I woke up 6 hours later in Rockhampton, a larger city south of Airlie beach. It reminded me so much of home, with a greyhound station, McDonalds, Subway, Pizza Hut, Dominos and other American stores and restraints. We waited in McDonalds, as Daniele was flying into Rockhampton at 7:30. Soon enough he arrived and we all piled into the car for the 45-minute ride to Yeppoon. The area is very arid with fields of yellow grass, broken up by steep mountains with lush green vegetation on the sides of the bright orange rock. In Yeppoon we went to the house and picked up some of the luggage Daniele had brought down for us. We headed into the heart of Yeppoon and Daniele told us he decided to rent a house for a few days. He hadn’t
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