We both slept amazingly well but were still pretty tired in the morning. Our bus to Bundaberg was leaving just after lunch so we had the morning to fill. We decided to investigate the town a little bit.
On our way out of the hostel we bumped into 4 other people from our Fraser Island group who were lost for something to do so they tagged along with us. We walked around the shops for a while before finding the only Irish Bar in the town. There were two good reasons to buy a pint at 11am... one, it was St Patricks Day and two, Laura, one of the girls with us, was Irish!! It had to be done. As it was Paddy’s day the bar was giving out free green sunglasses, so most of us got a pair and we helped Laura celebrate.... just an excuse for the rest of us really!
We left the others in the bar as we needed to get to the hostel for our bus transfer. Before we left the manager of the tour company approached us.... a 19 year old German girl from our trip had made a formal complaint that our 40-something year old tour guide took advantage of her while she was drunk on the island.... did we know anything about it?! We heard a rumour but couldn’t confirm anything. We later heard that he got the sack!! What a scandal!
We were dropped off for our Greyhound bus and relaxed for the two hour journey to Bundaberg. We had treated ourselves to a motel here as we needed some TLC after the trip and also heard that the hostels are pretty horrible! We were so glad we made that decision! The owner of the hostel collected us from the Greyhound in his swishy car and took us to the motel. We had a lovely big queen bed, air con, a massive TV, own bathroom! What a treat!
We spent the rest of the day relaxing and Gav watched the first F1 qualifying session of the year – at the Melbourne Albert Park circuit where we had been a couple of weeks ago! It was funny to recognise the circuit and specific corners of the track!
Gav made a call to his mum as it was her birthday. It was nice to catch up with home.
Following this was one of the best sleeps we have had on the whole trip!! Well worth the extra Wonga for the room!
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