charlie blogs it up

Hello children!

so so our 1st day of our underwater dive course has gone well!

it is just the two of us so thats really nice! we did our home
work last night like good little children! we have more for
tonight so thats not so much fun!

the day started at 11am so we were looking forward to having a
lyin but alas the people in our dorm decided that they were
getting up at 5.30! damn chinese i never liked them! then fell
back to sleep and more alarms went off at 7.30! so i wasnt in
the best of moods!

anyho i cheered up when i had to listen to all the really boring
bits to do with diving! lol
na it was good and we got to watch dvds for the most part!
after lunch we went in the pool to do a few skills!
after bumping into swimmers we found our buoyancylevels and
kicked arse! no we managed the simple clearing of the masks,
finding the regulator, clearing the regulator, removing the
weight belt and the BC! the instrutor made it look so easy but
me and shaun floated away rather alot! still we were very proud
of ourselfs! as shaun likes to say go team shaun!

so we now have to sit down and "read" two more chapters of the
book we cheated last night and just found the answers to the
questions! its ok as they go through it in the videos and we
discuss the answer!

so thats our ssi dive course! freyr and mark have flown the
nest and have ventured off on their own! we may meet with them
in cairns or NZ but we are not sure what we are going to do so
we will see!

uploaded some of the best underwater pics onto shauns facebook. well impressed with the case!

ok so wrote this a couple of days ago and have a few updates on the dive status! shaun passed his theory with a wicked 100% and i passed only a little behind with 96%! woohoo!
had our 1st ocean dives today! saw a massive cod and a cray fish! like massive!!!!!

we finish tomorrow with a further 4 dives! woop woop!

lots of love charlie and shaun! xxxxxxxxxzx

Whitsundays!!!!!!

so we got into the town of Airlie Beach late on thursday eve after a long 11hour bus journey! very long time to be on a bus!

ooo the town before was Kroombit! so much fun! rounded up a load of goats on horse back! then did a bit of shooting and then did a goat rodeo! fun fun fun! had a wicked time! then in the eve we learnt how to crack a proper cowboy whip and rode a mechanical bull! best night so far i have to say! i would have happily stayed forever!

so left early in the morning after beans on toast! my trip couldnt have been better!

so Airlie beach is a little town not much going on and they dont really have much of a beach so they have built this lagoon! but it is locally known as the sagoon! its just a pretty swimming pool type thing really!
so on friday me and shaun went for our dive medicals! shaun passed with flying colours while i had to go and have a chest xray to see if my illness 3years ago had left scar tissue and if so i would NEVER be able to dive because i could end up with a big hole in my lungs! so after a few hours of panic and me feeling sick i got the ok to dive! woop woop!

the big day for our sailing trip was finally upon us so we set off at 3pm for the marina!
got aboard and settled into our beds! talk about coffins! na it was snug to say the least!
so first night we pretty much got to know each other and chilled out and tried not to chuck up! lol

next day we rose early and headed to whitehaven beach! 3rd bestest beach in the world and wow it was beautiful! went swimming in our stinger suits otherwise we could have DIED! lol yep the jellyfish are that evil!
we then got back aboard and had lunch and headed off to another site to snorkel and dive! we didnt dive but freyr and mark did! the snorkeling was amazing! took millions of pics! the underwater camera case was the best thing we have bought so far!

next day we headed for another site! me and shaun jumped off the boat into the water instead of taking the little boat to sure! we were in the water and looking around thinking the water was full of stuff when we realised it was millions and millions of jellyfish! dont worry we were in our stinger suits! they were no bigger than my little finger nail! we got stung so many times on the face, hands, feet and everywhere they could reach! they dont do any damage but man they hurt!
saw so many fish again! took some film this time as we only had 13mins left on the battery!

we had a wicked time! the only downside was we STANK!

so we are chilling out in Airlie Beach until first thing tomorrow then we are off to Townsville! there me and shaun learn to dive!!!!!!!!!!! so excited!

ooooo just to say that clumsy shaun has struck again! lol he fell out of bed! no it gets better! he was in the top bunk! he lent against the rails and it gave way!!

never laughed so much in my life! dont worry he wasnt injured!

love charlie and shaun!

the town of 1770!

so in a little town again! na its really nice but not much to do!
the hostel we are staying in is really good fun! got a little hut and we are with on e other guy called mike! we are helping him with his english! well not so much me but mark shaun and freyr are!
the only prob with this hostel is it is set in massive grounds with lots of trees and wildlife! being eaten by bugs! look like a dot to dot!

