Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1211

The Build-up Lindsay -Only three days until the Big Day, and despite all my best efforts there still seems to be a ton of things to do to try and attempt a perfect wedding. Anyway having a lot to do is keeping me occupied and distracted, if not exactly calm about the things I can‘t do anything about. Like the weather for example. Every morning I watch the sun come up, hoping to actually see some sky. Unfortunately it is to drizzle and grey clouds, which is adding to my increasing worry that I have made a terrible mistake by thinking I could get away from it all for a quiet (stress-free) wedding. And another major worry I’m trying to not think about, and that Russell doesn’t really get, is the myriad of sandfly bites that ... read more

Dear friends and family, So I have gone ahead and dated this entry from the 15th of June. I must confess, however, that it is actually the 29th of June while i write this. This entry is to give you some input on my trip to Agnes Waters and the town of 1770. I was there about a week and a half ago and had an abosulutely amazing time. It was the first place I had been to on my trip by myself that I felt truely comfortable and free. The hostel I stayed at was called Cool Banana's, hence the title of this entry. The owner and the people who stayed there were amazing and kind. The place had a very relaxed and comfortable feeling to it. I had not planned on even visiting this ... read more

G'day. Well it couldn't last and for the last few days the weather has taken a bit of a turn for the worse. A few showers mixed with a bit of a cold wind. Nothing to really stop us enjoying ourselves (apart from abstinence from the pool and the sea.) Abstinence: now there's astrange word to find in our travel diary! Our days and weeks seem to be following a similar trend. Some sight-seeing, discovering the local eating and drinking places, using said places (sometimes to excess!!) and going for long walks. The highlight so far of our time here on the Sunshine Coast has to be Linda's birthday on Sunday. We hadn't arranged anything as we are having a barbie net weekend and we were unsure about the weather. As it turned out the weather ... read more

Wed 14th- Thurs 15th June 2006= CAIRNS....................... Next stop was Cairns (Lou had got off in Townsville)....only had one day in Cairns and booked a flight over the Barrier Reef but it was cancelled last min due to bad weather- was very gutted about that- next time hey! So spent the day having a Chinese massage and shopped at the night market. Stayed up to watch the England match (2am) and fell asleep in the bar!!!! Would have liked to spend longer in Cairns. Were told there wasn't that much to do there but we really liked it and would be even nicer in good weather x Fri 16th June- 19th June 2006= MELBOURNE Spent the weekend with Darrens relatives that live in Oz- Granny, Adrain, Kim and the kids! Stayed in Cranbourne Fri eve then ... read more

Sat. 10 June. World Cup looms. Monday night Australia v. Japan. Warm rainy day. Spruiked early (before rain) with strikiing result. No newspaper article. Next week? Stamped stickers at surf club. Watched young in small boats prepare and race. Breeze came in. Steady rain. Lunch read. Hot shower marina. Then stillness; it stopped. Kookaburras fluffed like doonas, their wet weather wardrobe. Watching them watch for food moving about. Nine kookaburras perched in the rain. Sunday 11. Early spruik in Yeppoon then the long drive but very pleasant to Mackay. Rolling country cane fields sprinkled with chains of mountain ridges. Gum trees aplenty. Hunting birds. Then coastal views of many islands. In Mackay vast expanses of sand at low tide. The long pier and ships at anchor. Ground feeding lorikeets with epaulets... read more