Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1221

Hellooooo!!!!!! Im glad people are starting to get their postcards finally! Emma - I sent yours like about 2 months ago! haha...damn ocean it has to cross. Anywho! Things are great - mainly because we get to travel in about 4 Weeks!!!! IM SO EXCITED. Plus - I went shopping in Toowoomba today with Bill (man i work with) and I got some Ugg boots...not real real ones, but Australian made, kinda high quality, look a like uggs which Im happy with. Now, i know what you all are thinking " why in the world do aussies need boots?? its hot there!" and, yes, it is pretty hot here - although im finding it cold at 20oc cause im used to hot weather now...but! they dont have central heating, and itgets down to -1oc at night, ... read more

Townsville lived up to its reputation as being nothing special, well, apart from the lovely 363m high Castle Rock which looms over the city and afforded climbers some sweeping views of the urban sprawl and distant Magnetic Island. Talking of Magnetic Island, it does look appealing and the ferry over isn't too much, but I've seen fantastic beaches and lush rainforest and it's terrible to say, but I'm yearning for something different. I stopped for two nights in Globetrotters, a roomy converted house, where I met Alex (German) and Mike (English), two really friendly guys who I wish I'd been able to spend more time with, rather than a quick burger, pint and movie. Regardless, it was fun, even with the dissapointment of the recently released 'Da Vinci Code'. A hillarious coach driver, (since most coach ... read more

Hi all! Just to let you know I'm in Brisbane now and it sucks!! Spent the first night at Vix's auntie and uncles (they have a gorgeous home and a gorgeous street cat from Hong Kong called Canton!) Now in a crap hostel............... no plates to use in kitchen- my worst nightmare- how will i eat!!!!!!!! Bought all plastic camping knives and forks and eating every meal out of a tupperware box!!!!! :) :) how funny! It doesnt help that Darren is all the way in Darwin and there is no one here to laugh at my stupid jokes!!!!!! The latest one being- - Why did the monkey cross the road? - because his bananas are on the other side! I can guarentee Darren is laughing at that now and you lot are all like "Bex ... read more

Tuesday 23. Local newspaper interview and photo. Tide racing out rippling at river mouth. Headed for Mooloolaba. Yachts aplenty. Water activity. Did I see an osprey and a gannet? Pervasive quiet on a shore looking north to bluffs and peaks. Tropical stillness. Wednesday 24. I'm starting to get a sense of being in Queensland. It was always going to be fabulous. And since my blog is intended to be brief, I'll leave it at that. Yacht race coming north, rounding the penultimate mark. Then beating in to Mooloolaba. Surfing, spruiking. Stickering the east coast. Must get to YC. Need to get up to speed. Warm climes. Good times. Cotton trees. Condos. As far as I can tell, the only industry here is happiness. ... read more

Tom, Rob, Sam and I arrived in Brisbane on the 19th, and I think all of us had pretty much decided that we didn’t really want to be there after only an hour or so. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice city, probably quite a lot to do there, but it looked the same as any other city we had been to, we wanted to find some decent beaches, go for a surf, and see something new, so the next morning we headed off to Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast. The first thing we did there was to go straight to the ‘wet n wild’ water park, which was great fun, as it’s winter over here the place was pretty empty (even though it was still high twenties, and definitely hot enough to get ... read more