One month has
passed since we first came to Australia… It feels like an eternity since we were
in Norway freezing our asses off. We have enjoyed this lifestyle so far, and I
don’t think that will change any day soon, especially now that we’re in Town of
1770. Isn’t that just the coolest name of a place ever?! It got its name
because this was the place Captain James Cook first went on land in Queensland
on May 24, 1770. Town of 1770 is a small place (you have to go to another small
place called Agnes Water to get to a grocery store) just where The Great
Barrier Reef start in the south. The camping ground we’re living on is situated
in a secluded bay right on the beach. Some of the sites are practically ON the
beach, but those were of course all taken so we’re happy with being in the
second row. When I woke up this morning it was raining, but as I wrote that sentence
I saw the sun look out through the clouds. We got here yesterday, and we have
one more night at this camping ground. There’s another camping ground here in
1770 and another one at the beach in Agnes Water, so we might try the other two
as well, and maybe we like it so much here that we stay here for a while J We heard that there
was a lot of fruit picking jobs around Bundaberg, and we thought 1770 was
closer than it really is so we thought we would get a job here, but it doesn’t
seem like there’s a lot of fruit picking going on around here so we’ll just
have to wait and see. Maybe we’ll head up to Gladstone after a while, a city
that’s a lot bigger that this small place and maybe we’ll find some kind of
fruit to pick J
As I said we
came here yesterday. When we got off Fraser Island we went to Bargara, a small
place 15 minutes east of Bundaberg. Bundaberg was a lot bigger than we thought
it would be so we just drove through it and to the beach in Bargara. There we
lived at a camping ground close to the beach. Wonderful! We went in to
Bundaberg and bought ourselves a RV-tent (a tent you attach to the side of the
car) and new camping chairs (we broke one of the ones we had). When we were on
Fraser Island we got the idea of getting a tent. When it was raining or the
wind was a bit too much we had to go into the car, and we thought it would be
nice to be able to sit outside regardless of the weather. So we got our tent on
Friday, and on Sunday evening it came in handy. It started to rain like crazy and
there was a big thunderstorm, but this time we were not forced to go into the
car, we could sit outside! I must admit we didn’t know if the tent would
survive, cuz we didn’t have a hammer to get the pegs in right, but fortunately
the tent was still standing the next morning. We now have a hammer and extra
pegs to secure the tent so now nothing can stop us J
Well, now I’ll
go make myself a cup of coffee, and maybe JT will be up soon (hopefully with
the sun shining) J
Lotte
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