No postcards for you...

Yeah, so at $1.30 apiece (US$1.26), I think postcards are out of the picture. And since I've started talking prices, I might as well continue to do so. It certainly makes for some interesting comparisons. AUD/USD

Gas (or "petrol," as it's called here)
$1.70/litre ~ $6.23/gal
Guess who is super glad she doesn't have to do any driving while she's here? Huzzah for skyrocketing fuel prices, right? It costs about as much to fly from Cairns to Brisbane as to take a bus. Which Max and I might be doing, but more about that later.

Movie Ticket
Matinee: $14/$13.55
Evening: $14.80/$14.32
This one annoys me more since I do plan on seeing movies. In fact, we saw one this afternoon and will be seeing another on Wednesday. But more about that later.

Booze
Haven't got a freaking clue. We haven't managed to purchase any yet, mostly because of the threat Grandma gave us: "Anyone who goes out and gets drunk is paying for their own food for the rest of the trip." Awesome. However, the brother and I may have a few tricks up our sleeves. But more... well, you know.

Coffee
$4.50/$4.35
That's an average price. I've seen it both cheaper and more expensive, and of course it depends to some extent on what you get.

The Zoo
$31/$29.99
Yeah! We went to the zoo. That's a per person price, by the way.

I'm pretty sure there were more prices I wanted to put up, but I can't think of them right now. Plus, I want to get on to the stories. I'll put up more prices as I think of them (if any). So... Stories!

Going to Brizzy (Brisbane):
I don't love Cairns. Actually, though I'm fine putting up with it for now, I will definitely be trying to find somewhere else to live for the rest of the year. It's waaaaay to touristy. It was billed in my travel guide as a tourist city, but I didn't realize quite to what extent. We've read up a bit on the scene in Brizzy, and it sounds considerably more pleasant. The question of course is whether it is worth it to shell out the extra money for transportation. I asked at the hotel's front desk about hitchiking. The woman didn't say that we shouldn't do it, but her facial expression was not reassuring. We'll see. Whatever we do, it'll have to be decided by the end of the week.

Seeing movies/boozing:
We saw Hancock today. It was entertaining. Not life changing. Probably won't see it again (or at least won't pay money to see it again). Actually... I really don't feel like it was anything special at all. But it did provide some laughs and something to do for an afternoon, so it served its purpose in my book. Much more important, however, is... Batman! Max and I have tickets for a 9:20pm show on Wednesday. Which is... between 4 and 7 am Wednesday for all you US types. So ha! We have hopes of maybe getting slightly tipsy before the show. It will require a bit of subterfuge, but hopefully nothing too extravagant. The issue is how exactly to go about it. A bottle of something would be more than we want to spend and more than we need to drink. A six pack of some sort of girly drinks would probably be best, but then where would we drink them? Bringing them back to the hotel would most likely cause some friction with the GB, and we can't just walk around drinking them on the street. So going to a bar/club seems like the logical method, though that would be more expensive. So... we'll see. Maybe we should just go to the drive-through liquor store. Wait... did you read that correctly? Go back and check just to make sure. Are we clear on this concept? Drive-through liquor store. People in cars driving up to an attendant and ordering booze. What? Well whatever. It's kickass.

...The GB, for anyone who is wondering, is Grandma Betty.

Boys:
They do exist here! Woo! On the whole it seems to be a pretty normal mix as far as looks go. The most attractive one I've seen so far was in the SeaTac airport. He travelled with us as far as Auckland, but went on to Sydney instead of Cairns. Poo. I've seen a few nice ones working in restaurants, which leads me to believe that I may want to look into that line of work... heheh. I even left my email for one, though I doubt he ever saw it. That's ok. It was fun. I'm hoping there will be a chance to meet more people (both male and female) once Max and I are on our own.

Pictures:
Yes, there will be some pictures soon. Possibly tomorrow, but no guarantees.

And now, sadly, this post must come to a close.

Get off the internet and go outside.

Cheers.