Blogs from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 203

Hello! Pretty much the first chance I’ve had to use free internet since last blog as it takes a bit too long to do all the photos and stuff when you have to pay for it! First few weeks in Aus were spent just chilling at Joe’s mums, quite good getting to know the locals and seeing a bit of the “real Australia”. Was pretty warm and very dry and got a bit too much dealing with the flies all the time! Very nice house, although the town itself was pretty boring. The pubs and bars here just have no culture or atmosphere whatsoever, its just brand new buildings, all looking the same and just filled with hundreds of gambling machines! They absolutely love it! Played a bit of football and golf, went sheep shearing with ... read more

Indeed....some quiet empty holidays. While there are likely quieter places to spend the holiday season in this country, Brisbane has still be quite the ghost town...especially the West End, where I've taken up temporary residence. I'm staying in my own room finally in a boarding house and its okay, but its really hot in my room and the common areas aren't too welcoming. I'm the only traveler and all the locals (mostly in their 30s) can tell. I'm there at least another week and then we'll see. My restaurant was closed for the week so I had plenty of time to kill. Spent it mostly playing bass and walking around, saw a couple movies, tried to get out of the city to this lookout point but didnt check the return times....had all of 10 minutes out ... read more

to everyone! Hope you all had a good night. As for me, I went to Brisbane Broncos Rugby ground for a meal and a few drinks! Christmas was weird - had a barbecue outside and played badminton and cricket so a bit different to normal, I had no Christmas feelings whatsoever but it was a great day... Boxing Day took us to Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast and I happened to bump into a friend of mine.....Steve Irwin!!!!! Yup, I was lucky enough to see him wrestling crocs which was really lucky because he's never meant to be there. Result! From the 27th-30th I went to Sydney with the folks. Had a great time..our hotel room was looking over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. Took lots of pictures. We went to Bondi Beach ... read more

Check ud O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse, Lamington Nat. Park. Køretur til Hervey Bay. Ankomst torsdag aften hotel Kondari Resort, Hervey Bay. Dagen er en transit-dag, hvor vi koerer fra Lammington National Park nordpaa til Hervey Bay. Koereturen paa ca. 450 km. tager ca. 6 tinmer inkl. frokost i Ginger Fabric! Hotellet i Hervey Bay indeholder efter boernenes mening den hidtil bedste pool paa turen - de tilbringer ca. 3 timer i den! En del af hotellet er en stoerre spillebule for primaert lokale. Vi handler ind som skulle vi opholde os i en uge paa en oede oe - men saa er vi ogsaa klar til den dyre Fraser Island i morgen. Jonatan og Tobias sover hos deres bedstefar om natten.... read more

O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse, Lamington Nat. Park (dag 4 af 4). Kim og Kirsten gaar morgentur, hvor vi ser forskellige fugle som f.eks. playboy og the rainforest ved sin rede med blaa ting. Kirsten, Karl-Johan og Verner gaar en meget varm eftermiddagstur og ser blandt andet et flot vandfald efter gaardagens voldsomme regnvejr. Kim, Kirsten og drengene gaar Treetop-tur inkl. turen 36 meter op i et meget stort trae med udsigt over regnskoven. Det begynder dog at regne og tordne - ikke et ret fedt at opholde sig i en traetop i tordenvejr. Frokosten indtages i den udendoers del af cafeen, hvor en ravn holder oeje med, om nogen rester levnes til den. Et voldsomt regn- og haglvejr bryder loes. Haglene er megete store (vel 1-2 centimer i diameter), saa de lokale skynder sig at faa koert ... read more