So much to say.... Do I still have the brain cells?

First off let's get you people back on track... So remember those awesome pics that I said I had? Well my camera got swiped that very night and I was devestated had to call everywhere I had been throughout that day (on the day after which was Anzac day- Australia rememberence day), which means that I had to check out and find my camera before 10 am. So there I am freaking... phoning and leaving messages all over the place to see if I had dropped it somewhere (although I clearly remember having it at the hostel after the day), I talked to the hostel owner because he was the one who told me that the hostel dorm rooms never get locked because it's such an awesome place and no I don't need a locker i can leave any valuables with him if needed. He took all my info and said I could for sure use the hostel for a contact number for all the public transit places I had had to call, I could tell that he felt totally shocked that this had happened. We check out and head on our way into Brisbane to spend the night before we head to Nimbin for the 26th. I called David that night (the hostel owner guy) to see if he had anything turn up, and the girl who answered the phone said that they were just finishing searching everyone's bags (OMG!!! Didn't see that coming), and nothing yet. Filed a police report cause I have insurance intending to fax it to my mom at some point... and I get this Email on the 27th saying that the hostel has found my camera, and yes they will hold onto it until I can get back to the Brisbane area... So horse shoe suppository or WTF? I totally deserved to have it swiped for being such a trusting fool but it appears to have worked out for the better... I mean when does that really happen... really come on.

So that brings me into the most chilling town I have every been in, some of the locals are a little eccentric/ecclectic, but I love every single one of them I met. Our hostel was about 20 minute walk out of town (large evil hill of a driveway... very evil after pub, serves me right though), so I feel that I may have partially worked off some of the very large delicious and also evil muffins that the cute little Japanese cook lady makes all day every day. As soon as you discover the hostel muffins every other muffin that you could ever dream of is so redundtley insignificant. I'm not kidding I think that I will never eat another muffin... at least not without comparing it to how not as good it is as the nimbin muffins (still love yours though mom). More chocolate than muffin so not good for anyone let alone me who ate one everyday I was there, and there would be a crowd waiting for them to come out of the oven, word would circulate and there would be loitering backpackers waiting for the daily chocolate fix. There were't drugs in the muffin mom...
This Retreat is so beautiful, my second night there I was walking back to Rainy and mine's shack and I encountered my first aussie wildlife a wallaby and he/she hopped away immediatley, it was delightfully photographic but alas one cannot always have the muffin and eat it too (i realize we're boardering on fettish but I'm dead serious). Rainy was so jealous, it was awesome:P

We volunteered for the hippy festival and it was hilarious good times we got to walk around answering people's questions and just checking things out (warning people when the police were in sight... or people would just yell "Taxi" when they were coming). I learned more about cannabis than I think anyone should know, but i feel that the entire atmosphere of the festival was appropriate, there weren't very many people who were out to start anything, and mostly everyone just wanted to have a good time supporting the cause. They gave each team a radio, so the whole time Rainey kept calling me Radio, it was mildly funny until the 6 trillionth time, although hilarious times I kept getting in shit for not saying "over/Copy/Out". We also met up with this German girl from the hostel OMG funny girl spent every second with her laughing, I may go to Bali with her in Novermber, we shall see that's obviously very tentative. Long story short had a hilarious and safe time in Nimbin met some totally kickass friends (so many people to add to Face book), gained all the weight I had lost during our hiking in Melbourne plus an additional inch or two for padding, am rested, relaxed, and completley convinced that i want to go back there... if they had a vet clinic let me tell you
Oh yeah I think I want some dreads, just throwing that out there P.S. Mom and Dad will you still love me if my hair's all knotty and cool;)

Signing out for now Love you all
~Jess