The road goes ever on and on......
Alrightey guys, i promised i'd blog on the Rotto trip, and here, i'll keep to my word. BUT i must forewarn you that if you are running on a 56k connection,.....it might take a while to load the photos so go eat lunch or something first eh, there are 25 photos in total, meant to be 30 but i decided to load those onto the flickr slideshow. OK here we go!
To be honest, i woke up thinking it would be horrible. I looked outside and there were clouds everywhere, even the occasional sign of rain. I was dissapointed, because today was my 'big day out' and i seriously mean it. (as you will no doubt see later >.>) BUT! Thank God, things took a change for the better (if not best) with regards to the weather at least, it turned out to be THE perfect day (and like, i mean it) for going to Rotto, not too hot, not too cold, not too sunny, not too wet. Perfect. Thank You God =)
So i woke up at around 7AM all ready for this big day. Cuz came round at 7 30, she incidentally woke up earlier ....ok that's a massive understatement, she woke up pretty much before the sun came up. I shant say any more, i was horrified when she told me what time she woke up =_=' . So with around 1 hour on our hands, we began milling around pointlessly outside, making the most of the dew that was still on the flowers.
Shots spotted by cuz (the hard part) and taken by me (the easy part). Emily came at around 840 to pick the both of us up and scoot us off to Rotto!
After a few wrong turns we finally arrived at the C shed, and a few calls from some of our group already ON the ferry told us that if we didn't hurry, there wouldn't BE a ferry left. So mindlessly i scooted around the corner, saw all of them just as Leon told me they were about to leave and shouted,
"TELL THE FERRY PILOT NOT TO BE SUCH A NAZI!"
little did i know, the ferry pilot was standing a few meters in front of me. *erhmm*, anyway! We all made it on time, which was a great relief. Turns out nazis died decades ago.
The ferry trip was more pleasant than most of us thought, even Tak, who is very prone to seasickness was absolutely fine the whole trip, he even made it to the outdoor balcony where we captured the boat's wake:
As we left Perth behind suddenly everybody started to become hyperactive, and before we knew it cameras were flashing everywhere! I , however, decided to save my memory for the actual island. Poor Jenny wasn't feeling too good though, on the boat Cuz, Leon and I were quite worried about her. But it's ok, she came out fine, and smiling like the little angel she is =). Dave, on the other hand.....
just kidding.
Upon landing we ventured to the town center, the general convenience store, where we ....well ok, we found my roll, albeit it was $6 not $2, a slight exaggeration. 300% the price but hey, what's an extra 4 bucks yea? (geez, dont be such a stinge Dave! XP) Emily and Theresa purchased some REALLY POTENT erm....what do you call em... POP ROCKS! THaTS IT! and Leon had a few. Seriously, he was in pain. They were that strong, so he had to assume the open-mouth superman position in order to stop the POP rocks from killing him :
One of the girls was holding a bunch in her hand, and her hand must've been moist or something, coz they exploded in her hand...which was quite funny. But it must've been painful XD cant imagine them in your mouth man....yecks.
In order to get around Rotto, we needed bikes, so off we went! in search for bikes. I almost led them in the wrong direction....my memory is obviously a problem. Thank goodness for Dave and Cham who, i'm guessing, have been here many times. They knew the way. Bio camp obviously taught me nothing.
In our different array of clothing and backpacks, we actually looked like quite a proffesional group. well....i thought so at least. Until it came to negotiating skills....
when finding the appropriate number and type of bike for our group proved to be more of a challenge than anything else. In the end, everybody got a single, and Cuz and i took a 'tandem' (i'm the only one allowed to say that =_=) a tandem is basically a double bike, the front person steers and brakes and the back person pedals. Well, both pedal..but you get the picture.
May i suggest, unless you know each other relatively well, and have a positively flawless sense of balance...dont ride the tandem. Fortunately, Cuz had the balance, and i had the power. Both of us generally knew what the other was thinking, so we were fine on the bike. Took us a while to get started though.....but once we got the hang of it we were cool =)! I'm not sure i have a pic of that bike eh....i'll try and grab a photo off somebody else.
