Saturday, May 29, 2010

So after a great day yesterday - when we went to bed - around 3 am - I heard some swearing out my window (the F word).  It was outside the place we are staying and it escalated quickly - there were a bunch of what I have now come to learn are native Australians (known as Aboriginals) that apparently live closeby.  To my surprise they were fighting with each other with "spears"....only Tony, Sara and I were awake to experience this...we called the reception and the police came shortly after.    (Something Tony wanted me to blog).

Today was an awesome day - we took a boat out to the Great Barrier Reef - and pretty much snorkeled all day.  I was the wimp of the group.   I did snorkel but always got spooked when I saw any kind of resemblance to a shark..so I made my way back to the ladder of the boat often (and by the way I thought of Laura the whole time (Matunuck boogie boards?) - you would have LOVED it and I would have loved you there because we would have stuck together!  These guys are WAY too good for me.)  We collectively have TONS of pictures but you will have to wait for most of them when we get home.  It is hard to upload them as we pay for internet by the hour!  We are exhausted now and going to bed - tomorrow we are going to do a "whatever we want day".  No wake up call for us!   And we were all so excited to hear about the arrival of Lucca!  Congrats to Gino, Amanda and Rocco!  Hope everything goes well for you over the next few weeks.  Gino/Amanda/Steve/MJ - we are waiting for some pictures! We miss you all.