Edge Hill

Oh beans in toast, how I have missed you.

Woke up at a lovely 7am, giving myself an hour to get ready and begin the walk to the girls hostel. Picked them up at their hostel and continued on our way to the botanical gardens. I very nice walk, however Google said it would take around an hour. It took us 2hrs. Granted we did stop a few times and it was hella hot so we were going very slow but we made it eventually.

On the way we saw a cool fruit tree and after each of us asking our families, we eventually came up with it being a Jack Fruit. Thank you mum/google. I really like Jack fruit but I had no idea that is what it looked like. A mix between a melon and a porcupine. Wild.

The gardens were very nice. They had a salt water lake and a fresh water lake which were both pretty. Then a nice walk through a 'jungle' boardwalk. It was a lot cooler in there which was good. Then some lawns and a gated garden. It wasnt like the botanical gardens in Melbourne or Adelaide as there wasnt many flowers and sculpted areas. It was more a collected of their plants stuck together with some paths going through. But we found a lawn with some shade to relax in.

We all ended up falling asleep in the shade. Little dodgy with all our stuff but between the 2hrs of walking and the heat we were exhausted. Once we woke up we had our little picnic and the read for a bit before getting kicked out at 2pm. What gardens closes at 2pm on the weekends?

Also, we saw some signs after walking through the places so that was mildly unnerving.

Anyways, went back to the hostel. I grabbed some things I need for my new job/ things I am running low on and relaxed in the hammock again.

At around 7, once the sun had set I met Rebecca for a bit if a walk and chat. She had done the great barrier reef all day and the company she did it with was the only carbon neutral, environment benefitting company that runs the tours. So I will be booking my trip with them for definite. It's a little bit more expensive but its worth it for something like that.

I then made some dinner, tried to use up as much of my food as possible so I'm not lugging it about on the bus and relaxed again. They were playing Hocus Pocus in the pool area which I missed the first half off. So I chose the quiet dark air condition room. Definitely a smart choice.Read more