I started my 25th day without shirt the right way this morning, at 4:30am...uggh. We left early and hiked up to the top of a nearby mountain and watched the sunrise, which was incredible, but turns out that the top of a mountain before sunrise is actually quite windy and cold, probably amplified a bit however by the absence of a shirt..oh well. We hiked up there 2 days ago to catch the sunset, but it ended up setting behind the mountains, so we decided the sunrise over the ocean would be worth it, and it was. And it is just about time to go hit a hammock by the pool for a well timed nap. This past week has been very relaxed, haven't really been doing much hiking, just enjoying the perfect 85 degree weather laying by the ocean and hanging out with friends here at the hostel. My time is winding down on the island, we leave next Saturday morning to bus down to Airlie beach; we've seen about all there is to see here, and cleaned enough hostel toilets to last a lifetime, so I think I'm ready to move on. Although Colin and I have found good ways to keep ourselves entertained..we've become scientists of sorts you could say, performing experimental research on the fauna and flora, such as... What will happen after a month of pouring the dirty mop water on a tree? Or how will the subject in question (australian possum) respond when a laser is pointed at it, or how will it respond to me kicking it after it bit me on the toe? Or what will the response be when lemon spray cleaner is applied to various flying insects that get in our way while cleaning? We'll see, thats just what scientists do.