Well thats me back on the Gold coast now after being away in Carins and Uluru for the past 5 days. Both trips were amazing!! I went diving off the great barrier reef, that is so much fun, I now your not a big fan of the but it's so peaceful and beautiful down there I really think you would love it. What are the chances though, my dive instructor was a Scottish girl, not only that but she was from Edinburgh, what are the chances? A trip to Carins must have been the think to do after the worlds as on my boat there were 4 of the Mexican team, a guy from the Brazilian team who was my dive buddy and an American guy. I also went on a rain forest trip which I though was going to be really good, however most of the day was spent in the tour bus with only a few short stops a different locations, what we saw was pretty amazing, nut to much time on the bus for my liking. I tell you made full use of the week off training and eat plenty of junk with some good food, there are so many good Thai restaurants out there I just couldn't help myself, I love Thai food.
After Carins I flew to Uluru for 2nights, that again was pretty spectacular although at times too hot for me, thankfully not when we were walking round the rock more so in the afternoon. I happened to get chatting to a group of Girls from Brisbane who were out there for one of their 40th Birthdays and they have invited me up to Brisbane for the weekend to show me around which should be cool. One of them is a sailor with her own Laser so she might even take me out for a sail, I'll have to try and remember as much sailing chat as possible. Unfortunately it's not much, the fact that I guest her boat was a laser was about the extent of it. I also met a really nice English couple who I left my Cairns hostel at the same time as, sat beside them on the plain to Uluru and then ended up sharing a dorm room with which was a bit strange. They were telling me about a website Couch surfing that they have been using while travel, which is basically like face book but instead people invite you to stay at their place when you are there and it's all free. They made the way across the US doing this and absolutely swear by it, so it might take a look into it for when I'm in Melbourne and San Fran as I don't have any accommodation sorted out yet. The last night we were in Uluru there was a guy playing live music, he was really good and myself, Steve & Donna (the English couple), Lynn our other dorm mate and the 3 Brisbane girls (Lisa, Suzanne and Anna) ripped up the dance floor all night long, it was an amazing night I've never had so much fun with a group of people I've only just met. My trip to Brisbane should be fun as those girls are mad.
As I said I'm now back on the Gold Coast for the start of training and I did my first bike ride this morning, 3hrs in land which was really nice, although I was starting to struggle near the end, not sure if it was the heat (prob about 21-22 at 7am when I went out), not having done anything for the past week or that I've been eating shite and drinking shite over the past week or more likely a combination of the lot. Starting to feel good now I've eaten and been out the sun for a while. Got my first swim session with the Surfers Paradise tri guy's tonight so looking forward to that and getting to meet some new folk.
Also can't remember if I posted this picture but thought I'd add it anyway, seen as it's not everday I get to meet and an Olympic champion :-)
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