Mrs. Robinson’s Blog

Current mood: chipper

Soooooo…

We back from our first official ‘tour’ of the trip. We got off to a decidedly bumpy start when our tour organisers forgot to pick us up….After forty minutes waiting, we called to find they had lost our email with the details of our accommodation and had left without us!!

Luckily the Aussies are very kind and turned triple somersaults to get us caught up with the rest of our party so in the end we joined them 5 hours later!!

Fraser Island is beautiful. Lake Mackenzie is a crystal clear fresh water lake and Carolyn and I braved the cold and got wet. Gorgeous…

Then we went for a walk through the rainforest before a swift drink at the bar and a laugh at some of our party doing karaoke and then snuggled into our nicely upgraded accommodation! (see being forgotten does have some perks!)

Today we saw a shipwreck of an old first class luxury liner on the beach and went up to Indian Head – which is a big rocky outcrop where you can sit and look down to the sea. It is SO clear! We managed to spot a few rays, had a humpback whale blow a few air spouts off the shore and saw some sharks. The first few, we were like ‘ooh a shark…thought it would seem bigger…but then they are a bit far away.’ ……then we saw  the Daddy……  Grabbed Carolyn’s hand…would NOT like to be swimming with him in the water. He was just this big black silhouette and gliding along all sharklike……..*Ruth does Mufasa typa shiver from the Lion King*…

Then home via a beautiful sunset with some dolphins playing in the water  as we crossed back to the mainlind…..sigh…it’s as if God just knew what we wanted to see and planted them all….

bugger…… time is flashing…these blogs would be so much more eloquent and Hemmingway-esque if I had more time….grrr argh,,

Till next time peeps

xx

Current mood: content

sooooo…….today I finally bit the bullet and got the tattoo I’ve been saying I would have if I ever got one……

Arrived at the place at 11am this morning and Stevie, the tattoo artist was all of 22!!! Nice chap though who recognised that ‘Cor’stood for Corinthians and told me he was the only member of his family that wasn’t ”into Jesus”

First bit of relief was that the lettering he chose was really nice and fitted well with the design which I had been a bit worried about. Then – once he had carbon papered the design onto me….we were off.

It’s a bit like going to the dentist really with all the buzzing and the chair and all. Some bits seemed to hurt more than others but in all it was no worse than getting your legs waxed or having an injection. I was more worried by all the blood I saw when I removed the dressing just now!!!!

Anyway – they’ve told me to put this cream on it day and night for the next two weeks and to resist picking at it when it gets a bit scabby (nice! )

Here it is!…

I really love it and hopefully it’s near enough to the hip to not stretch if ever I have kids…

So…Abs – you next babe?!

Current mood: sleepy

so…we are in Singapore airport and have found some free internet access…hurrah! Carolyn says our eyes are crying out for eyelids to cover them up for a while…but we have soldiered through four movies (V for Vendetta – a trial! Ice Age 2 – giggles all round, The Notebook – shed a tear and 9/10s of Mission Impossible 3…….and managed to stay awake!

Too tired to be witty and verbose – and time is ticking down in the corner – but will update when we can!

Much love to all – wishing many of you guys were here too!!!

big hugs R & C xxxxxxx

Current mood: cheerful
Category: Travel and Places

So this is what we’ll be up to! Madness eh?!

Will try and keep updated with pics and stuff as we go….

“Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”