Meegan and Jen's Australian Adventures

After being picked-up from the caravan park, which we had been staying at, Pixie and I joined the 9 other people heading out on the adventure!
First we took a water taxi across a larger body of water, there we were given a brief info session.... which in the end was actually really not worth much.... meh
We then did a small side trip up a river into the rainforrest, the fish were crazy!!!!
It didn't take long for the rest of the group to realize that Pixie and I actually knew what were were doing, was that annoying... well maybe a little, we spent alot of time trying to do our own thing, but always answering questions and being looked to for direction (even though this was suppose to be a self guided trip).
It was awesome to get paddling again!!! As we made our way through the everglades we saw our first kangaroo in the wild, yay!!
ON the second day we got up around 6am and paddled up stream to do an 11km (return) hike up a mountain to this HUGE dessert patch. It was the craziest thing, completely surrounded by forrest!!! It was sooo beautiful, you could even see the ocean from one side... you will love the pics!!
The water was sooo warm, it was like getting into a warm bath, which was not the refreshing dip we were looking for after that long hike in crazy heat (rarely have I sweat that much), but we took what we could get!!!
Actually the water looked like tea, we were told it was because of the gum trees that populated the area.
So in the end, the trip was a great time! As far as the parts that were paddling, and adventuring... but the equipment and sites were sub-par, at best! A trip that would have gone better if we had done it ourselves...but this is not us being bitter, I swear ;-)....
In conclusion: Tripping in Canada, far far supperior!!! Long live Algonquin!!!!!!