FIRST STOP! this lighthouse near the settlement, where we took a break for some photos, and they were quite nice, as you can see :
the ladies, and the gents:
what a group we were XD
Pro-ish if i may say so myself. Oh man....you want to know who's who? ~_~. In the girls shot, left to right:
Cuz, Jenny, Sharon, Theresa, Hailey, ...Lam?, Emily
in the guys shot:
(back row) Eddy, Cham, Tak, Me, Tao, Wei Kee, Leon (front row) David, William.
Now that you know all of us, never ask me again XD.
We then cycled to the closest beach, dont ask me the name, for i know it not. And went BRITTLE STAR HUNTING. Which turned out to be in vain...for those of you who haven't seen a brittle star, it's quite something. Google it. Harder to find than you think though. We also went camwhoring. And spotted a Lizard David promptly named 'godzilla' Although it could fit quite comfortably on my arm. Since most of the girls are shy about the shots, i'll just put up one of the guy shots:
Yer Rock on! i love the "i'm hell buff" look Dave's got XD
Whilst riding we saw some very very nice shots. I took alot of them, but i dont want to resize them coz it would kill the shot. I'll put the full version on the slideshow, with all the full people shots too. but if you do want all the shots (i mean ALL) , i've zipped them into an archive, i'll send it to you over MSN or something. So here we were looking at the view:
when GUESS WHAT!!!!!! (yes Kim, this is it) WE FOUND WEEBLE!!!! MY CHRISTMAS QUOKKA! *HYPERVENTILATES*
THERE HE IS!!!!!:
awwwwwww he's cute as ever. Eating an apple the Emily so kindly gave to him. UNTIL!!!!!!!!
He stole some of Leon's shapes (you know, the biscuits), that's when Leon tried to pwn him:
You can just imagine him making his bruce lee "HWOAAAAAPAAAAAAAA!!!!!" sound.
BUT TO OUR SURPRISE!!!!!:
Weeble decided to open up a can of whoop-ass. And pwned leon, and stole the rest of his shapes.
R.I.P my friend.
.....we're joking, it was something that we staged (quite obviously XD) whilst we were on the boat XDD. moving on.....
We reached the climax of our journey, the south part of the island, where most of the photos i'll put in the slideshow were taken. NO doubt the most breathtaking part of our journey. Obviously we had to cam-whore for a bit.
My ever thoughtful cuz, trying to listen to the beautiful sound of the waves lapping against the rocks. . . until Leon, Dave, Cham and i burst in yelling out who could throw a rock the furthest XD. i'm sorry cuz >< next time i'll pick up and leave you alone XD
As you can tell, Jenny was a bit tired. Poor girl >< but she made an awesome effort in the last cycle, and ended up pushing ME up the slope o.O Camwhoring is contagious. Starts off small:
Before we knew it everybody wanted a shot. Here's my trying to use the timer function on two cameras:
and:
Dont blame me, >< i didn't see the red light T_T and yes, yes, everybody is laughing at me, i like to think they're laughing with me though XP All in all, great, great fun. We even found a spot so close to the breaking waves, where a little rock pool with colourful crabs was XD. Cham almost got hit by a wave thanks to Sharon. Sharon almost fell in thanks to herself, and I took the best shot with a ripple thanks to Eddy XD (flickr account) so there! how's that for interdependance. All the while watching the floor for dugites XD
That pretty much summed up our massive journey, we were fast running out of time and had to return the bikes within the next hour. SO we sprinted off, Jenny and i on the Tandem, Cuz and Leon sticking in one group with Leon taking the lead. He led us well, over the undulating hills and through the winding passes. After around 30 minutes we turned around......
and realised the group wasn't following us ROFL. Turns out we took the faster route (by my reckoning) and were very far ahead of them, who decided to go along the outskirts, while we took the middle route. Jen had to stop once to undo a wedgie that got serious HAHAHAHHA (sorry XD) but apart from that , we were fine. Made it back to town ahead of the others, who had to stop a few times for different people. It was there i met Amy. Amy the peacock again. (dont say. it's a contradiction. shut up)
She was hungry, decidedly.
and when i wasn't looking, she GRABBED A CHIP FROM MY HAND! felt like slapping her man, but i had to settle for some wise-cracking insults:
After we returned our bikes, and came back to town to grab a quick meal, we were ready to set off.....or at least most of us were:
We got back to the jetty, and all hopped on the boat. Admiring the view, and thanking God for the awesome weather. Would you be shocked if i told you that was only half of our day? yeah. thought so.
