15/02/09

As we woke up we realised something was amiss because on the way to the kitchen to get the complimentary breakfast there were signs saying kitchen closed everywhere, then when we got in the kitchen it was a pig stye and there was a knife sat on a piece of paper saying 'do not touch anything, forensics are going to do fingerprinting'. We thought we'd better leave the area so we all showered and acccepted the fact that we weren't going to be getting a complimentary breakfast. During the course of each of us showering we found out that a bunch of rowdy guys from the hut next door had gotten plastered last night and ended up destroying one of the walls in the hostel. We got on the greyhound at 10 and had another stop at Gympie which was nice a sunny today so no one slipped over on the floor, although Coops managed to find a puddle and give it a go anyway. We bought some puzzle books to keep ourselves amused on the bus rides and in the evenings we don't do anything.

We arrived in Noosa at about 1, but came in from a completely different direction to last time and it made the place look really nice and swanky. But we were staying at Koalas so we had to go to the dingy end of town again. When we checked in I managed to secure the last bed in the hostel, turns out I'm sharing with a load of German girls. As it was so sunny we headed straight for the beach and spent the afternoon laying, swimming and more laying in the sun. Great fun, its been a while. Wandered around the nicer part of town for a bit, the girls inevitabley found another Cotton On shop so we spent a while waiting for them there.

When we got back home I went for a swim in the pool and bumped in to a guy called Michael that we'd met in Coffs Harbour about a month ag, another German, this place seems to be full of them. we sat outside doing some of the puzzles from the books we bought earlier while Pat and Helen went out for a 'special' meal. The three of us each had a packeted pasta meal for one which we picked up in the free food section in Airlie. They weren't very good, very runny and not very filling, so we went for a wander around town. Burns joked about eating 5 kebabs a day for a week and some random guy over heard and joined in the convo, he thought he could probably do it, but wavered a bit when we told him you had to have meat in every single one. Ended up going to the 7-11 and buying an apple, Burns got his classic creamy bun and Coops got some kind of Yoghurt.

When we got back to the room there was some guy called Benji there, to begin with he seemed like a nice bloke, but the more he spoke the more he sounded like a complete twat. The more he did the more we realised how rank and disgusting he was. I'm pretty sure he went outside and took something elicit because he came back after about 10 minutes and told us that he had just spewed everywhere and from that time on he was really loud, couldn't stop swearing and was just acting like a complete arse. After about an hour of laughing at him trying to help us with our puzzle, He actually phoned a friend in the USA to ask what a french filled pastry was, I decided to go back to my room and leave the others to have a pleasent nights sleep.

16/02/09

Got up at a reasonable hour and went across to the others doorm room. Heard all about Helen and Pats lack of sleep due to Benji's insane snoring, they seemed rather pissed off that Coops and Rich managed to sleep through it. Apparently half way through the night Benji had an ephiphany, and rushed around telling everyone the answer was eclaire. We went for a walk to the viewpoint, I'd kinda forgotten that you have to be up quite high to get to a decent viewpoint and was wondering why the hell all the roads were so steep. When we got to the top we attempted to set all our cameras up on timers to take a photo, just as we were all about to press the button and step in to place an old couple, who could clearly see what we were trying to do, walked right in the way of the shot. We asked them to take a photo of us all instead, the guy took the camera and was about to take a photo of just us with a fence and a tree behind us, Pat looked a bit pissed off and asked if it would be possible to get the view in as well. On the way back I was drinking the tap water from Koalas, and realised that my stomach was really starting to cramp up. We went for a wander around some shops when we went to Coles, found a games shop and I bought a skipping rope because I've noticed that I'm starting to get out of breath just walking about recently.

Went back home and picked up our stuff to go to the beach. Spent the afternoon making the most of the sun, we couldn't really swim too much because every time we went in the sea we all got some weird stinging sensation all over our bodies. The others then all went and got a Copenhagen Ice Cream and we sat around doing those ArrowWord puzzles we bought the other day. While we were puzzling away, the guy working at Copenhagens started walking around with a fly-swat shouting out 'Butt-Scratcher...Butt-Scratcher...Get Yer Butt-Scratcher' Burns and I couldn't believe our luck. On the way back there was some kid walking down the hill with a body board under one arm, a skateboard under the other and a shake in his right hand. It looked like he'd had enough of carrying everything so he attempted skating down the hill, he put the skateboard down and placed one foot on it, instantly causing his foot to slide out from underneath him and he stacked it right on his side. I struggled not to laugh, Pat just burst.

In the evening Pat and I joined in the free poker night. I started off really well, won the first 3/4 hands, the first 2 with full houses, but then the boredom kicked in and I just started throwing the chips in for the hell of it. We then played P&A with some randoms from the bar, Pat managed to persuade an old man to buy him drinks. We cooked a curry for dinner in their s*** kitchen, they had nothing to drain the rice with, I attempted using a cheese grater with no luck so had to stand there with a plate over the edge for ages waiting for all the starchy water to come out. The girls and I went back to the room and played some games whilst the guys went for some more drinks in the bar.

17/02/09

Felt like s***. Layed in bed all day. Went out to go to Coles with the others at about midday. Got the s***s at about 4/5 in the evening, so layed in bed and had frequent visits to the loo all night.