Day 9 – Airlie Beach

I arose at my usual time and had a shower and dressed. Neither of the other two (in a six bed dorm) were awake. I went down and prepared breakfast of bacon and toast, then Lynn came down. She was chatting with the lady from last night who had more things go wrong, so she was going to catch the ferry to Hamilton Island. Lynn decided to go along, so they headed off. I did some magazine puzzles, then went down to say hello to Fiona, an ex-student who lives here. We had a good chat in Mr Bones and then I went ot get a magazine which I hadn’t been able to get – but it wasn’t at Woolies, so I had to drive up to the local plaza to get one (Coles had sold out so I went to the newsagents). I had lunch at the same time, then came back to finish the puzzles off. I had to drive as it was quite a distance away, but fortunately there were still spaces when I got back. It was quite warm, so it was nice in the shade. I finished most of the puzzles off and put them in an envelope to post back – I hope they reach Kerry in time! Then I went off to get some bread for tomorrow and restock the fridge. That done, I wandered along the foreshore just over from the hostel and took some photos while looking around – I was surprised to see a crocodile sunning itself on the foreshore, but it was a sand sculpture. The tide was out, so anyone was either sunning themselves on the sand or in the lagoon – there was a few hundred metres out to the water. I walked back, had some tea and then Lynn and Judy arrived back from their trip and were full of information about their day – so much so that around 9 p.m. I had to head off to bed. During the night – rain!