Whoop, Whoop!

So, I finally got around to buying a new camera.  Thank god for the nonstop pouring rain, flooding, and bus-trapping mudslides over the past 6 days or I'd be mildly depressed about dropping hundreds of more dollars in the midst of a trip where I'm scrounging to save at every possible opportunity.

I took it for a test run on my last sail to the Whitsunday's onboard the Samurai and given the weather, it held up quite nicely I thought.  Here's a few shots

Kickin off the afterparty in style for my last trip

I was hoping to leave Airlie Beach on Wednesday so that I'd have a few days in Cairns to get my party on and hopefully get a few dives in at the reef, but because of the flooding all the buses skipped past us.  No worries though, weather permitting I'm jumping on a bus tonight.  I'll have a whole day to wander about before I need to catch my flight to Bali.  After Bali, the plan is to wander north through Southeast Asia and over to Nepal for a trek up to Everest's southern basecamp.  A climb up higher would be amazing, but a bit lofty right now I think.  I'll just have to come back with more time and money soon enough.

Master Plan: Heading North'ish

You See, What Had Happened Was...

I've been lazy... really, really lazy.  That's all.  A couple weeks ago I typed up a whole recap of the previous few weeks, but never got around to actually posting it.  I've since accidentally deleted it, so I'm going to just keep riding this lazy train and throw up a few pictures instead.

Coff's Harbour

Us at the bus stop at 4am.  A kind older lady decided to
walk off with Denise's bag a few stops back.  The next
bus with the bag didn't arrive until 6:20am, so we walked an hour
to the hostel, an hour back to the bus to get the bag, and another
hour back to go to sleep... oh, and it was uphill both ways!

A guy cruising the town in his sweet ass disco cart at
7 in the morning.  Complete with flags, lights, and music.

Coff's Harbour

Hands down greatest sand sculpture ever made. 
Watch your back Thomas Koet

or else Chef Ramsay will RAPE YOU!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Thanks.

Byron Bay

Lighthouse at the cape in Byron Bay

Ehhhhhhh!!!!

Some kid doing backflips for coins at a hippie market on the
way to Nimbin

Surfer's Paradise

Vegas + a beach - porno card flickers = Surfer's Paradise

Whitsunday Islands

I wasn't planning on doing much work in Australia, but when a job popped up on a sailboat that does dive trips out to the Whitsunday Islands, I couldn't pass it up.  I help with the sailing, do a little cooking, some random odd jobs here and there, then get free snorkeling, diving, food, and booze 6 days a week.

Whitehaven Beach

The French-Canadian circus juggling on the beach

Did a bit of diving at Black Pearl Beach

Ya, that's gum in my hair.  And ya, definitely found that
while we were on a sailboat after snorkeling in the middle
of the ocean.  Lucky me!

Last picture I took before my camera died this past
week.  I've successfully broken 3 cameras in 2 in a
half months.  I'm thinking I should just stick to the
shock and waterproof ones from here on out.