Blogs from Aspley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Something truly bizarre happened this morning, I slept in until ten o'clock...so by the time I was breakfasted, showered and shaved it was pretty much half past eleven!! For the first time since arriving in Brisbane, I jumped on the 353 into the City from the stop literally just over the road...why I have been trekking half way across the district to the 345 route for no obvious reason is now worrying me!! I had a good wander in town today taking in Queens Plaza shopping mall, Mick O'Malleys Irish Bar (where I encountered a very strange individual called Francis who wore the 'I've done it all' t-shirt) and then once I had escaped his clutches using my 'Escape from Colditz tunnel card', I scaled the steps of the strike ten pin bowling alley and partook ... read more

It's Thursday...and I think today is the first of my travels where I have actually made a mental note of what day it is. The morning came and went without anything of note happening and it wasn't until mid-afternoon that the first newsworthy event occurred...a bell ringing!! For a short moment, I was pretty excited thinking it was a rag and bone man complete with horse and cart...I haven't seen one of those since I was a kid...imagine my disappointment when I realised what the source of this noise was...an ice cream van!! Don't ice cream vans normally play jolly musical ditties? The lack of jolly musical ditties worries me!!! I also checked into my bank today to check on the fluidity of funds, so far so good!!! I also took a short stroll up to ... read more

Seven hours after the event, I still haven't got the slightest clue as to what that film was about last night...this worries me!! After saying my goodbyes to Tracy, Andy and Byron...the airport shuttle bus arrived and I plonked my case in the trailer and clambered in. It wasn’t until we reached the next collection point that the driver realised that he failed to shut the trailer door and my case was half hanging out, he informed me of this fact when he got back into the driver's seat. I am sure the Australian customs officers have me down as either a drug trafficker or terrorist as my day continued with being 'randomly selected (yeah rite)' for their explosive/ illegal substance screening process which involved having my bag searched and the contents, plus pockets, shoelaces and ... read more

It was a lovely Saturday morning and we have planned the garage sale for weeks. This was it! The time to shed all of the stuff which was hanging around which you can't really put on E-bay and sell quick enough, although we would have received a better price through E-bay, I'll bet. However we needed to off load some stuff quick so it was time to do it! The ad was placed for the sale to be from 7am-12 noon. Not complicated, we thought, but we had been warned! THEY WOULD COME! Who are they? They are the people with no sense of time, Day, morning, a little after the listings get out at 2am, it doesn't matter. We had set our alarm for 5:30am so we could get up have a leisurely breakfast, tie ... read more

A huge hello to everyone reading this, we are nearly there. 12th July we fly to Costa Rica for the beginning of our big adventure. If you are heading out at the same time send us a note and maybe we can catch up and ward off boredom on the plane. Excited noooooo! not us! ... read more