[end of cania gorge camping]

i forgot to mention in the last post that we went for a drive to the gold mines, and it was a 4WD track, and we hit something and the car shut down. we thought it mightve been out of petrol (nope) Terry is the car guy too, so he was doing everything to try fix it, then had to drive an hour and a half back to the site to get some petrol and see if that was it, so i had to sit on the side of a dirt road, reading twilight, listening to music for over an hour and when he came back it turned out that wasnt the problem. so eventually we just went back with terry - which was great coz he drives fast on 4WD tracks, and i love all the bumps of 4WD and the thrill of it, but mum and hannah didnt so they were freaking out when i was completely calm, still listening to music.
RACQ went back to get the car and tried to fix it, but obviously, seeing as it is a week since we got back and we still have the hire car, they havent been successful. the hire car didnt have a tow ball, so we had to leave the trailer there, and Fred (uncle) picked it up and its at their house.

so, the ride home:.:.:

so we packed up all the tents and tarps and everything and put it in BERT (Big Extremely Red Trailer) and left in the hire car (toyota camry)at around 1 i think it was... on that gold mine drive, i have learned that i get car sick, but not where i throw up, i just get pains in my stomach like u get when u r sick, but no feeling like im gonna throw up, and i get a hugeeee head ache. so, when i got into the car for what i didnt doubt was going to be a hellish drive home, i put in my music which i had charged all the previous night, and turned it right up and stared out the window. just before we left the camp site we went to check out and me mum and dad got a latte for the drive, then in the town closeish by we stopped at a servo to get some chips for lunch, then we were off.

it was a few hours in and there it was, that sick feeling. 'oh great' it hought to myself, and turned the music up full bore so that i couldnt even hear the purr of the engine of the camry hire car (which was a nice drive btw). after a while i realised i was absent-mindedly lip-syncing to 21 Guns (greenday) and wondered for how many songs i had been doing this. i switched to my songs by The Script (my fave band) just as we were pulling up for a stop. when we were getting back in mum got out some food, and i asked for some savoury stuff, because the thought of sugary food just made me feel sick. i reallyyy did not want any. so i had a hard boiled egg and mum got out some chips, which werent sweet, so i ate some. i was feeling a bit better after being able to get out of the car into fresh air (im not too keen on a 'new car smell' when i feel like this) once again it was in to the car, and in with the music.

it was getting to around 6.30 and we were coming up to gympie. i had caught myself lip-syncing to some of the script songs again, and laughed at myself. this earned me a strange look from my sisters. my headache was getting worse, and i couldnt wait to get away from the sickening 'new car smell'. we pulled into hungry jacks for dinner, which was disgusting, and i took one sip of my coke and it repulsed me because it was so sweet. i couldnt drink anymore of that stuff yukkk!! mum and dad were laughing at me because i was actually repulsed by sweet food. they started teasing me that they would get out the chocolate in the car and i thought this idea would sicken me, but even car sickness cant dull my desire for chocolate. hehe. so about half an hour of music, (which im sure was going to eventually deafen me because to distract me from this hell i was experiencing the music was blasting in my ears. thats ok though - its good music ) later, mum, did indeed bring out some chocolate. of course cadbury. it made me feel a bit better actually, than what i had expected (- worse)

a few more hours and we were home. 8.00 we arrived home. 7ish hour drive including stops - not too bad (for people who didnt feel like they were being tortured)

but overall it was a good camping trip. i have made a mental note that next time we go on a long drive to camp to bring at least 4 books. i could have finished the two that i brought twice each. i finished twilight within the first 10 minutes of the drive, and then started Harry Potter again. I gave up though because its a bit boring having so recently read it.

great week + horrible sickn feeling drive home = cania gorge camping trip 2009 :)