More Airlie beach

This morning Carter woke me very early in the morning to say goodbye, so I said goodbye to my only friend in oz, had a little cry, then went back to sleep to recover from my hangover. When I woke I noticed a couple of new people had arrived, they both had very big smiles, it was as if they were welcoming me even though i was there first. I introduced myself and we got along like house on fire, I was invited to join them for drinks later on that evening.
I got ready to make the most of my day and went for a little wonder around the town again, then sat on the beach and took a few pictures trying to pass the time. I remember it started to get cold so I wondered back sat out on the balcony all night having friendly chats with Ryan and Aaron! It was a great night and made me feel that I was going to be ok on my own, meeting new people a lot quicker than traveling as a couple anyway. The next day I had decided to go to the beach again, and Ryan joined me, there were loads of people that day, all playing volley ball or just tanning themselves, a very relaxing day! We grabbed some dinner after a little while from a little pizza place I had been to before with the boys and Jenna. Then we headed back to find more people had arrived, three Irish girls and Kelly. The Irish girls were already starting to get on the goon lol they had there music loud and were playing all the drinking games you could ever think of, again it was a nice evening out on the balcony. I also started to get to know Kelly a little better she was a very smart, lovely person to have met : )
The next morning we all got up and Ryan, Kelly and Me decided to go on a trek through the bush. I realized I had left my trainers in Mission beach though so I made do with flip flops, and was quite looking forward to it. We all went and brought some water, and some food for when we got there, and I claimed some black bags from Subway, because we thought that it was most probably going to rain. The people in Subway must have thought I was very strange asking for three black bags, it was quiet funny, and turned out to be a lovely day anyway. When we got there I noticed a sign that said 2.4km, I asked Ryan and Kelly how far this was and they told me about a mile! I thought peace of cake lets do it. I think about quarter of the way there I was exhausted, whilst Ryan and Kelly were just taking it in their stride. This is the effects of no exercise and smoking for five years! I kept on going though trying to not think about how fast my heart my was beating, and how red I must have been, and I made it finally to the top. The view was amazing, we could see the whole of the whitsunday Islands from up there, it made the effort all worth while and I knew going down hill would definitely be much easier! We stayed up there for a while eating our lunch, taking in the views and talking it was great, but we soon had to leave because it was starting to get cold.
I was right it was much easier on the way down, and I was able to enjoy the forest a lot more, it was very beautiful! Once we had arrived back at the hostel I gave Jenna a ring to see if she wanted to grab some lunch, but she had already made plans with Errina, and invited me along, so I decided yeah why not. It was a great lunch, sweet potato chips, but the conversation was not so good! Once we finished lunch we all went back to the hostel and I went my separate way again, I noticed there was even more distance between Jenna and Myself for some unknown reason. Back in my room was another new arrival John, he was a really nice bloke, and came from somewhere close to my home (somerset).That night we were all playing drinking games early, except Kelly, she was in bed quiet early as she was leaving early the next morning to go to the whitsundays, so I got her email address and got ready to go out. We all started in the beaches bar, and again ended up in shinanigans, but only for a little while, by that time I felt I had drunk way to much so I went back to my room and slept like a baby!
The following day Ryan and Aaron were also leaving to do the whitsundays, so we planned to spend some time together before they left. As we came downstairs to go for breakfast I noticed that Jenna was handing her bedding to reception, she had planned to go on the whitsundays with a couple of girls she had met, from Carlisle. I thought this was a little unfair as she didn't want to come with me and I couldn't understand why, she had said she was scared of boats, and she hadn't bothered to tell me that she was leaving either. Still I wished her luck, and then continued on to have breakfast in a cafe with the boys, after breaky we wondered down to the beach for the last hour or so together. It was soon time for them to leave, and I was feeling more and more alone now, I just met some nice people and it made me think meeting people would be a easy, but I forgot the fact that people always move on and Jenna had gone too. We all stood up wished each other luck and said fair well. Then they headed towards the docks, while I decided to stay on the beach and gather my thoughts for a while. The more and more I thought about things, I actually come around to meeting new people all the time, I was excited, and knew I was going to be ok, I even booked my bus for the next destination on my own to leave that night at 11pm.
I didn't have much to do all day as I had to check out of the hostel at 10am and Airlie beach is not so big, but again I wondered around, and got invited to have drinks with a couple of Australian people and one from New Zealand. I found out a few things that would come in handy such as in New Zealand the South island is better than the North. After a long day I look at the time and it was 10pm I decided with nothing left to do, to go and wait in the bus stop, but when I got there it was very dark and only one light in the bus stop. I was quiet afraid for my safety so I rang my Dad to talk, I told him where I was and decided to go back around near the pubs for a while. When I got back to the bus stop at about 11.30pm there were more people so I felt much better, and then my bus arrived, it was time to go to Bundaberg.
At a later date my Dad told at the moment I called and was worried about the bus stop in the middle of no where in the dark, he had just finished watching Wolf creek and was petrified lol : )