Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Go-Carting, Oh The Memories

Friday night went to a comedy club which was something I haven't done here.  Was a bit smaller than The Funny Bone in St. Louis which I liked so that everyone could be close to the comedians.  There were about 3 openers before the main guy.  All in all they were ok, not the funniest I'd seen.  They did however make fun of Americans (2 of the comedians) which I wasn't happy about.  They made jokes about how easy it is for us to buy guns and shoot each other (I did not find this funny), but the audience sure did-ugh!  

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Saturday morning headed off to go go-carting!  Reminded me of growing up and the go-cart that we had.  Good times:) 
This is the course we went around.  It was pretty big.  Broke my time up into two 15 min. sessions so that my arms could have a break.  I got passed quite a bit, but once I got the hang of it I started passing people! 

On the way to the go-cart track I stopped by The Evergreen Taoist Church of Australia.  I know absolutely nothing about Taoism but when I Googled it, it says Taoism is a "Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu, advocating humility and religious piety."





They had very interesting art and sacred things in the church.  This is a sacred bell and the note says not to ring it.  

Sunday I drove down to Byron Bay which was absolutely beautiful.  A co-worker had been talking about it so I thought I'd put it on my list of places to visit.




Gotta love this sound!!!
 


I officially went to the most easterly point of Australia:)


Hiked up to this lighthouse



Along the hike I heard something in the trees and then all of a sudden I saw something hopping and low and behold it was a  Swamp Wallaby.  He stopped and looked RIGHT at me, awww.  How cool is that?!  If you're wondering how I knew this was a Swamp Wallaby and not a kanagroo, well at first that is what I thought it was, just a little one, and then at the end of the hike there was a sign that said you might see swamp wallabies on your hike along with a picture.  So...that's how I know what this little fella was!


I'm sure you're wondering why I am showing you this picture of a plant.  Well, there was another sign on the hike that said you might see Barwan (Barrawang Palms) which were very common in pre-historic times and would have been eaten by DINOSAURS.  Did you read that right, this plant was eatin by T-Rex himself, holy cow!  This is a close tie for 1st place on the coolest thing I saw all day (you know how I love seeing furry friends on my hikes), but the fact that a dinosaur ate this very plant kinda blows my mind. 

I would definitly mark Byron Bay on my list of places to come to again.  It had beautiful beaches and scenery!

1 comment:

  1. Loving the pictures! A plant that a dinosaur would have ate? So cool.

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