johnnybones

I’m sorry that I didn’t mention it in at all in yesterday’s entry but yesterday was the 4th anniversary of the London bombings. Here I was, riding the Tube without realising - crap, this is something that happened 4 years ago. The many modes of transport that I was freely exploring London on were terrorised in a cruel act that took the lives of 56 people, including the 4 perpetrators. Today, London is somewhat changed. I don’t think it will ever be the same after 7/7, although they’ve moved on - nothing against NYC but you have to build, rebuild and then move on. I thought about going on a day break to either Bath or Brighton but backed out when I saw what the prices were. I had 2 hours to kill before the Science ... read more

Man, I was so tired from the weekend - seeing that I didn’t sleep for much of it - and I will admit that there’s no bed like my own. But my sister Antonia came over right on 9am as she was taking me to the airport to make sure I got the plane on time. Worse things have happened before! My sister works for AQIS but told me that my shoes would have been fine to take to the UK - apparently their quarantine isn’t as strict as ours. Here are my shoes with grass clippings and dog shit as well. I also bumped into my cousin Ricardo, working the security in the customs desk. How appropriate that the last person I get to see is family - there is no escaping the Timorese. I’m ... read more

Graeme and I weren’t as seedy and sore today as we were yesterday. Maybe our bodies had become accustomed to this general feeling of seediness. Still, we were both craving a decent feed - Graeme did with hustling his flat mate for some Subway while I had something to eat at the airport. I didn’t mind if today’s plane was delayed because Geelong and St Kilda are going to play a game of AFL kicking off at 3pm. My plane left at 2pm and it wouldn’t be much worth trying to watch it on the plane, especially when we were due to land at 3.30pm. But guess what? The plane was delayed, woo hoo! Just like how the first plane to Perth was delayed, I was happy as it would mean I could be able to ... read more

I really could have done with some southern fried chicken seeing that today was American Independence Day, but Graeme and I settled for Indooroopilly’s Coffee Club for a greasy breakfast. 2 days in a row I am hungover and eating dirty food, I guess I have to get used to this. “Red Dog” made sure I got on the right train and it was good that he lived near the Ipswich line. I caught a train on this line many times before, but no train trip beats the one Robbie and I had that with the awesome train guard from Caboolture to Booval, way back in 2003. I Sherwood have wanted to see the Ippy Girls again but they have come down with the flu, so bowling didn’t take place last night. I’ll have to make ... read more

I must have had about 80 beers when I booked these plane tickets for this morning’s flights as a) it was departing at 8am and b) it was to Brisbane, when I was actually going to Surfers Paradise tonight. Thankfully this was my only knobbish behaviour to be exhibited on this leg. Any negative vibes about getting up so early, being on the train before sunrise, the cold crisp Sydney morning air were forgotten upon landing in Brisbane, even if it was foggy (smog is probably a more accurate description). It seemed to clear up the further I got out of Brisbane and there were only clear skies when I got into the Gold Coast. I hadn’t had much in the way of breakfast so to say I was starving was an understatement. Club sandwiches are ... read more

All that is left in my room was everything that Brooke and Callan didn’t take last night - a box of donuts and a 2L bottle of coke, plus some peanuts. I planned to only have the donut on hand this morning, but last night I dozed off without putting much of a dent in my booze stock. I guess that’s something I’ll take into consideration for the rest of my trip. I’m not going to pack too much because I’ll always end up with more than I came with. At lese there weren’t any nasty hangovers to report! ... read more