Blogs from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 195

Hello everyone. I am writing this journal entry on my final night in Australia. At 9.20 tommorrow morning we will be flying to Christchurch which we are all really excited about. My final adventures in this country have included a very unsuccessful trip to the Great Barrier Reef, a visit to the Australia Zoo, and a sky dive! The Great Barrier Reef: Well, I have always dreamed of visiting the Great Barrier Reef and it was one of the main things that I was looking forward to being able to do in Australia. So, despite the bad weather in Cairns we decided that we would still venture out there for the day. It took about two hours to get out to the first location for the day and this was long enough for me to turn ... read more

well... After about 20 hoursof flight we all found ech other in Brisbane, Austrilia awaiting the last leg of our journey. So far we have had several interesting happenings. 1st Deena started having chest pain while at out house while loading her bags. Normally I wouldn't pay too much attention but seeing as she recently had a pneumothorax, it was concerning to me because if she wentinto a pressurized cabin she could die. Well she did not have a reoccurrance of the condition so every thing was fine and her pain went away. The next mis hap is the tail falling off the air plane we are supposed to take to PNG. We are still waiting to see how tht turns out. We have recently been informed that Pete and Deena as well as Greg are ... read more

After Darwin we flew to Cairns and, in tribute to those of you who went to Newnham College or boarding school, we stayed at the Cairn's Girls Hostel. All very clean and homely, with Dawn Shit-bugger (possibly not her real name, but definitely should have been considering the frequency with which she used those words) slightly aggressively looking after 'her' girls... We spent a couple of days wandering round Cairns and getting free meals with vouchers from the hostel. Now, there is something strange about getting given food vouchers. Although backpackers love anything free, handing over a voucher for my dinner does make me feel a bit like a benefit fraud. Fortunately, I managed to battle these sentiments long enough to hand over the voucher and eat my food... On our third day in Cairns, we ... read more

I was lucky to have a couple of days in Brisbane. I have a lot of family who live there so was a good chance to catch up. I had already spent the previous day relaxing and walking around the shops. It was so nice to be in a place that has decent shops and good food. I decided to go and visit my aunty in a place called Ipswitch which is about forty five minutes away. Luckily our hotel is in a great location right above the central train station. So I jumped on a train and my aunty came and met me at the station and took me back to her house where we had lunch. We spent the afternoon catching up which was really nice. We then went and dropped by my other ... read more

Ja da var man altsaa i Brisbane for fjerde gang. Av en eller annen grunn kommer jeg alltid tilbake til denne byen. Ikke for at jeg vil, men det blir bare saann. Denne gangen pga av at jeg er paa vei soerover til Sydney, og det gikk ikke direkte fly fra Airlie Beach til Sydney. Desverre hadde ikke Mari gjort forberedelsene sine skikkelig, saa da jeg kom til Brisbane glad og fornoeyd viste det seg at hver eneste hostell i hele byen var full booket. Saa naa er da klokka 3 paa natta, jeg har vaert vaaken siden kl 9 i morningen. Flyet mitt til Sydney gaar kl halv 8, altsaa om 4 timer. Saa jeg sitter da her paa en internettcafe midt paa natten aa har pent lite aa gjoere. Troett. Snork. Rundt meg sitter ... read more