The boat left on time, and before we knew it (well for me anyway, i spent the whole trip sleeping. Thanks for the shoulder cuz XD), we were back in Freo! Since Leon's mum came a bit late to pick him up (45 minutes XD) we went for a final round of camwhoring. Again, it started small, with Tak, Cham and David's special pose:
and spread like wildfire XD
and in the end, it proved that the day took its toll on us when we all went 'super-saiyan' and assumed our dragon-ball poses (thanks alot for making me and the rest look like absolute idiots Tak...i swear those cops were about to charge XD)
Gotta love the agro expression Sharon tried to put on. And Cham's pose was positively real XD
haha but dont take it seriously! it was the most fun i've had in quite a while and we were all reduced to a clump of laughing bodies on the floor. I reckon Leon's mum must've been like ...."what have you done with my son!?" after she came, but no, we cleared up our mess before then XD
After that, Emily raced us back to her house. My poor cuz was so tired she slept on my shoulder the whole way. It was 6 15 by the time we arrived. 4 of us (Cuz, Theresa, Em and Myself) showered in the space of half an hour (considering there were 3 girls, an amazing feat) .... (-yes Kim, i know you shower fast, but they're not you =) ) got to choir by 7 10, found ourselves the only ones there (apart from Wei wei and family) and started late, at 7 30. We have an awesome item prepared for the Sunday though, get ready! =)
Although everybody was falling asleep in bible study, most of us held fast XD and we ended at around 9 30. Upon which Wei wei raced us home to Cuz's house.
All in all, a really really fantastic day. I'm sure that i speak on behalf of the group when i say that we really enjoyed ourselves. Although, i'm sure that you could see it took it's toll....
Specially on the way back, when my poor Cuz had to tolerate a sleeping Jenny and I on both her shoulders XD
Fin~
To be honest, i woke up thinking it would be horrible. I looked outside and there were clouds everywhere, even the occasional sign of rain. I was dissapointed, because today was my 'big day out' and i seriously mean it. (as you will no doubt see later >.>) BUT! Thank God, things took a change for the better (if not best) with regards to the weather at least, it turned out to be THE perfect day (and like, i mean it) for going to Rotto, not too hot, not too cold, not too sunny, not too wet. Perfect. Thank You God =)
So i woke up at around 7AM all ready for this big day. Cuz came round at 7 30, she incidentally woke up earlier ....ok that's a massive understatement, she woke up pretty much before the sun came up. I shant say any more, i was horrified when she told me what time she woke up =_=' . So with around 1 hour on our hands, we began milling around pointlessly outside, making the most of the dew that was still on the flowers.
Shots spotted by cuz (the hard part) and taken by me (the easy part). Emily came at around 840 to pick the both of us up and scoot us off to Rotto!
After a few wrong turns we finally arrived at the C shed, and a few calls from some of our group already ON the ferry told us that if we didn't hurry, there wouldn't BE a ferry left. So mindlessly i scooted around the corner, saw all of them just as Leon told me they were about to leave and shouted,
"TELL THE FERRY PILOT NOT TO BE SUCH A NAZI!"
little did i know, the ferry pilot was standing a few meters in front of me. *erhmm*, anyway! We all made it on time, which was a great relief. Turns out nazis died decades ago.
The ferry trip was more pleasant than most of us thought, even Tak, who is very prone to seasickness was absolutely fine the whole trip, he even made it to the outdoor balcony where we captured the boat's wake:
As we left Perth behind suddenly everybody started to become hyperactive, and before we knew it cameras were flashing everywhere! I , however, decided to save my memory for the actual island. Poor Jenny wasn't feeling too good though, on the boat Cuz, Leon and I were quite worried about her. But it's ok, she came out fine, and smiling like the little angel she is =). Dave, on the other hand.....
just kidding.
