We saw a wallaby!

We've had a very chilled out Australian beach day today. Our host Heidi had made us a great breakfast of homemade muesli or cornflakes followed by a whole fruit platter. There was fresh coconut and passionfruit that her husband had found on his run as well as banana, apple and we were able to try star fruit for the first time. After breakfast we got ready with the plan of walking one of the trails here that leads to North Mission beach. As always though the heat got to us and we decided to trek up the beach instead. The beach is beautiful; clean golden sands and deep blue oceans lined with coconut trees. We took it at a very leisurely pace and spent time trying to break into coconuts. Nick managed to get into two to retrieve the nut inside but I unfortunately lacked the same strength needed but I gave it a good go. The beach was also huge and very empty which was a perk. We sat and had lunch on a bench just admiring and taking in the beautiful view. We also saw people skydiving and landing on the beach which was super cool. I wish I was brave enough to try it but I just know I'd be freaking out so much beforehand that I couldn't go through with it. We wondered up further until we reach a river that joins the sea. We were wearing our walking shoes so were unable to to cross and instead followed it for a while in the hunt for crocodiles. Sadly we saw none but it was still nice seeing how the beach, rainforest and river merge together. We decided the river ended our walk so we headed back the way we came and out to the road at our first opportunity. Waking through the small forest we found our own passionfruit on the floor to take back with us. They are actually pale green/yellow when they fall compared to the shrivelled brown colour you see in the supermarket. On our way to the shop I spotted through the trees our first wallaby that we've seen. I saw a couple of kangaroos from the bus yesterday but no wallabies and this was our first up close encounter. He was quite timid but let me get quite close to him before he hopped away. I was under the tree line for all of 2 minutes and had 4 mosquitos descend onto me so that's something we need to be wary of. We headed back and made nachos for dinner, another quick and easy meal. We've spoken more to our hosts and we've settled in a a bit now and are finding it less awkward than before so that's really good. Tomorrow we plan to rent out bikes and hopefully see some more of Australia's wonderful wildlife.Read more