Saturday 24th September - Emily and Tony to stay

I woke up in the night in unbearable pain from my stomach which was cramping up as though someone was squeezing it really tight. At 6am Gaz was telling me i had to cancel Emilys trip up to see me and that if i was this bad on sunday i couldnt go whale watching. I feel bad because i told him to shut up, when really he was only trying to look after me. At 9am my stomach was still sore but i didnt want to let on to Gaz how bad it was because i didnt want him to call Emily to cancel the trip so i said it was feeling ok and i sat on the bed drawing doodles whilst he played on the computer. He did really well today so by 1pm  he was finished for the day and i insisted we go to the Hervey Bay historical museum around the corner from us. It is a bit like St Fagans...only in 26 degree heat. The people who worked there we so friendly and were so excited 1. to see soneone actually IN the museum and 2. Because we 'have an accent' as they put it and they want to know the ins and outs of where we are from and what brings us to hervey bay. The museum consisted of a number of original houses, each themed out with original antique items. It was really interesting to see the old dental chair and the foot pedal drill and the box with the gas and air. We were both surprised at how big the place was and it took my mind off the toilet for a little while, even if my stomach was cramping as i walked.

At 3pm we got home and collapsed on the bed from exhaustion. The heat really takes it out of you! By 5pm Emily had arrived with her new bf, Tony (althought not officially bf/gf but they practically are). He is very much like Gareth and i think she will do well to keep hold of this one!

We took Emily and Tony for a drive down the Esplanade and sat and had a drink outside at the harbour. It began getting chili as a breeze blew in so we scraped the idea of an outdoor bbq and instead settled for dinner in the local italian restaurant. The restaurant was extremly busy and we took the last free table. The service and the food wasnt as good as the first time we ate there which was disappointing. Its great to see Emily again and we had lots to catch up on. Gaz and Tony were also getting on very well so it wasnt awkward for Emily and I to chat amongst ourselves leaving them two to it. I was going to put pictures of the museum up but the camera is downstairs and i dont want to wake people going to get it so i shall put the pictures up tomorrow when i also have (hopefully) some whale photos to post!