Day 3 :)

Tuesday July 13, 2010
Jungle Tour today! The hostel made special plain eggs for me! Nerissa, my last roommate to arrive came in the night before and we really hit it off. We became fast friends listening and making fun of our tour guide, Fraser. I called him Mr. Ray from Finding Nemo because he just had the one-liners and songs just like him! Our first stop of the day was to the Rainforest Habitat. They had grasslands, wetlands, and a rainforest section. We saw koalas, pythons, lots of birds, wallabies (these are my favourite ), kangaroos, crocodiles, and cassowaries. We then drove (by bus) to Daintree National Park and listened to funny stories from “Mr. Ray.” Some people swam in the river but I just wanted climb on the rocks. Hehe! We then had some time to walk the trails a bit and check out the lookout spots. We then drove out to Mt. Alexandra’s Lookout where we could see the island where Steve Irwin was killed. We stayed for only a few minutes before heading to the river where we had lunch and I got gluten free bread! We got some Daintree tea (delicious!) and then went on our river cruise. We met Fat Albert, Elizabeth, and an 11-year-old male. Our next stop was Daintree National Park Beach! The beach was at least 500 meters before the waves of the Coral Sea. We had to start heading back after a short time there, but we did get to stop at a fruit farm where they made their own ice cream! I got some mango-puree juice, yum! We then had a 2.5 hour drive home with one stop for munchies.
I decided that I wanted a real dinner with AustraLearn before I went on the pub crawl with the others. The fish I had was really good, but then by the time I was ready it was too late for me to join. The bouncers would not let me on the party bus even with my pass. So I decided to just go back to the hostel. I was too upset to sleep so I just hung out with my roommates that stayed behind. Not such bad thing...