| Day 3 continued - Cairns |
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| After the train ride up to Karunda and the cable car ride down, our day still had things in store ... we visited Tjapukai. It is an aboriginal center where they display the culture of the aboriginies. We watched a short sketch on how the earth was made, then went out to the music and dance area. It's hard to tell in the picture, but Sisqo and Snoop were on stage (the two on the right side). Sisqo has the digereedoo. OJ is holding the spear on the left ... it was quite a day for celebrity spotting. |
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| After the show, they opened the stage for pictures. Susie thought they said "the stage was open for strippers" so she hussled right on up there. Once they cleared up the stippers/pictures debacle, they offered to have their pictures taken with her. Susie obviously isn't reading the aboriginy sign language of "check out the strange white chick" displayed by both the guys. This was a better shot of Sisqo, but Snoop eluded us. |
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| Next came time for the fun stuff. You could learn to play the digereedoo, learn about tribal medicine, learn to throw the spear, or the boomerang. Needless to say, we headed straight for the cool stuff (and we were following Snoop to see if we could get a better picture). Neither of us did too well with the spear. They have a launcher that goes along with the spear. It made Susie's go to the ground, and mine had no aim - but it went pretty far. |
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| Throwing the boomerang was cool. I got hosed since too many people rushed out in my group, so i only got one toss. It was pretty good, but didn't quite come back to me - probably within 15 feet though. In the picture, it is difficult to distinguish between me and the instructor (i think because of the netting) - note that i'm the one with the boomerang pointing ahead of me. |
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| Susie also give it a fling. She did REALLY well. The boomerang was on it's way back and almost dinged her in the head. OJ told her to catch it and she flinched - just like a girl ... (Mike is a JERK) [editing for this edition done by Susie] |
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