Well, the third day was probably the best day yet. It started out with AMAZING banana pancakes with Kurtis, Carrie, Danielle, and Grant. These pancakes are so outstanding Jack Johnson (who owns a house in Lennox Head) wrote a song about them called “Banana Pancakes”. They come smothered with ice cream and syrup and taste like heaven. Not to mention eating them while sitting outside staring at the gorgeous, vast Pacific Ocean. With full bellies we all returned to camp. This is when I decided that I was going to catch a snake that had been resting in the roof covering a grill near our cabinss. It took me about a half an hour to get it out of the roof into a tree and eventually into my caring arms. It was a pretty good feeling, but I was shaking with adrenaline because the snake was quite large. I put it back after showing everyone and decided to tag along with a couple of girls (Eleanor, Meagan, and Kelly) who wanted to take the bus into Byron.
Well due to some issues with the bus routes we decided that we would go wherever the bus took us. We got on the next bus and ended up in Ballina (the place where we went shopping for groceries). We got there and walked around and did some shopping until we ran into a Salvation Army. We decided to explore what was inside. What we discovered rocked our worlds, CHEAP CRAPPY WETSUITS. We all got one (I would later find out that mine was made for females, but whatever) and I also got a sweet swim cap all for just 16 Aussie bucks. My weatsuit was originally 20 but since there was a whole in the butt I got it for 15. Later I would learn that this hole would end up making me colder in the ocean. After this we headed back to the bus stop where we were informed that we missed the bus and would have to wait another hour for the next bus. But the bus driver we talked to was super nice and took us to another shopping area for free! We walked around that area for awhile in the Big W (aka Wallmart) and eventually at Hungry Jacks which is the American Equivalent of Burger King.
Eventually we made it back to camp and put on the wet suits and ran out to the cold beach. The Wet suits worked moderately well, but the water was still freezing. After we got out of the ocean you will never guess what we saw, JUMPING WHALES. They were absolutely gorgeous. After watching the whales for a half an hour we all went back and made some dinner. After dinners some people went out to the pub, but I opted to stay back and play some games with people. We ended up playing this really fun game where you try and hid quarters from the other team in your hands, and I have to say that I was pretty much the best team captain ever . After the games we tried to watch another movie but once again I ended up falling asleep and just went to bed after I woke up.
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