One mad weekend!

As Tom and i hadn't ventured of the farm in two weeks we decided to hitch hike down to the most southerly point in Australia called cockle creek. Pete and Joss left before us with the intention of meeting in a campsite down there.
We packed our bags and headed off early that afternoon. We got our first lift about 30 kilometres to a small pub. The next people too pick us up would change our plans before we could say no.
It took all of 30 seconds to get our next lift buy three very friendly people. The Lady driving was called Heidi, he husband in the front Glen who was drinking and Loui who is Glen's dingee captain. Glen is an abalone diver which means he was mega loaded. By the time we had got to Dover they had planned for us to have a few beers and a BBQ with them on the Friday night and the next day Loui would take us out in Glen's new dingee. After the BBQ at Glens he took us down the pub to meet all the locals and try and get us a job on the cherries which we didn't really want but it was real nice of him to offer. We meet his daughter (Brooke) and her boyfriend (Cam) both are legends and they took us out to a little spot after the pub called the posi. The posi is a little area where you can drive into and have a fire while;e being about 5 feet from the beach. We stayed there for a few hours and had a few more drinks. Buy this time i was plastered so we headed back and went to bed in the spare room.
Loui woke us up early Saturday morning and told us to get ready to go out on the boat. Heidi cooked us breakfast and we chatted about what a good night last night was. Glen took us down to the boat ramp while Cam went back to his house to get his boat. We took our fishing rod and Loui took us out to the islands called Faith, Hope and Charity. We put the rod in a few times but didn't catch anything. We went to a few other islands then headed back to the bay to have a go on the donuts. Dover has a massive salmon fishing committee so we stopped by one of the boats collecting the salmon out of the nets and would you believe it..... The captain was the dude who gave us our first lift. We chatted to him for a while and he gave us a massive salmon so fresh that the blood was still dripping from the hole in its head. Before we got the donuts out we had another little fish. Tom went first and caught nothing then it was my go and a caught a Flathead i was so chuffed. The $20 rod was worth it, i wa s so pleased to have caught something i almost jumped out of the boat and into the water. We had a go in the donuts and Tom and i were play fighting trying to throw each other off which was a really good laugh until he jumped from his to mine and head butted me by accident.
After we'd taken to boats back to the house we had yet another BBQ and this time we had the salmon that we just been given which was so tasty. That evening we had a few more beers with Glen and yet another BBQ. 2 days 3 BBQ's and i'd drunk so much. I really felt like i was having an typical Australian weekend.
The next day Cam and Brooke offered to take us out for a drive down to cockle creek so we actually got to see the whole reason we'd left the farm. We stopped a few times on the way down at a couple beaches and cliff spots. When we got to Cockle creek i was really glad that we never got that far because there wasn't a shop and it would have been hideously boring to stay down there all weekend.We had a few photos with the whale statue and then planned to go on the "Air walk" in the near by town of Geeveston. Thankfully Brooke got us in for free because she knew the lady working at the gate which saved Tom and I $24 each. We did the air walk and then the swinging bridges. I'll post some photos when i get a chance. When we got to Cams his dad has the BBQ ready and was smoking the last of our salmon for us.
That evening we went to another party near Cam's house which was a really good laugh made a few more friends. The brothers Grimm i meet at the party offered to take Tom and I out shooting the next day which was going to be amazing. The reason i called the pair the brothers Grimm is because one of them jumped his car of the wharf into the sea, the car was brand new by the way! The other killed animals at the weekend for farmers who could catch the cattle or were too sick to move. That night anyway i got steaming and into a downing competition with some Aussie fella called Jake. I ended up being very very sick that night but it was all fun and games.
Monday the brothers Grimm came to pick us up from Cams and take us shooting. We shoot a few bottles with a few guns. Tom took a video of me shooting one of them so I'll have to post that up because the look on my face after shooting it was priceless! Lou always said i would pull a funny face when i shoot a gun and was she ever right! That wouldn't be the last thing i shot this weekend.
The boys gave Tom and I a lift back to the farm to change and go to this Australia day party. At this point Tom dived out so i had to go it alone. When i got to the party which was near Hobart i was given a cup with "Jimmy the Welshman" on it and the number 5 written on my left hand, little did i know that i would to finish my beer every time the dice landed on 5. I paid the guy $10 to have a share of the three kegs of beer they had got in for the party. Once I'd had a few Cam and a few of the other boys came and took me to Cam's work to make an orange cannon. What a barrel of laughs that was. It's a very simple idea that requires 3 pieces of plastic pipe (various sizes), glue, an electric lighter from a BBQ and some hairspray or lynx. The cannon shot the orange about 400 to 500 metres, EASY! They took a video of me firing it which i really must get my hands from some how. We carried on drinking and larking about with the orange gun. I got a lift back about 9pm to get some much needed sleep before the weeks work ahead. Oh and i had another BBQ, surprise suprise.4 days 5 BBQ's!