Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Nun nach langer Zeit mal wieder ein Blog. Leider geht es mir (mal wieder) nicht ganz so gut. Ich habe vor 3 Tagen gemeint mir die Treppenstufen vom Nahen zu betrachten. Das war wohl keine gute Idee, weil ich mir dabei die linke Schulter ausgekugelt habe. Naja...zumindest ist es diesmal nicht die Rechte. :-) Ich bin dadurch also momentan in ärztlicher Behandlung und kann nicht arbeiten. Bedeutet: Ich muss GAAAAAANZ viel Geld ans Krankenhaus abgeben, verdiene aber keinen Cent. Man schlussfolgere: Mal wieder eine Finanzkrise hier in Australien. :-) Naja...aber momentan geht es mir schon wieder besser und ich hoffe in spätestens 3 Tagen wieder anfangen können zu arbeiten. Aber von vorne... Ich bin vor reichlich 2 Wochen in Bundaberg angekommen. Ich hatte das Glück bereits nach 2 Tagen einen festen Job zu bekommen. Ich wurde ... read more

On passe la nuit à Hervey Bay près de la plage, nuit calme mais je me réveille un peu malade. On décide quand même de faire une virée à vélo le long de l’esplanade qui fait 16km. On trouve un bon prix pour la journée dans un hôtel de backpackers. Le temps n’est pas fameux mais ça ne nous empêche pas d’apprécier la balade. On s’arrète pour la photo devant un musée consacré à la chasse aux requins blancs, on ne le fera pas car on ne cautionne pas ce genre de pratique. Depuis 2004 c’est heureusement interdit par la loi en Australie. Le déjeuner est pris chez une mamie qui fait les meilleurs burgers de la ville, réputation justifiée ! Bien qu’on puisse les rendre à 19h pour le même prix, on ramène ... read more

Well it's 2am not able to get back to sleep after dismantling ratteling clothesline, it's a bit windy here tonight. We had a good day, day 2 in Karumba. There is not a lot to do here, a good place to chill out and rest up for a while, which we are doing. Slept in this morning, Jim and I didn't have breakfast until 10am. After we finished breakie (a bacon toasted sandwich) a lady camped next to Alan & Jane popped over with some fillets of fresh caught fish for all of us, what a treat. We were going to have them for dinner but Jim had seen a sign down the road "live mud crabs for sale" - so we all bought muddies and got a free stubbie cooler for each crab we bought. ... read more

Well we have made it to the Gulf of Carpentaria, not actually planned for today but we decided to push on and get here a day earlier, We are all spent!!!( We travelled around 510 ks today ) Not a great nights sleep last night, we slept between road trains wizzing by, the free camp was close to the road,as they say you get what you pay for. We stopped in Cloncurry to top up on fuel,then headed off for Burke and Wills roadhouse, a tiny Oasis in the middle of nowhere, we stopped in there and all had steak sandwhiches for lunch then headed for the Gulf, Our car copped two stone chips one has now turned into a rather large crack, we only replaced the windscreen about 4 weeks ago, so not happy!!! We ... read more

Lundi matin, on dit au revoir à Noelle et Peter après une super semaine chez eux! On se dirige vers Noosa National Park qu'on avait déja un peu exploré avec Peter. En chemin on s'arrète à Wild Horse Lookout, qui offre, après une bonne grimpette, une magnifique vue 360° sur les Glass Mountains. Ca nous a ouvert l'appétit, et en reprenant la route, on remarque le fameux coin où on a déjà mangé des supers bonnes meat pies. Evidement, on s'arrête pour en profiter à nouveau, en fait ce sera notre déjeuner (et non pas le morning tea). Arrivé à Noosa National Park, on reprend le chemin longeant la côte que l'on avait pas terminé. Il est magnifique avec des points de vue sensationnels. On finira la boucle par un chemin qui passe par la rainforest. ... read more

This is my first entry. One week away from flying down to Sydney to get my visa!... read more

Time for an update on australia so far. I am just over halfway through my time here and it has been amazing. I started up north in cairns. On my first night there I was sharing a room with a guy from Glasgow and eventually ended up on a night out with 5 scottish guys. Just like home apart from being out in shorts. Cairns is a really chilled place and we had a good night out. There was a barbeque organised by the hostel where I got to try Kangaroo, which is very nice - a bit like a mix of venison and beef, Emu, which was alright - a little like lamb and crocodile which was not great - more like chicken but less nice. Anyway in Cairns I also did a tour out ... read more

Things I thought of today while getting lost inexploring Brisbane! Firstly, and this is very important, I think, I’ve decided you can’t get lost while you’re exploring. It’s impossible. So yesterday I took a train from Wollongong to Wolli Creek, got off, and then took another train from Wolli Creek to the domestic airport. Took a plane from Sydney to Brisbane, and then (because it was late and none of the buses were running) paid way too much money to take a taxi from the airport to my hostel. My hostel is very nice; you get two hours of internet included in the cost of your room, which is nice, although there’s nowhere to hook up an Ethernet cord, so I can’t just use my MyEverywhere account, which is sad day. BUT I DIGRESS. Came in ... read more