1770, Agnes Waters...

After sadly leaving the Whitsundays behind me I headed to a place called Emu Park where I visited Great Keppel Island. Both of these places I'm sure at one point would have been a lovely place to stay but again due to the effects of the cyclone they were both pretty much dead so spent a few days relaxing by the beach with a book and was glad to leave and join people again when arriving into my next destination of 1770. Here I stayed at my favourite hostel so far, a place called Southern Cross run by some old hippies. None of the rooms locked and were given country names rather than numbers. I stayed in Sweden. I spent my first night here with a group of girls all travelling on their own too, we spent a good few hours sharing adventure stories and giving out tips. The next day was Scooteroo! What a great idea for a fun day out. I was in a group of about 50 people where we all got kitted out in leather jackets and helmets adorned with flames and covered ourselves with rub on tattoos, then to the bikes. The bikes were basically scooters all dressed up to look like Harley Davidsons. They came in all kinds of colours and designs so once each of us had picked our bike we were sent to do a few laps and get used to riding the thing. Unfortunately, just like I did on the bike in Thailand I kept trying to break with my feet and so eventually chickened out and hopped on the back of one of the guides bikes instead. My guide was a crazy Irish guy who informed me he had been riding bikes since he was 6 but this still provided me with no comfort when he was going ridiculously fast and performing tricks. At one point he put his feet over the handle bars, lay back against me and put his hands behind his head...terrifying but exciting! We rode for about 3 hours, seeing Kangaroos in the wild and watching the sun set. After a great but tiring day it was another early night for me back at the hostel...I am quite the party animal out here!