pouring down!
On the first night, with it being Good Friday and EVERYTHING being shut, the hostel organised for us to go to a bar and have curry and a limbo competition. We did the same again on Monday. When the weather did hold out, we went and played cricket on the beach which was fun but really, if you weren't there to do a sky dive or white water rafting, there was nothing else to do. It was quite nice to just chill out for a few days though.
I had to spend a night in Townsville last night as the bus didn't go any further, and I ended up running into a lad I met in Cape Town which was a bit random. It's funny how you can meet the same people even on the other side of the world. I'm getting the bus to Airlie Beach this afternoon and by Saturday I'll be cruising round the Whitsundays on a pirate ship. Can't Wait!
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