Hey there!! Carly
here.
Guess what we did in Port Macquarie?
We went on an amazingly thrilling jet boat ride, came metres
from whales (again!), and visited the koala hospital.
And the wonderful peeps at Ozzie Pozzie backpackers looked after us with
a cozy place to stay.
The jet boat ride was in PortJet’s ‘Wild Thing’, the most
THRILLING jet boat ride in Aus!!! It
goes up to 90 kms an hour!!! We went out
on the river where we certainly felt the powerful G-forces. We experienced spins of more than 360 degrees
and sudden braking where we had a torrential down-pouring of river water dumped
on us. Yeeeeaahhhh. Fun times!
The next day we went out with PortJet again, this time on a
whale watching adventure. Within minutes
we saw dolphins and not much later our first whale sighting. We were all looking out, marvelling at some
whales in the distance on one side of the boat, when two emerged from the water
on the other side only a couple of metres away!!!! It was a jaw-dropping moment. They then proceeded to swim under our boat
and hang around with us for a while!
On our last day in Port Mac we went to the koala hospital,
where sick and injured koalas are treated and rehabilitated before being
integrated back into the wild. Geoff
took us on a ‘Feed, Walk and Talk’ tour where we saw koalas being fed and
learnt about them. Some of the most
common reasons for them being admitted include infections, dog attacks and
motor accidents. The guys there do a top
job.
Ozzie Pozzie Backpackers was a fab place to stay. It was rockin with funny, crazy and nice
people from all over. We had a fun time
chilling in the hammocks in their courtyard.
Thanks Port Macquarie!
