I'm trying really hard to remain positive right now.  Out of all of the options for what I could do today, I picked coming to Straddie because it was easy to get to and one of the only journeys less than two hours.  Planned it all out online, checked all the schedules.

Get off the hour-long train into Cleveland, take the free bus over to the ferry and OH LOOK there goes the water taxi! Next one is in two hours!  TWO HOURS!  So it's 11:15 in the morning, the sun is out and it's a beautiful day, and my options are to either sit in this fucking parking lot for two hours and wait, which will then get me over to the island around 1:30, or just go back to Brisbane and get back there at 1.  I can't believe this.  I fucking hate Brisbane, there really has been nothing good that's happened in the week I've been here I can't wait to head to Alice Springs tomorrow.