Just going to sum up the last week or two...

So I know I have been pretty bad about writing on here but it's because the internet is no good here. So here it is... we went to Brisbane and we went to a casino!! haha It was really sweet inside but definitely not as big as Mystic Lake (oh how I miss those girls nights at mystic) I actually didn't end up betting any of my own money!!! wow I know... ha funny story-- I actually didn't even get into the casino on the first try because I was wearing flip flops! So I had to go to a store a few blocks away and bought 6 dollar shoes... They say it is a safety thing... lame. Well then I went back and got in :) I went with some friends and none of them had really ever played black jack before! they usually stick to slots so I told them all the rules that I knew. Matt gave me some money and wanted me to play instead of him. I ended up winning him 70 bucks on a 10 dollar minimum! I was so proud of myself :) then I wish I had actually played with my own money.. ha

After the casino we went to a professional rugby game. The Queensland Reds vs South African storms. It was a lot nicer of a game than I saw from the lismore vs coffs harbour game, but still brutal! The reds won so the guys were pretty excited about that. I am starting to understand rugby more and more, but still think its crazy and kind of hard to understand. Lots of rules.

Another day we also went to Ballina which is about a 25 minute drive from Lismore. We rented a boat for 135 dollars. It was really cheap because we just split it between 7 of us. I ended up catching the most fish!! and I was the only American on the boat!! I caught 5! And one Manta Ray (sting ray) wow those things are tough to get in! My friend took pictures of the fish I caught so I am just waiting for her to put those up then I will put them up on here for you.  We actually ended up keeping one of them and cooking it on the boat because we had a grill on the boat. It wasn't that big of one, but just cut the size it needed to be to keep it. I acutally caught a much bigger one of the same fish but when my friend started to pull it up by the line when I got it close to the boat, the line snapped and we lost it... Would have been yummy!  Well that ended up being an awesome day and I hope to do it once more before i leave!!
Pictures of the fish will be up soon! love and miss you all! :)