so we went surfing yesterday! $17 for 3hour lesson! cant go far wrong with that! stood up pretty much every time! not very well but i got up!
shaun got stung by a blue bottle jellyfish and got sent to get a ice pack! it was only on his thumb but the sting then traveled up his arm! not a happy bunny! also touched his lip with the thing still attached to him! clumsy shaun! na it went away really quick but he wasnt happy!

not sure what we are going to do today. may got surfing again but prob not as it is sooooo tiring!

ummm off to Kroombit tomorrow! so excited! its a cattle ranch and we get to go on mechanical bulls and rope goats! the dont give us bulls as they are a little to big! may go for a ride but im not sure.

will put some pics up when the internet is better!

love xxxxxx

so fraser island is made totally of sand! very pretty and lovely but it gets everywhere!

so went first to lake mckenzie! wow talk about picturesque! clear water like crystal clear! so spent the afternoon there and had a good laugh mucking around in the water and getting slightly browner! so excited about that!
that eve went were in a campsite fenced in so no dingos could bother us so that was nice and the bugs wernt all that bad either! still went through the spay at a rate of knots!
next day went to the shipwreck! had a little wander around and took millions of photos! also saw a HUGE jellyfish! wow it was HUGE!
then onto Indian head! meant to look like an Indians head but i hadn't drank enough clearly! onto champagne rocks and that was good fun! wont explain but will get shaun to put a pic on here!
after that went went to eli creek! was so bloody cold! the water never goes above 16'c! well it was nice but cold! saw a massive spider and had to take a pic!

so that night we were on the beach! the wind was mental the flys and bugs were in their thousands and the dingos gave a lovely early morning wake up howl! other than that a nice night untill shaun let a killer fly into the tent as i was still sleeping! o by the way i have let in a massive sand fly that if it bites you it will come up in a massive blister! yeah thanks for that!

so amazing time! i now hate sand and never want to go near the stuff ever again! no it was such a good laugh and we were with some really cool people!

kisses charlie and my killer fly! o and shaun says howdy!

ok so Rainbow beach was a little town with about 10 shops! it was pretty and everyone was really friendly! our hostel was nice and a little loud but hey thats what you get from bars and everyone singing!

we didnt really do much but we did go to the beach and saw some really weird looking jelly fish! wow they had blue bits that went on for miles! well not miles but a good 3ft! and they are called blue stingers!

so what else did we do.... ate but mark will tell you all about that! slept! lots of sleeping as its soooo bloody hot!

we did do this walk that was rather odd but sooo worth doing! we had to climb up this mega steep hill that was made of sand! it was take one step forward and 3 back type thing! so so tired when we reached the top but the view.... wow it was AMAZING took loads of pics! had the camera on burst so like 200 pics later i was happy! the sand was weird! loads of different colours! will put some pics up cos you want believe me! not rainbow colours but still creams, yellows, browns and whites! AMAZING!

i do like my wows and amazings and prettys! but words just arent enough!

ooooo freyr burnt and shaun didnt for once! hes well chuffed! my didgeridoo is really pretty and safe in its sheet! shaun broke his boomerang! clumsy shaun! lucky it was him not anyone else!

ummmm so we are in Hervey bay now! off to Fraser island on tue i think! getting my days so muddled!

so so hope all is well and not to cold!

lots of love charlie xxxxxxx

so they survived

came back in one piece and everything! woop woop but they did mone that they had "canoed" for 30k! ha that what i said! they were also eaten by bugs! mana i am so pleased i didnt do it! na they had a wicked time!

so went to the zoo! Australia zoo and everything! was so weird it was as if he didnt die cos he is everywhere! posters on tv screens! madness

was good! lots to see but not as big as Sydney zoo but it was still cool! lots of crocs but think that was always going to happen!

we went back to Emundi market and bought rather a lot! got a didgeridoo each! ahh was a silly idea but still they are soooooo pretty! will have to ship them home so i dont brake them! well mine will go home not to sure what shaun will do with his!

shaun had lamed himself again! he went to town alone and walked back and hurt his toe! yes his toe! was rather a mess but we patched him up and how he is walking around with duck tape around his big toe! yes he looks mega cool! he is fine but he will tell you otherwise im sure!

so we move on later today for rainbow beach! fun fun fun. will miss noosa! been here a week and its weird to move on! havent been to the beach all the time we have been here and it had been really nice to not be covered in sand all the time!

anyway hope you are all ok and enjoying your cold! we have rain here so thats sad!

love charlie xxxxxxx