Hi again!

Well, surfing was very very cold! It was a good laugh and the teachers were really nice and helpful! I kinda half stood up once, but I gave up cos I was so cold! Would like to give it another go at some point though!

I am covered in bruises from it today though! Trying to climb on and off the surfboard/being knocked over repeatedly by waves/dragging the surfboard through the big waves/getting beaten around the head with big surfboard/tangling myself up in the lead attaching me to the surfboard/generally being beaten up by the surfboard! Also have grazes from falling on my knees and elbows into the sand/nose diving the surfboard. I think I generally would have been quite funny to watch!

Had an amazing night's sleep last night as well - first day today I haven't felt jetlagged. Have got a cold though which is rubbish! And ridiculous, as I'm in bloody Australia!

Had a wicked day today as well - did a beach walk. Went to Bondi beach and wondered around there for a bit, then did a coastal walk from there to Coogee beach. Was really nice! Very very windy though. Stopped at a little cove/secluded beach half way round. Were supposed to snorkel there but we didn't cos it was so cold! Had a massive barbeque on the beach - loads of the beaches have barbeque areas built in! Then played beach vollyball afternoon! Was great fun!

My body is now covered in even more bruises from throwing myself round on the sand though, and I am aching after 2 days of running about! Was great though!

Had a talk tonight on travel/work and have booked stuff for next week! There have been 2 OzIntro groupd this week, and every single person is flying to Cairns from the two groups - about 35 people. Me and 6 others have booked to fly to Cairns on Monday (flight is at 15.35 arrives at about 7pm, can't remember exact landing time at the mo). Then 4 of us have booked in to a nice hostel in Cairns. It's only $19 dollars a night, free meal every night with a pool! And it looks quiet, so it'll be nice to chill out for a couple of days - booked in there for 3 nights.

Have picked up loads of leaflets for stuff to do down the coast, and have a meeting with one of the guys from Ozintro on Sunday so I can go through the sort of things I want to do and they can help me out with booking. They get discount on a lot of stuff, so I may book some here, just so I know I have some stuff planned. If not, I can phone back at any time and they can book it for me, with a discount then. All very helpful!

Gonna book to do a skydive on Mission beach - supposed to be amazing cos it's the only polace in Oz you can land on the beach, and you can see the great barrier reef from the air. Also want to do some rainforest jungly stuff in Cape Tribulation. I'll sort all that out on Sunday though.

Am doing my Responsible service of Alcohol course - you have to have it to be able to work in bars over here - on Saturday. 6 Hours of being talked at, about how to look out for drunk people - great! But at least I can get that out of the way!

Nice to have stuff booked! So excited about going up to Cairns for some sun and chilling out! Can't believe this week is nearly over though!

Off to the blue mountains for the day tomorrow and apperently it's gonna rain and be very cold, which'll be lovely, ha ha!

Bye for now!xxx