Leaving the Land Down Under

It's been fun, but I'm taking a break from the blog and leaving the land down under, with regret but it's just too hard living with someone with OCD and who has no love for the water, try though he did. Sorry.

Me Tarzan, You Jane

Another thing off my list - jumping from a rope into the old swimming hole. Degree of difficulty 8.5; execution 1.5; chance of crocodile variable.

Surf's Up

This weekend I managed to check off another item on my list of things to do, zip lining through the trees (I had a list before the movie Bucket List came out).

Two hours north of Cairns lies Cape Tribulation. As far as hostels go, the one we picked was looking good until we discovered that the power goes out every night at 11 which signals the orange footed bush fowl to start their maniacal loud screaming and the resident rodent to come in and look for dinner. Managed to chase the rodent out but not before it chewed a hole in my purse trying to get at my raspberry lip gloss. They warned us to not bring food into the cabin but neglected to mention lip gloss.

Meanwhile, back to the list. High above the floor of the rain forest, in the canopy, one has the opportunity to "surf" the jungle. The only thing between you and a 74 foot drop was a harness, a cable and a rope or 2. Don't mind telling you I was scared to death (fear of heights) but there was no other way down to terra firma but to ride the zip line through the jungle. Quite frankly I had no choice after "forcing" Chris to come along. Was finally getting the hang of it (LOL) and thought the last one would be a piece of cake until we found out you have to hang upside down or they keep pulling you back to the platform. As you can see from the photo I did it!!!!