Bush Tucker Tour

I did think my school days were over, but Tuesday morning, there I was in front of a collection of 6 and 7 years olds telling them about myself - I was "news". After a few questions (what's your name, where are you from, how long are you staying) I popped in to town to do the "fun stuff".

Nipped to a couple of banks and enquired about a medicare card. Walked up and down the main town... the one main road... with ALL the shops. Didn't take me all that long to do but I was unimpressed with what the banks had to offer and came away more confused than when I went in *sigh*. 

How blue is the sky please?

Once I was back from town it was a cup of tea and a chit chat before I got down to some hard work... listening to music and reading a book outside. Ooof, it's tough going at the moment. Then the hammock was brought out and I introduced myself to that, well that was me done and relaxed; I love it. 

In the evening I had tea and was taught some moves for Aussie rules, I think I could be a pro in no time... :/ after which we did some trampolining, OBVIOUSLY! 

Tuesday was fun, just an average day I'm sure! (Sarcasm if you're wondering). We went down to the River mouth and took part in the bush tucker tour. I absolutely loved it, 100% recommend it. Our guide, Helen, was fantastic. We paddled canoes up the river to a little island where the aborigines would hold the roots and use them to remove the bad spirits from themselves, this is where we fed the fish by launching small rolled up balls of bread at the water (no jokes). After that we paddled further up the river and were talking about the cliff face and how it was formed. We also got told about the house that took 12 years to build many many years ago and, sadly, burnt down in 12 hours during the bush fires 3 years ago. 

Once that was done we paddled over to another part of the river and got out of the boats to go inside the cave, we got a talk about the cave and the history behind it, then a couple of the adults and a lot of the kids went crawling through a small tunnel on their stomachs. Personally didn't fancy getting my wide behind stuck in there thanks very much! 

Following the cave crawling we went and sat in a field and were introduced to 20 different bush foods made in to various forms. We ate a gooseberry off a bush growing nearby, we had some crocodile, emu and kangaroo, all very delicious. Something that was like a tiny lemon, that was not nice, neither were the "bush tomatoes", an acquired taste I'm sure. The pestos' were delicious as were the tomato and mango chutney's.

Then once the boys got back from school it was time to go steal christmas... trees. So we all piled in to the car and went off roading to choose a decent Christmas tree. One was picked and chainsawed, tied to the roof, then we escaped the forest listening to Christmas songs; it's all a bit surreal whilst wearing sun cream and sun glasses but no less fun. Much prefer spending the day in shorts than looking like the michelin man in a million layers to keep warm; I can look that way with less layers now! 

I managed to get annihilated 12 - 9 at a make shift indoor game of football (soccer for all you non-Brits reading). After eating tea the ritual of untangling the Christmas lights took place, that seems to be a consistent thing no matter where in the world you are. I also had to thickly smear my legs with cream after the pines had made them come up in a hideously itchy rash! Ouch.

I ended up having a pretty early night due to being VERY tired and sleeping little the night before. I do like to get as many zeds as I can manage. Hopefully today's chilled day will help me recoup and be rested enough, not so great being this tired but I'll persevere. I'm sure I'll get even less sleep once I start hostel hopping.