NSW!!!

Hey people!!!,

Sorry about the title of our last post, I got confused!!!!

Anyway Pheob's and I had packed last night so we were ready to leave in the morning. We had to check out at 10 am so it wasn't so bad. We slept in until 9am and then got up to check that we hadn't forgot to pack anything the previous night. (which we should have checked twice but I will tell you about that later!!!) Anyway once Pheobe was sure (not!!!) that she had collected everything we were out the door and into town for 1 more breaky in Townsville.

We arrived back at the hotel to collect our belongings at about 9:55!!! We were running a bit late. Anyway we collected our things and headed in a cab to the Townsville airport. Our flight was leaving at 12pm we ariived at the airport at about 11am. So we didn't have time to look around but of course we picked up one more coffee and headed through customs.

The flight was peaceful and I slept most of the way only to be woken by Pheobe yelling at me about some strange thing. I calmly told her to settle down and tell me what happened. She said she had left the fluffy toy Nemo she got from the boat warf in Townsville, at the hotel along with her new hat from a very expensive shop in there too!!! I was trying to be very sympathetic but it was pretty funny because everyone was staring at her, so I struggled not to laugh but she realised I was and she got pretty angry with me!!!

Anyway once we departed the flight we were at the Sydney airport. It was very big and crowded so once we had our luggage we were soon outside and into a cab heading to Watagon Lodge where we were staying for the 4 days we had in NSW. Pheobe said that the lodge was a 5 star hotel and it was very exciting. I started to get very excited as we drove through the city, but we never ended up stopping in the city and we headed into the bush!!! That was when Pheobe was excited and I was starting to dred this trip after all!!!Pheobe started to jump up and down in the seat. Then we arrived at the lodge. I thought I was going to faint! It was a run down place that was made out of rotten wood and looked kind of scary. We got our luggage out of the cab and headed over to the lodge. Pheobe was extatic yet I was, well quite the opposite. So, we went inside and put our bags down and suprisingly it was kind of cute and cosy. There was a little fire in the corner and it looked like it would certainately keep us warm!!! The floor and walls were made from wood and smelt really great!! Then the beds were probably the downside being bunkbeds with a leather matress but we would only be spending 1 night in it and then we would be heading down to the Hunter Wetlands. Over all it was definately not a 5 star hotel(pheobe got that mixed up with 5 kms in the bush!!)but it was cute and Pheobe was happy so I'm sure I will survive!

The day quikly passed into night and got darker sooner because we were under all the trees. We had been for a walk recently, it wasn't masive but very peaceful. We found a river on the walk and we put our feat in but the water was freezing so we decided not to go in. The walk lasted about an hour and a half and we had collected some extra wood for the fire on the way back.

Once we were back in the lodge we started the fire and that was when we realised that we had no food!!! Pheobe and I went into a rush of panic and decided to order pizza. One problem with that though was we struggled to get reception so had to move around all over the site to eventually find some.

The pizzas arrived at around 7:30pm so not to late and Pheobe and I had time to settle down and use the coffee, tea, hot chocolate and biscuits that were here. So we weren't near to starving as Pheobe stated we would! The pizzas were nice and warm when they arrived and we ate them with no hesitation.

Then we decided and early night would do us good and so we are going to bed in about half an hour which will be helpful so we can head down to the wetlands early tommorow.

So I guess I will see you tommorow with the news of the wetlands. Here is a picture of our lodge so see what I mean by cute and very cosy.

Cya tommorow

Mon xo