Wednesday: Community Day!

Wednesday July 14, 2010
Today was community day! We went to an arbitrarium to plant some trees around the place and then around a primary school in North Queensland. We split into two groups and then before switching we had midmorning tea and bikkies (cookies or biscuits). Aussies love their tea and bikkies! After we were done planting and potting we had lunch at a cool pizza place in Cairns (cans). A lot of the buildings in Australia are half open/half walled which is exactly what this was. The restaurant was attached to the mall but then open to the boardwalk and marina. After lunch we had about an hour to explore before we had to be back for another informational meeting. A group of us wandered on the boardwalk and of course took goofy pictures! We even climbed a tree! Our session was full of laughs thanks to Emma the Kiwi scuba instructor (New Zealander).
Afterwards some of us decided we would walk back to the hostel instead of waiting for the bus. It must have been at least 2 miles in the blazing sunshine and heat! Fry an egg! After a facebook break Nerissa and Sam walked another 2 miles to Target with me. They didn’t have what I was looking for, but luckily Nerissa remembered a supermarket near our shuttle pick up. I got SAFE rice crackers, and chocolate rumballs! Delicious!  I finally got my iced tea and it just happened to be mango, my favourite! A funny sidenote: the carrots are so ORANGE here! The veggie colours just POP! Got back to the hostel and just hung out and listened to music before bed. Snorkelling and scuba diving tomorrow! She’ll be right, no worries mates!  <3