I've got freckles... O.o

Seriously weird. I've got freckles on my calves and some on near my eyes I didn't have before. Damn sun... thankfully the ones of my face are fading, but the ones on my calves look like their there to stay. Damn. AND I WORE SUNSCREEN AND EVERYTHING!!! sheesh. Although I missed patches with the sunscreen that resulted in sunburn on feet, knees, and my head. As in scalp head. I didn't even know you could get sunburn there, unless you were bald or something. And with my lot of hair, you'd think I DEFINITELY couldn't. But it was mainly in the area of my scar, so thats probably why. Maybe I should back up a bit - I got the sunburn cuz I went on hols, to some place called Merribulla or something along those lines. It was a nice place, although it would've been nicer with a decent shopping mall. And not because I'm a shop-a-holic - although I do have my moments - but because I love the city. Small towns aren't my thing, and although Mer-whatever wasn't heaps small, it would've been bigger with a mall. :P
It did have some pretty good snorkeling - pretty fishies. Couple of things I learnt about snorkeling:

1. Beware of oysters. I have about nine deep cuts on my feet, hands and knees from getting a bit too close to oyster/mussel covered rocks. Pain... much pain...

2. Beware of sandy spots in the water. Lots and lots of sting rays. They were seriously stalking us - there wasn't a beach we went to that I didn't see at least five. Some were roughly the size of a dinner plate (well, maybe a couple of inches bigger, but that'll give you an idea) while others were seriously at least four or five feet wide. HUGE. Don't get me wrong, their beautiful and all, but when the tail of a four foot ray is sticking up right in front of you, its a little daunting. And when their pretty much EVERYWHERE and your constantly almost stepping on them due to their fascination with the ocean floor, it starts to get a bit creepy.

3. Beware of sisters. My sis J saw a tail of what we now presume was a sand shark under a rock when we were snorkeling, and really freaked. Except all she screamed was 'shark' so my over-active imagination turned into a whole 'Jaws' thing with great whites out to get us etc. She gave me a heart attack! So mad dash for shore. In the end we decided it was most likely a sand shark and ended up going back into the water. We didn't see it again though, so the mystery remains... Was it a sand shark, or was it something more... sinister?!! *Dramatic, Jaws-inspired music*

But yeah, I still had heaps of fun. Although I got sand everywhere. Which leads me to a random idea: magnetic sand. While your on the beach, its perfectly normal, i.e totally annoying. Then the moment you leave the beach, the magnets kick in and you can watch as all your sand goes flying back to the beach, leaving you sand free and even better, your clothes, car, hair, and swimmers sand free! Its perfect!

Although people who liked to use metal detectors on the sand to find other peoples stuff might have to find a new spot. I wonder if metal detectors work in water???