RAIN RAIN GO AWAY

Moving down the coast, the weather for the past week has been unbelievably beautiful. Jess and I have been spending our days milling about town, laying on some of the nicest beaches, and gamboling through the light blue waters of Australia's gorgeous coastline. After Airlie Beach, we got the bus down to 1770, which was lovely. Staying in a hostel is always kind of a pain in the ass, but this one was a keeper, situated just up the road from the pristine sands of Agnes Waters. We then rolled on to Rainbow Beach, and from images evoked ny the town's name, you'd think we would stumble on to another beauty. Not so. With shit to do, and the sun blazin, we ran on down to the beach only to discover that there wasn't much of one. Little sand, blackened from pollution, and waters that were more Jersey than Aussie, it was safe to say we were a bit disappointed. And no fucking rainbow sand either! Damn that redhead at the travel center who exclaimed, "You have to go to Rainbow! It is soooo nice there!" Ummm, sure. Anyway, onward! In an attempt to go to the sunshine coast, just down the road from Noosa beach, we got stuck in a huge rainstorm turned flood. Our driver was hell bent on making good time I suppose, cause we were pummeling down that highway faster than a white bronco. At one point, I actually went up and asked the driver if he could slow down, and he looked at me deadpan and said, "Ah you get seasick do you?" No, ass, I get a little nervous when a man on a mission is driving 100 K's through flooding streets with a bus full of kids. God, I'm getting old. Anyway, the roads got so bad, that we were finally informed that if we did get off, there was a fair chance we might not be able to pick up a bus for a while, until the storm subsided. Well, fuck, I guess no Sunshine Coast for us. We stayed on till Brisbane, and here I am, in some random guy's bedroom who we got a last minute couchsurf with, on his giant computer. It's still raining, but we're gonna throw on a couple of ponchos and try and make some lemonade. Here's hoping for sun!