Blogs from North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

So after a few days of chill, reading my book, going out for lunch with Jack, we decided to go to North Stradbroke Island, (Minjerribah). We got up at 6:30am to get ready before we set off at 7:30am to get the ferry from Cleveland. An hour later we were queuing up to get the ferry and I decided to go for a quick toilet stop, the loo paper seemed as though it was from war time, rationed bit by bit and so thin! First world problems. Anyway, the ferry men directed us onto the ferry and so ensued some very strategic parking in order to get as many people on as possible. We were on our way. We reached Dunwich Jetty about 45mins later and from there we drove to Amity beach to see if ... read more

Zcela neplanovany, zato pekne povedeny denni (a pres-nocni) vylet na blizky ostruvek Straddie. Opustite mesto ve 2 odpoledne, abyste v 6 vecer rozlozili stan v krasnem kempu na severo-zapadnim cipu pisecneho ostrova a o hodinu pozdeji pri veceri na molu vyhlizeli (a videli) delfiny, jak si pluji kolem. Zabavne momenty z teto cesty: Otevreny balicek 4 zmrzlin byl necekane zlevnen na cenu jedne zmrzliny. Chyba v Matrixu Zrovna dnes, kdy se cesta vlakem ve 2 jevila jako nejlepsi, odjel posledni vlak ve 1:30 (nastesti mam rychlou chuzi po mamince a stihla jsem spoj z nedalekeho nadrazi) Po 4. hodine odpoledni na ostrove nejezdi autobus do zapadniho kempu. Stopovani se vydarilo - 6. auto mirilo sem a to s pani ridickou, vedouci kempu (jinak bychom nedostali karticky od koupelny - maji to pekne vymakany) Nocni sledovani hvezd...prekazily ... read more

Navštěvují tu dva biologické předměty, protože nabízí možnost výletu (samozřejmě s vědeckým účelem). Díky tomu jsem se dostala na víkend na North Stradbroke Island na Moreton Bay research station University of Queensland. Předpověď počasí slíbila na víkend déšť v takovém množství, které se vyskytuje za celý měsíc. Hned na úvod nás vyučující varovali obrázkem toho, co nás může zabít, znehybnit, nebo způsobit nesnesitelnou bolest. Pátek a sobotu jsme mrzli: byli jsme rozdělení do skupinek a museli dělat nějaký projekt v terénu. Naše čistě dívčí skupina se slečnami z USA a Anglie (takže jsem častokrát jen s úsměvem přikyvovala) se rozhodla počítat plže rodu neptejteseměprosím! a ústřice a tím se snažit zjistit, zda spolu korelují ;) Vstávačka v 5:30, abychom stihly počítat než přijde příliv po 7:37, těžký život biologa. Ponoření ve vodě, případně pochodování kolem s ... read more

Woke to rain and it continued for most of the morning so decided to stay put and relax, and get this blog up to speed with some old entries. Naomi made pumpkin scones. When it did settle, there wasn't a puff of wind and the bay was like a mill-pond. Discovered the speaker for the VHF isn't working- will put that on the "to do" list. Went for another beach stroll.... read more

Some choose to spend the Queensland public Ekka holiday at the show grounds and others choose to travel over to Straddie and experience the golden sands and deserted beaches instead. Guess what we decided to do? We were fortunate enough to have a complimentary two night stay at our favourite residential accommodation at Home Beach so left work early and caught the 5pm ferry and enjoyed watching the sunset over Moreton Bay as we travelled the 45 minute crossing and went into instant relax mode. We had recently changed our car and bought a Toyota Landcruiser 4WD so that we could experience off road driving and explore more of the Australian outback on future holidays. So with a permit to drive on the beach and a tide timetable we planned to explore Main and Flinders Beach ... read more