My internet USB gave up the will to live the other day, following a crush injury from my laptop... after I dropped it. So I had to buy another one in Bundaberg while I was there on my day off. (Partly the reason this blog is so overdue).
Anyway no road trip to the beach compilation is complete without the following:
So with the Chili Peppers blaring I drove 2 and half hours to Bundy. I saw this sign on the way, so of course I had to stop and pay $9.50 to see what the hell a Mystery Crater was.
I asked the lady at the counter, but she was giving up any info until I coughed up the cash. Then she gave me 'directions' around this park, pointing out the fairy garden... the viewing platform... and the antique machinery shed (by far my favourite!)
I was initially disappointed... But then thoroughly amused.
After walking "all the way around the craters" which took all of 5 minutes, I was determined to get my money's worth. So I went to the viewing platform listened to the spiel... twice.
Off to the antique machinery shed then. Passing this on the way...
Why do they always have a plastic dinosaur at these things?
The reason the machinery shed was by far the best reason for visiting this place, was this:
They had a couple of old ploughs fenced off outside the shed, proper antiques, so you're expecting to walk into this shed and see something slightly similar; old farming equipment you can read plaques about what it was used for, marvelling at how they did things in "them olden days"... No... this was a shed full of rusty lawnmowers and cement mixers from the last 20 years, all neatly arranged side by side on shelves (no plaques to my disappointment!). I left giggling and thinking this is absolute gold and totally worth $9.50!
So after that I was off to Bargara for lunch on the beach. I found THE BEST SUSHI EVERRRRR! at Bargara. So it was a welcome break in the endless roast meat and veg dinners cooked by the hospital. Don't get me wrong, I'm so grateful that they have the option of buying meals from the hospital kitchen, it's just been 2 weeks straight of roast something or other, so my excitement over 3 sushi rolls is completely understandable.
Not a bad spot for lunch
Also NEW HAIR! I get the feeling I won't be able to replicate the style as well as the hairdresser...
So after all the excitement of the Mystery Craters, sushi on the gorgeous beach and a new do, I decide to head back to Eidsvold, before it gets dark and I have to worry about the roos, or as one of the girls here calls them "spring loaded car fuckers."
Then this happens, and if I had any doubt I was in the country - I don't anymore:
Twenty doughy eyes boring into my soul as I drive passed. No casualties!!
So back to Eidsvold, some more night shifts and keeping my fingers crossed that no soon-to-be-mothers go into labour on my shift.
Love to all, see you soon!
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