The Australian Connection - Jordan in Oz

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

A lazy day

Sleeping in till 8am was amazing! Ahh... it's the little things in life that keep you going. The sun was actually fighting off the rain this morning so had breakfast out on the esplanade. It was low tide so got to see the little mudskippers sliding along, as well as the pelicans taking a snooze.
Glided in and out of the local tourist shops as well as the local markets. Just kinda blending into the daily hustle and bustle of Cairns.
Got a couple of cool t-shirts and just mellowed out for lunch.
Started being productive this afternoon. Went to the Tjapukai Cultural Center. Basically an Aboriginal park. there i was able to learn about some of their traditional way of life, food, medecine, lifestyle, as well as observe some of their traditional dancing.
My camera batteries crapped out on me about half way through the digiridoo demonstration, so no pics of me being instructed by the aborigini on the proper boomerang throwing technique (which didn't help my skill at all!) as well as the spear thrower! That was kewl, hurl this 7 foot or so skinny spear at silhouettes of kangaroos down range. I did pretty poorly then as well, but it was still a lot of fun.
Gee, guess not really much to write about, maybe more later. There's a big foam party at Gilligans tonight, might go check it out, but no underwater camera so we'll see. But it's a good way to see some of Cairns nightlife.
ps. Anyone see the episode of C.S.I. where the guy was killed in the foam party with a stilleto heel? fyi

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