Island Vibes, beautifull beaches and my first kangaroo!

I have had the most cool, incredible beautiful long weekend trip. We went with a big group of people to stay in a big queenslander house on stradbroke island to go to the Island Vibes festival! We left early early in the morning to make the 1,5 hour drive to Cleveland to catch the ferry and do some groceries for the weekend. Stupid, because we got there at eight! And the shops weren’t open yet. Silly… after half an hour in sun on the ferry in the sun we arrived on Straddie and drove to point lookout to pick up the keys to the house. The Island is sooo beautiful! Eucalyptus forests, squeeking white beaches, the sand actually squeeks when you walk on it. Its so fine and white.. The house was not ready for us all yet so we had some fish and chips for lunch did some shopping and went to cylinder beach. Floated in the waves, a bit scared for the giant shark luring around those parts, walked around in search for some hidden sea creatures lay in the sun and read my book. Finally we could pick up the keys for the house. Arriving there we found a huge Goana on the driveway. The biggest lizard I have ever seen in the wild. It was HUGE!! The house, by the way, was equally HUGE. With two enormous decks and so many rooms! I got installed in my room and hit the deck with a glass of Pimm’s with gingerale. New invention =]. By that time Josh arrived who is always our beloved DJ and has the most relaxed tunes ever. Since Billy, the organizer of the whole trip, brought his didgeridoo, bongo, drums and guitar we were entertained by DJ music with live instruments. I thought digeridoos, as josh said it, sounds like an elephant fart. We’ll this definitely changed my mind… At around 5 the festival started and after the little party on the deck and a bit of a wait for the others to arrive, Bas, Abbi, Nat and last but not least my teeny tiny dancing queen Nadiah. The festival was not very big just a few thousand people, 5 at the max. Lots of food stands and little shops, but three big tents for all the performances. All the music was reggae-ish, but mixed with electronic and drum and base. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ioxadKgUoOtZTshhuDNupecZ0KW7Um4ErUJ_7aQI_OPtIqlLkO3kxVgn8CMlABtKIswtl8Hp_jeSSm3TnwMET8M9Ir7hVWcExLI0b4uhBk4ZzLUD0KNDLeZEIIRe1bFft2zfhvELKh4L/s1600-h/PA300102.jpg">Happy nice danceable music! Nadiah went crzy on the dance floor… So did I. At twelve the party ended and we walked the long uphill walk back to the house to continue the party on the deck. Fully equipped with my uggs and a furry vest. After some beers I was so tired that I practically fell asleep while sitting at the table. So I just rolled into bed to wake up at 7 the next morning by people running around in the living room. After a nice breakfast and headed to the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. We played boogie ball on the waves. A funny little ball the bounces on water. We had another deck party after. We left at five for the festival, but on my way there I was cought off guard by three wallaroo’s, a smaller version of a kangaroo! Unbelievable, these big hopping rats just live in the wild here! Saw a coule of Galah’s too, pretty pink headed birds =] On the festival again; had a little thing to eat there, bad food… ooef.. But anyway we saw this incredible band called Darky Roots. If you want to hear nice reggae, download that! Seriously! A lot of dancing again =] I have never seen so many people out of their minds on acid hugging trees. To be honest it was just a long blur of fun… three days of festival make you mix up what happened on which day. Anyway, again a little party on the deck after the festival. Sunday the festival was going to be over quite early so we headed there at one, shopped around. I bought the coolest dress ever! Its sooo pretty. I had the best food ever at a nameless stand and we saw Darky Roots again! The last performance in the big tent was of a guy from Jurassic five, a crazy cool performance. The crowd was going nuts! I have never seen a crowd like that! Unbelievable. After that we had a big party at the house with some other people that were staying at the camp site.. dancing crazy, drinks, girls with hairy armpits… ewww. Monday we got up… and Josh had already cleaned the house!!!
Unbelievable! We just had to have breakfast and after we headed out to catch the 12 o’clock ferry. Got home and crashed on my bed… I was sooo tired. Then my roomie Micheal a.k.a. Germie came in and asked if I wanted to join him and a friend to the movies. Before that I made this huge greek/Turkish dinner. I had neglected my cooking urge all weekend so I had to catch up. Sometimes I wonder why I am not a cook/chef. Well I’m not that good, but maybe I should put in some effort to really get good. Anyway the movie was, dr. Parnassus Imaginarium. Heath Ledgers last movie. Incredible! I really liked it! Yesterday was another disappointing day in the lab since nothing worked again. I did some easy maintenance tasks to at least feel a bit useful. Sometimes I wonder why I bother. Maybe I’m not cut out to be a researcher. Maybe I’m not patient enough. Well we’ll see. I got to toughen this one out. Murphy ’s Law can’t last forever… And today is today… Going to do a bit of groceries and make my cheapest dish.. I’m getting broke. I need another job. :P anyway guys! Big kiss and talk to you soon