It rained like a monsoon until early afternoon. Our bus to Airlie Beach was not until 8pm and we had to vacate the room at 10am! We had no choice but to sit in the communal area of the hostel, amongst the flies and ants and watched films on the laptop. We watched The Inbetweeners and kept getting funny looks from people we were sharing the common room with, as we were crying with laughter watching the funnier scenes more than once! The rain was so heavy that gutters in the hostel were overflowing and there were rivers running everywhere!
As soon as the rain stopped we headed out for a walk to a shopping centre just up the road to pass some time.
The hostel bus took us back to the greyhound stop at around 7.30pm. We heard from the hostel bus driver that because of the weather the bus would be delayed. There were a few of us in the same position so it was ok.
We were talking to our hostel bus driver who was a kiwi working in Oz for a while when an aboriginal guy who was steaming drunk came over. There was an exchange of words and the next thing we knew there were punches thrown. Just goes to show there is still hostility between Kiwis and Aussies – and between White and Black people in both NZ and OZ! It all calmed down quickly, and although we felt a bit uncomfortable, the group that we were waiting with stuck together, talking about our travels so far.
By 9pm the bus had arrived and a Zoe and Lynsey (two girls from our Fraser Island trip) got off – we were excited to see them! We had a couple of minutes to catch up with them before we were heading on the 7 hour journey to Airlie Beach. The driver put a movie on for the first couple of hours and then it was time to get some sleep. Luckily the bus was quiet so we could have a couple of seats each!
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