Australia trip JJT

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Australia trip JJT

we are three handsome guys traveling through Queensland Australia.



Europe » Sweden October 28th 2013

Arlanda - Sweden Welcoming party... Would have been nice. Home sweet home. We are now sitting outside Arlanda airport with freezing bottoms pushed against a frost cold bench. 4°C. Seriously? When we arrived in Arlanda we expected a welcoming party or some kind of greeting by our friends and Jespers and Johns girlfriends. But no, we waited and waited. Until we got a text from one of them saying: "landed yet? Could you pick up some snack at the local store on your way back? Love you, xoxo!". So here we are on the bench in the cold waiting for a taxi with the same old Swedish everyday routine. I guess we have learn a lesson from this trip, if you go to Australia, stay in Australia.... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville October 27th 2013

Day4 27th 01⁰⁶. Today our amazing trip ends, and soon we are leaving for Brisbane, where our plane departures from. The schedule over our flights that will take us back home looks the following Departures: 12.45 Brisbane, Queensland , Australia Brisbane Int'l Airport (BNE) Terminal I Arrival: 19.05 Singapore , Singapore Changi airport (SIN) Terminal 2 no change of airplane. Time until departure: 1h 15min Etihad Airways 473 Economy class Airbus A332 8h 20min Meal: food and drink inclusive Departures: 20.20 Singapore , Singapore Changi airport (SIN) Terminal 2 Arrival: 23.50 Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Intl airport (AUH) Terminal 3 Change of airplane. Time until departure: 2h 40min Etihad Airw... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville October 26th 2013

Day 3 in Townsville - October 26th Crystal creek After waking up on the beach in a scorching sun which was not providing gentle care for our skin we more or less felt for just spending the day in the motel taking a bath in sun gel. Although John who had found his way home early this morning were eager to leave for one last trip on our last whole day in Australia. Me and Jesper did not appeal since we thought a trip to the rainforest would be a nice last impression. Crystal Creek had got a lot of positive reviews and were about to get more from us. The drive to Paluma was a challenge but an amusing adventure, it was not clear where the road ended and the woods started, or the swamp ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville October 25th 2013

Day 2 in Townsville - October 25th Today we decided to treat ourselves to a little luxury, so we went down to the beach, only forty meters from our motel, but I got robbed! Paying an ice cream 7.99 AUD! The beach, or “the strand”, which it is called was beautiful and despite our earlier incident with the ice cream the day gave us time to relax after this eventful trip, that now unfortunately is coming to an end. And after swimming in 25°C I cannot say that we are longing back to Sweden, where the water probably have frozen by now. Anyway, we have to go now, the sun has gone down by the horizon and we would like to know what kind of nightlife this town is providing. - Tomas Haglund... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville October 24th 2013

Day 1 in Townsville – October 24th Arriving in Townsville – castle hill – the strand motel After a long exhausting car ride we finally reached Townsville. We checked in to a motel called “The Strand Motel” that gave us roof over our heads for the next three nights and cost us about 510 AUD. Since our arrival was delayed we did not have time to do everything we wanted today, neither did we have strength. Even though John and Jesper questioned my proposal, I successfully dragged them up to castle hill to get a nice view over the city (see picture) and get a perspective of what we were dealing with. - Tomas Haglund... read more




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