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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast » parklands July 7th 2012

Lets get this blog started. This cold little Kiwi-turned-Victorian has just had her first day in Sunny Queensland. It began with a lovely walk up the street I am staying on in the Gold Coast Hinterlands. For those first few moments, you smell the subtropical flora, you hear the birds sing out to each other, you feel the gentle morning sun and the 19 degree climate. Then five minutes later you have gotten used to it all, and you are thinking about what else you might do with the day. Oh, how quickly the human species habituates and takes what it has for for granted. After a leisurely breakfast with my hosts, we turned to the days plans. My host had already been on the case and printed off maps of the two nearest national ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast » parklands January 21st 2007

Bugga! Where did everyone go? A quick scan around & a little way off I see those lovely red petals bobbing along above the masses! Gertie saves the day again. Gertrude the flower's 1st big day out was an awesome experience! She had the best view up high of all the bands & she loved the pommy gals (mafromantics & Lilly Allen), was spun out by that 1 guy's weird instrument, bounced around to TZU, was catapulted into the air by the sling shot ride, got low with the streets, enjoyed muses energetic set then danced her petals off with the crystal meth dj's! I think a majority of the gold coast BDO either met, kissed (sometimes very inappropriately!), hugged, saw or heard about Gertrude the flower! And she made my & most people she ... read more
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