Woke up this morning when two people in the room were leaving, then again when the last roomie was leaving, then again when the maids came in to loudly clean the freshly vacated beds. At least we had the room to ourselves now. But it was pouring rain outside, so we ended up sleeping until noon. Got up and ready for the day and one of the Irish popped by for a chat. Then we got a new roomie, a gal from Melbourne and the 4 of us talked for a while then were joined by the other Irish girl. Us and the Irish headed over to Peter Pan's to check out prices on activities in the Cairns area; namely whitewater rafting, scuba diving/snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, and rainforest walk/Daintree River crocodile cruise. We got a quote (after a long wait in line) at Peter Pan's and then got another quote at a place attached to Gilligan's. Decided we'd wait til tomorrow to book and check into the forecast further first. Cape Tribulation is accessible by one road that is often flooded by a creek in wet season (now) and today the road was closed due to water, so we will probably wait until early next week to venture up there, once it has some time to dry up a bit.
Back at the hostel there were new Brits in our dorm so we chatted a bit then headed out for some wings at a brewery here. We used our 5 free wings coupon and added on 20 more for a decent little meal. We went to another place that was supposed to give free pizza with a drink purchase, but discovered that they went bankrupt sometime between when the vouchers we had were printed and tonight when we went to use them. So we walked back to Gilligan's and I enjoyed a nice (and surprisingly spicy) bowl of spicy tomato soup to complete my meal. Then we headed over to Woolworth's and got groceries (first time we've gotten legit groceries in quite some time) for breakfast and lunch tomorrow. Eggs and toast for breakfast, then roast beef and cheese sandwiches for lunch are on the menu for us now. After groceries we were sitting in the kitchen enjoying some frozen yoghurt bars when we were engaged in conversation by an older guy eating his meal. It turned out to be about an hour long nod session (one way conversation where the most we said was yep) and he apparently was a publicist for big Australian actors including Heath Ledger and now is a producer and director for soap operas and has a big project in the works. Apparently he had to stay at a hostel because his wallet was stolen while he was scuba diving. The whole story sounded very questionable and it's more likely that he's a crazy schizophrenic than a big time TV producer, but the story he told was strangely detailed. Regardless an interesting conversation, followed by an awkward conversation with two Dutch girls. A frustrating time trying to find good feeds to watch tv episodes we've missed from back home ensued afterwards. It's always a struggle to get internet that's strong enough to stream TV shows then finding a good enough source to stream them from. Still a work in process. It's been pouring rain here all night, which seems to be the trend thus far. Wet season during the summer apparently. And we get to spend a week in it.
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