Upon landing we ventured to the town center, the general convenience store, where we ....well ok, we found my roll, albeit it was $6 not $2, a slight exaggeration. 300% the price but hey, what's an extra 4 bucks yea? (geez, dont be such a stinge Dave! XP) Emily and Theresa purchased some REALLY POTENT erm....what do you call em... POP ROCKS! THaTS IT! and Leon had a few. Seriously, he was in pain. They were that strong, so he had to assume the open-mouth superman position in order to stop the POP rocks from killing him :
One of the girls was holding a bunch in her hand, and her hand must've been moist or something, coz they exploded in her hand...which was quite funny. But it must've been painful XD cant imagine them in your mouth man....yecks.
In order to get around Rotto, we needed bikes, so off we went! in search for bikes. I almost led them in the wrong direction....my memory is obviously a problem. Thank goodness for Dave and Cham who, i'm guessing, have been here many times. They knew the way. Bio camp obviously taught me nothing.
In our different array of clothing and backpacks, we actually looked like quite a proffesional group. well....i thought so at least. Until it came to negotiating skills....
when finding the appropriate number and type of bike for our group proved to be more of a challenge than anything else. In the end, everybody got a single, and Cuz and i took a 'tandem' (i'm the only one allowed to say that =_=) a tandem is basically a double bike, the front person steers and brakes and the back person pedals. Well, both pedal..but you get the picture.
May i suggest, unless you know each other relatively well, and have a positively flawless sense of balance...dont ride the tandem. Fortunately, Cuz had the balance, and i had the power. Both of us generally knew what the other was thinking, so we were fine on the bike. Took us a while to get started though.....but once we got the hang of it we were cool =)! I'm not sure i have a pic of that bike eh....i'll try and grab a photo off somebody else.
FIRST STOP! this lighthouse near the settlement, where we took a break for some photos, and they were quite nice, as you can see :
the ladies, and the gents:
what a group we were XD
Pro-ish if i may say so myself. Oh man....you want to know who's who? ~_~. In the girls shot, left to right:
Cuz, Jenny, Sharon, Theresa, Hailey, ...Lam?, Emily
in the guys shot:
(back row) Eddy, Cham, Tak, Me, Tao, Wei Kee, Leon (front row) David, William.
Now that you know all of us, never ask me again XD.
We then cycled to the closest beach, dont ask me the name, for i know it not. And went BRITTLE STAR HUNTING. Which turned out to be in vain...for those of you who haven't seen a brittle star, it's quite something. Google it. Harder to find than you think though. We also went camwhoring. And spotted a Lizard David promptly named 'godzilla' Although it could fit quite comfortably on my arm. Since most of the girls are shy about the shots, i'll just put up one of the guy shots:
Yer Rock on! i love the "i'm hell buff" look Dave's got XD
Whilst riding we saw some very very nice shots. I took alot of them, but i dont want to resize them coz it would kill the shot. I'll put the full version on the slideshow, with all the full people shots too. but if you do want all the shots (i mean ALL) , i've zipped them into an archive, i'll send it to you over MSN or something. So here we were looking at the view:
when GUESS WHAT!!!!!! (yes Kim, this is it) WE FOUND WEEBLE!!!! MY CHRISTMAS QUOKKA! *HYPERVENTILATES*
THERE HE IS!!!!!:
awwwwwww he's cute as ever. Eating an apple the Emily so kindly gave to him. UNTIL!!!!!!!!
He stole some of Leon's shapes (you know, the biscuits), that's when Leon tried to pwn him:
You can just imagine him making his bruce lee "HWOAAAAAPAAAAAAAA!!!!!" sound.
BUT TO OUR SURPRISE!!!!!:
Weeble decided to open up a can of whoop-ass. And pwned leon, and stole the rest of his shapes.
R.I.P my friend.
.....we're joking, it was something that we staged (quite obviously XD) whilst we were on the boat XDD. moving on.....
