Time to get our hippie on

Halfway through November and the mustaches are coming along quite nicely. Stew's kind of looks like a pirate or something with his little soul patch hahaha. Mick is also participating now and his looks more like a creeper since his is strawberry blonde-ish lol.

We are making some serious progress on the hunt for our campervan and may actually have one by the end of the week. We found this sweet Nissan Urvan through this guy in Buderim not far from here. It's hand painted and looks like a reptile in the front and then ocean scenery along the sides, extremely hippie. This beast is going to stand out like crazy amongst the other white campers. The inside pops up so we'll actually be able to stand up in it. It has 2 benches and a table that fold down into a big bed. It is also stacked with a stove, fridge, cupboards, etc. so we can literally live in it for the next 10 months of our journey. The only issues were having right now is what its goingto cost us to replace the valve seals and some rust along the frame in order to get it safety certified and road worthy. We've been in contact with a few mechanics and may have found a deal with a sweet place recommended to me by a girl at work. Fingers crossed! Pictures will definitely be coming asap as this is something you have to see to understand how unreal it is.

The surf has been kinda crappy lately, just really flat or choppy waves that are ok to play in but not so much for trying to surf on. Still been at the beach almost every day though. I've been running a bit more and think my groove is coming back slowly but surely. It's hard to believe but we're up and starting our day around 7:30am every day. Mooloolaba is definitely a morning place so if you're not up and going by 8am it feels like you've slept your day away, so different. Most places are open by 6am for breakfast and Sundays are the most insane day for breakfast as Stew and I usually work it and its bonkers. I worked this past sunday and tables turned over SO fast. People were sitting down at dirty tables before I could even clear them. It's crazy because even a cheap breakfast here with eggs and toast only is still like $10. If you want a full breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, hashbrowns, etc youre looking at at least $15, so crazy. Makes me miss the riverdale a lot for the $5 delicious breakfast that included a coffee! I get to eat for free at Karma when I work so I've had my breakfasts without the financial pain.

This Sunday Mick, Emily (aussie), Rachel (Em's sister), Stew and I are heading up to Perigion (sp?) which is like half an hour north of here where there is a big hippie beach party. It starts early with everyone surfing and then they have live bands on the beach where people can drink, dance, etc. We're pretty stoked as this place does this at the beginning and 3rd Sunday of each month. It'll be one of our last outings here before heading up to Pumpkin Island. We're going to be goingto Emily (canadian em)'s graduation for teachers college next week like a couple of proud parents lol then we'll be celebrating her being finished likely by hitting the bar right after. We're super stoked for Pumpkin Island too and have been wondering what its going to be like. A little nervous about surfing there if there is surf since apparently they have gigantic fish and aquatic life, which can often mean sharks as well. Guess we'll find out fast when we get there with our boards if the couple who owns it tells us otherwise. My biggest goal while at Pumpkin Island is to spear a fish. Yes, spear it. Like survivor man or man vs. wild. We will definitely catch it on camera and potentially video. If I can make this happen I will literally crap my pants with excitement. It's on my bucket list and would be hilarious if I can pull it off. We're going to be living survivor styles anyways so its only necessary.

I've reached VIP status at the cafe Emjays we go to to use the internet. You only have to buy a coffee and you can stay here for hours using their internet. They've already created a card for me and stamp the shit out of it every time I come in so I get free coffees. Stew is pissed cause him and Em come here all the time and not only DONT have cards but haven't gotten any free coffee mou ha ha ha.

Anyways, I'm going to write one more blog before we go up to Pumpkin and peace out of Mooloolaba. It's going to be bitter sweet leaving here because while we're soooo excited to go to the barrier reef we've met some really awesome people here. Even walkin down the esplanade people recognize us from a) being likely the most tanned people here, b) always walking barefoot with surfboards and c) working and being canadian. its awesome.

I'm going to leave this blog on the note that everyone whose reading this should listen to two songs:
1. Be As You Are by Kenny Chesney
2. Small Town and Big Dreams by Paul Brandt
These songs always come on on my ipod and make life that much better :)