Hey there,
Early in
the morning on Christmas Day Airlie Beach was deserted and it took a while to
find an open fuel station. After we have filled up we drove about 350 km North
to Townsville and our next hotel, Orchid Guest House. We got into the room at
1pm, made ourselves some pasta for lunch but it was way too hot to eat it up. As
the owner were not in yet, we first escaped from the heat in our room and then
took a short walk to the nearby Queens Gardens. But because of all the flies
(we forgot our insect repellent) we left very soon as well. Back in the hotel
we passed the time by watching TV and at 6:30pm we met our host who prepared a
small Christmas Dinner for all her guests. How nice is this! She knew that
absolutely everything is closed in Townsville on Christmas Day and we would not
get some decent food. We were ten people altogether but not everyone is on the
pictures:
We had one Dutch guy, two people from Taiwan, and another three from Sydney (originating from
Indonesia) and an Australian guy (next to the host). We had crackers as
starter, then buns with cold ham and some salad as main course and self-made
trifle with cream as dessert. Together with wine and soft drinks. We got really
spoiled! We also had some really nice talks with all the people around the
table, where they come from, what they do and how they think about other
nations, languages and food. At 8pm we settled back into our room and here I am
waiting until 10pm to skype with my family for Christmas.
Yours Christmas-in-Australia-celebrating
Stefanie
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