Today started like most of the others... me sleeping in, and Lou waking me up with a hot cup of tea. Life isnt too bad up here.

Before breakfast Lou and I went into Eumundi, and surprise surprise, no hippies, only bogans. It was before 11am, and obviously the hippies were still asleep in their native tree habitat. The bogans on the otherhand were congregating around the pub, waiting for some mid morning ale.

Somehow we got hold of some hippy pamphlet. It was advertising an event to take place during the spring equinox (alarm bells ringing already!!) called 'The Joining'. This pamphlet seemed to be advertising some 'hippy-hugging' ceremony under the stars in the dark. Nothing screams hippy-orgy-and-sharing-the-love-with-strangers like a good old joining ceremony during the equinox.

At lunch we went with Lou's dad and ate at a place called "The Green Bean cafe". Beware. 'Green' secretly means 'without meat' up here, so beware what you eat... although, given the thousands of hemp related products on display, it could be code for 'Everything contains Marajuana'. I have to say, the food tasted awesome even without meat... The little leprechauns told me so.. And we got free cookies because someone STOLE one of our rolls. It happens around here though. I wonder if there was some 'Eumundi Gold' hemp in that food...

The guy making our 'green bean' rolls had these funny little specs on... the lenses on his glasses were literally smaller than 20c pieces. TINY. I was like 'dude - ever heard of peripheral vision?'. He couldnt hear me cause he was stoned. He wanted to touch my hands.

I should also point out that Lou's dad falls directly into the category of 'grandpa sunbaking on beach in tiny speedos'. HA!

Observation: I think some of these QLD'ers were trying to get me stoned from some Eumundi gold substance, so that I would take part in their free love ceremony. Being empowered in my sexuality and all that...