We've already paid for that

Waking up today, we knew that the morning would be slightly easy -  all we had to do was put our luggage into our storage unit and head to the airport. It was easier said than done because with five suitcases, lugging them around was rather difficult! We were able to get two suitcases into the storage unit before it started raining. Yes, as you have read in the blog, it has been raining in Sydney for the last week it seems! Since we knew that we had to get all of our luggage into the unit, we decided we would take on the rain and carry the rest of the suitcases to the unit. If getting our luggage into the unit wasn’t exciting enough, today was the day we would get our bond back! We were super excited about this until our landlord tried shorting us out 50 bucks each saying that we hadn’t paid yet. We set her straight right needless to say. Since it was the last time at our place, we said bye to our house mates (the ones that were there) and headed off to the library, so I could print out my itinerary for the return flight back to the United States. As we stepped into the library, Lauren and I were both shocked to see that most of the computers were open (this is really exciting because usually there are no computers open). It seemed that everything was going just as planned with printing until we found out that all the printers were frozen! What are the chances? So, we’ll just put that off until we get back. Wondering where we are going? Well, we have set up a week trip to explore Tasmania and Melbourne and it was time to finally head to the airport for our first stop: Launceston! We got to the airport the same way we went to Cairns, making it seem like getting to the airport is a breeze! We actually consider ourselves airport pros because checking in and getting through security now comes so easy to us! As we made our way to the gate, we noticed that the gate number on our boarding pass and the gate number the attendant told us were different. Slightly confused, we just went with the one that was on our boarding pass. We should have listened to the attendant because they ended up changing our gate number! Once we found our right gate, we soon boarded the plane and were off on a 1 ½ hour flight to Launceston! We found that this was much more enjoyable than longer flights such as Cairns which was 3 hours! As we landed, we were told that we could not bring any outside fruit, which we thought was ridiculous, but apparently Tasmania doesn’t have crop disease like mainland Australia, so they are cautious on what they allow ing in. That being said, we had to do some grubbing because we brought 3 apples and two bananas! We stuffed our faces with delicious fruits, but were slightly sad since we would have no more fruit after that. Once we finally made our way through, we headed outside the airport to find a shuttle bus that would take us directly to our couch surfer’s house! With no other way of getting there, we thought that this would be the best way. The ride was rather crowded and again, we were one of the last ones off, but it was totally worth it. As we walked up to the door, Claire opened the door and greeted us, telling us to come in and set our stuff down. She later offered us some Milo (Australian hot chocolate), and you know Lauren, she couldn’t resist! For the rest of the night, we just sipped on our milo and told our stories. Will came back a little later and helped us plan out what to do throughout our two days in Launceston. Claire graciously offered to drive us to a few different places the next day and went to bed excited for what was to come in the morning.