We reached the climax of our journey, the south part of the island, where most of the photos i'll put in the slideshow were taken. NO doubt the most breathtaking part of our journey. Obviously we had to cam-whore for a bit.
My ever thoughtful cuz, trying to listen to the beautiful sound of the waves lapping against the rocks. . . until Leon, Dave, Cham and i burst in yelling out who could throw a rock the furthest XD. i'm sorry cuz >< next time i'll pick up and leave you alone XD
As you can tell, Jenny was a bit tired. Poor girl >< but she made an awesome effort in the last cycle, and ended up pushing ME up the slope o.O Camwhoring is contagious. Starts off small:
Before we knew it everybody wanted a shot. Here's my trying to use the timer function on two cameras:
and:
Dont blame me, >< i didn't see the red light T_T and yes, yes, everybody is laughing at me, i like to think they're laughing with me though XP All in all, great, great fun. We even found a spot so close to the breaking waves, where a little rock pool with colourful crabs was XD. Cham almost got hit by a wave thanks to Sharon. Sharon almost fell in thanks to herself, and I took the best shot with a ripple thanks to Eddy XD (flickr account) so there! how's that for interdependance. All the while watching the floor for dugites XD
That pretty much summed up our massive journey, we were fast running out of time and had to return the bikes within the next hour. SO we sprinted off, Jenny and i on the Tandem, Cuz and Leon sticking in one group with Leon taking the lead. He led us well, over the undulating hills and through the winding passes. After around 30 minutes we turned around......
and realised the group wasn't following us ROFL. Turns out we took the faster route (by my reckoning) and were very far ahead of them, who decided to go along the outskirts, while we took the middle route. Jen had to stop once to undo a wedgie that got serious HAHAHAHHA (sorry XD) but apart from that , we were fine. Made it back to town ahead of the others, who had to stop a few times for different people. It was there i met Amy. Amy the peacock again. (dont say. it's a contradiction. shut up)
She was hungry, decidedly.
and when i wasn't looking, she GRABBED A CHIP FROM MY HAND! felt like slapping her man, but i had to settle for some wise-cracking insults:
After we returned our bikes, and came back to town to grab a quick meal, we were ready to set off.....or at least most of us were:
We got back to the jetty, and all hopped on the boat. Admiring the view, and thanking God for the awesome weather. Would you be shocked if i told you that was only half of our day? yeah. thought so.
The boat left on time, and before we knew it (well for me anyway, i spent the whole trip sleeping. Thanks for the shoulder cuz XD), we were back in Freo! Since Leon's mum came a bit late to pick him up (45 minutes XD) we went for a final round of camwhoring. Again, it started small, with Tak, Cham and David's special pose:
and spread like wildfire XD
and in the end, it proved that the day took its toll on us when we all went 'super-saiyan' and assumed our dragon-ball poses (thanks alot for making me and the rest look like absolute idiots Tak...i swear those cops were about to charge XD)
Gotta love the agro expression Sharon tried to put on. And Cham's pose was positively real XD
haha but dont take it seriously! it was the most fun i've had in quite a while and we were all reduced to a clump of laughing bodies on the floor. I reckon Leon's mum must've been like ...."what have you done with my son!?" after she came, but no, we cleared up our mess before then XD
After that, Emily raced us back to her house. My poor cuz was so tired she slept on my shoulder the whole way. It was 6 15 by the time we arrived. 4 of us (Cuz, Theresa, Em and Myself) showered in the space of half an hour (considering there were 3 girls, an amazing feat) .... (-yes Kim, i know you shower fast, but they're not you =) ) got to choir by 7 10, found ourselves the only ones there (apart from Wei wei and family) and started late, at 7 30. We have an awesome item prepared for the Sunday though, get ready! =)
Although everybody was falling asleep in bible study, most of us held fast XD and we ended at around 9 30. Upon which Wei wei raced us home to Cuz's house.
All in all, a really really fantastic day. I'm sure that i speak on behalf of the group when i say that we really enjoyed ourselves. Although, i'm sure that you could see it took it's toll....
Specially on the way back, when my poor Cuz had to tolerate a sleeping Jenny and I on both her shoulders XD
Fin~