Arrived in dark with Kal the german, hostel across road. Looked cool, big chill out common room with bean bags.
Fire pit! Free Tea!. Nice vibe and people. Beds very comfortable. Didnt have a key, but door was always unlocked anyway. Nothing went missing.
Day reading book (The Gathering) in hammock.
Meetign Gus, the hostel dog, an appropriately mellow dog whose full name is Disgusting :)
Wandered to beach and checked local area. Squeeky sand! Small surf.
Lea turning up from Townsville and suprising me!
Beers around the fire. Fire = the best way to meet new people.
Walked to 1770 proper with Lea. Small headlands and tiny beaches. Almost deserted - no backpackers!! Just a family with toy digger trucks. Lots of tiny crabs. Some drizzle... small mangroves. Came up with better name for my sarong: my MANRONG! Much better.
Couldnt b bothered to walk back in drizzle so we hitchhiked! Awesome!
Basil, Eric and Ollie arrive. Fish and Chip supper for $5!
Ping Pong tournament at local/only bar. out in 1st round a Trillion - 1 to Basil. B+E to semifinals.
Rain; slipped into railing trying to get ball, nearly broke foot- hurt to run for ages.
$2 cups of beer after. Strange bar. Looked half complete, had projector showing homemade surf vids, cool! Bye to Leah for last time - hitchhiking to Brisbane, naturally.
Beach again. Met a nice soft and collared stray dog. Hung around us for a few hrs. Didn't fetch frisbee. Saw a 'Disabled Lifesaver' sign... eh?
Scooteroo! $50 for 3 hrs, motorbike tour with a mexican hells angels type - 50cc choppers!! Mine jet black. Cooooooolest thing. saw loads of wild roos, standign like logs. They jump so easily; unnaturally... Got to 85kmph. 35 people in twilight trying to overtake each other :-O First motorised 2 wheel experience!
Back at Cool Bananas, met girl who was being flown to sydney for a Nintendo DS modelling shoot.
Free Pool @ Agnes Tavern + BOGOF on drinks. Tried Bundaberg Run for 1st time. not too nice, just tastes like white spirit.
Au revoir again to B+E.
Woke up to heavy rain. Met Floris, mad dutch roommate with excentric curly fringe. "Goood times!! Ho ho ho!" His saying.
Lots of film watching and Tea.
Greyhound to Rockhampton in rain wi ollie. V humid in transfer bus, nasty nasty!
1770 is like Byron Bay 20 yrs ago! Bet it gets 10x more popular! One of fave hostel.
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