One hump or two?

I can now add camel riding to my list of odd life experiences. A few days ago, Macquarie University had its annual Open Day where prospective students and their families can visit campus. Though geared towards high school students, Stephanie (another uni student from America) and I could not resist the lure of free stuff and, of course, camel rides!! (We have no shame.) We ended up with heaps of free goodies: thongs (flip flops), cotton candy, slushies, two free bags, and signs with our names written on them in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The highlight of the day, however, was the camel ride. After waiting about an hour in line, we had an epic three minute ride on Ruby. I must say camels' backs are pretty narrow and bony which made for rather uncomfortable riding...but it was certainly worth the wait! Below is a short video clip and a few pics of our highly anticipated camel ride.

Please note the protective headgear...still not sure how that would have helped in case of a fall.

Ready for the ride...