Blogs from 1770, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

1770 is apprently the 2nd place Captain cook found on his travel to find Australia! well he didnt find much becasue there isnt much there! its a pretty sparse town with not a lot of people..not even much history in terms of museums or signs or historic houses. just a few small stores and a laundrette. we had caught an over night bus from midnight to 9.45am i fell asleep for most of the journey waking uop every so often as the seats were obviosuly not designed to sleep on. never mind. we got the 12oclecok shuttle bus and moseyed on down to the beach where there was a surf / life saving club littering the beach most of them kids that were amazing out on the waves! was a smallish beach with a lot of ... read more

15.2.2012 Bus to Agnes water/1770. Stayed at Beachside hostel which was nice. We arrived at 7 in the evening and all the shops were closed so we had nowhere to buy food! I think I would have turned into a dragon if I didn't eat. Luckily we found out that the hostel gives out free bread all day/night! There was loads of choice too, so we spoilt ourselves to penut butter sandwiches, yum. Also spoke to my Dad which was nice as hadn't been in contact for a while. 16.2.2012 Skyped Mum today as missing the family. Also feeling sorry for myself as phone is broken :( so not a good start to the day. Which I then later smacked my head on the bunkbeds which knocked me to the floor, so my day was going ... read more

Day 36, 17/10/11 Had free breakfast at hostel, bowl of cornflakes and some toast and then went to book Scooteroo. Used a bit of the free internet and hanged around a bit until 2:15 came which meant it was time for Scooteroo. Scooteroo was fantastic, you get a bikers jacket, a cool helmet and a cheap kiddies tattoo and then your off on a Harley Davidson style motorbike around the roads of Australia through Agnes Water and 1770 hitting speeds of about 80km/h (50mph). This was my first experience driving on Australian roads and it was brilliant. We got back at 6:30pm in time for my microwavable roast dinner, which wasn't as good as an English one but never mind. We then headed for the Greyhound which left at 9:10pm and was a 10 hour overnight ... read more

Well folks, its been a long time since the last blog, so after a wonderful week's holiday up the coast, I thought I would share with you all our latest road trip. Caz and I headed up the coast nearly 500km, to a small township on the Mainland at the southern tip of the Barrier Reef. There are two towns within 4km of each other on a beautiful peninsula, the first and larger town ( and by large I mean small!!!! ) is called Agnes Water and the second and smaller town ( and by small I mean really small!!!) is 1770. The town of 1770 is so named as it was the first place where Captain James Cook made landfall in Australia back in.... strangely enough 1770.... the 24th May 1770 to be precise. I ... read more

Um 8:30 liefen wir mit dem Boot „Lady Musgrave“ zur gleichnamigen Lagune aus. Diese Lagune gehört zum südlichsten Teil des Great Barrier Reef. Dieses erstreckt sich insgesamt 2.000 km entlang der Ostküste von Australien. Erster Programmpunkt war eine kleine Wanderung auf der Insel. Hier wurde uns etwas über die Vogel- und Schildkrötenarten erzählt. Die Insel besteht nur aus abgestorbenen Korallen und Muscheln. Der Seeweg zurück zum Boot wurde mit einem kleinen Beiboot mit Glasboden zurückgelegt. Hierbei konnten wir schon einmal einen schönen Einblick in die Unterwasserwelt bekommen. Auch die erste Wasserschildkröte konnten wir bestaunen. Nach einem Mittagessen hatte man noch genügend Zeit zum Schnorcheln. Da die Wassertemperatur nur 18° Grad betrug, entschieden wir uns für einen Neoprenanzug. Während Jürgen und Michi sich in die faszinierende Unterwasserwelt stürzten,... read more

Bit of a rush in the end leaving Kincumber, but made it with 3 minutes to catch our breath, before getting on board the first proper train in Australia. Now we have done planes, trains and automobiles. The 1 1/2 train trip to Newcastle went really fast and before we knew it we we're getting of the train and putting our bags in the cloakroom. 5 hours needed to be killed in Newcastle while we we're waiting for the bus and we found ourselves learning all about the convict history, grabbing some food and having a few drinks by the harbour before getting our bags and catching the night bus to Surfers Paradise (12 hours on the Greyhound JOY!) We got the later bus and so missed the film but we're lucky to get two seats ... read more

My football related temper is no better after the last post. Couldn’t find AFL on the radio & the Bombers were again useless. Aside from that things are pretty good. In the couple of days we were at Burrum River we visited Burrum Heads, Hervey Bay & some little spots in between. We fished in the Burrum River & Phil got a couple of eels but nothing else. Considering the weather, which was pretty crappy, Burrum River Caravan Park is well worth a visit. The staff were great & the few people that ventured out into the rain were friendly & gave some good travel tips. The last three nights were spent at 1770. All I can say is AWESOME! We got a spot right on the beach – by right on the beach I mean ... read more

So....a lot has happened since our last post! Here's a quick breakdown of where we have been since Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands: after Airlie Beach we travelled down to Rockhampton for a few nights (including a day trip to Myella Farm (more on that later)) and from there we went to 1770/Agnes Water and then we moved on down to Rainbow Beach for a night (it's near Fraser Island) and from Wednesday 25th we have stayed with my family (my dad's cousin) in Coolum on the Sunshine Coast. Since the last post we have tried our hand at a few new activities and although not being brilliant at all of them, they have all been an experience nonetheless... When we stayed in Rockhampton (the cow meat capital of Australia and not Ellie friendly!), we ... read more

I didn't get eaten I didn't get injured I didn't die of unfittness!! I RODE A WAVE!!!! (on my second attempt) I love surfing!!! If I was here for longer I would go everyday. This isn't a very long blog, just wanted you to know I am alive and kicking. And that I'm now a surfer chick... Later dudes Kate x... read more

I really love Hammocks!! So we are staying in this Hostel, which you can't even reall call a hostel, it's more a holiday resort, we are staying in wooden cabins, and there is a campfire at night, there's a pool, a bar, pool table etc. AND HAMMOCKS!!!! this morning i woke up and went and chilled on a hammock after breakfast, later, well after this blog i'm going to lay on a hammock with a pad and paper, i'll probably end up writing about hammocks. Can you tell i like hammocks?? In other news. We were going to go for surf lessons today but going tomorrow instead because we want to hang out here today, it feels like we are in the middle of nowhere but they run shuttle buses into town all the time, it's ... read more