Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1223

It seems like yesterday I was writing the last blog but it was 2 weeks ago so I thought I'd give you another quick update before I forget things! Our plans were to head north and the main places we wanted to visit was Fraser Island and The Whitsundays Island. We left Pat and Roy and headed for the Sunshine Coast, we only drove through stopping at some of the beaches - Coolum, Colandra and Noosa Heads. Our first stop and first night camping in the van on our own was a place called Inskip Point. Inskip Point was a lovely place and the beach was very nice but I cant say I really enoyed the first night camping very much! We got there about 6pm and it was already pitch black outside. We drove through ... read more

Sat 20. Given marching orders doing Southbank. Idol aspirants. Spoke to camera guys. One got sticker. Told his story of threats in his line of work. Later in town pleasant Saturday morning in May Brisbane with lots of places to go. Lunch at the Irish Club, lively sidewalk scene. Brown headed ducks in park. Spoke to Aboriginal stall holder re dots. Not keen on snake (Christian) liked track. Sunday 21. Bye bye Brissie. Just thought small coastal town easier. Stopped at Bribie Island - flat, sand. Views to mountainous Moreton Island. Birds of prey hunting. Arriving Caloundra caught the tail end of crafts fair. Went through like a hot knife through warm butter. Stallholders keen. Very pretty estuary and featureful head. While swimming caught sight of bird circling with prey in talons. It seemed a victory ... read more

Rick says, hi we are well behind in this blog thing and so I'm going to write in the next intreguing installment which you lucky people should be receiving very very soon. So you've got loads and loads of pics and reading to ignore and be very jealous of. Becky says: G'day folks - hope you are enjoying the first stirrings of summer back home! So our last blog was rather out of date, this one should get us back on track - brace yourselves for lots of pics! The east We picked up a car in Brisbane to drive for 3 weeks up to Cairns. We had an interesting option that Rick found on a noticeboard in the hostel of borrowing a car from an old geezer who wanted it driven up to Cairns for ... read more

Here I am in Rockhampton - 'beef capital of Australia' and its not a particularly interesting place. The town is full of life-size effigies of bulls and cows on the tops of stores and pubs (check out 'The Great Western' pub). The hostel i'm staying at - the Ascot - is very good and homely. The internet here is free and ready to use anytime, as the hostel is half-empty. Thats part of the reason why i'm writing this! I've been travelling for 8 months now. Born in Devonshire, England - i've left the green rolling hills of my home to the strange landscapes that are dotted across the world. I've visited east Asia; thailand, cambodia, malaysia and singapore... before coming to Perth in Western Australia. I'll try to get round to writing some more interesting ... read more

We hope to stay at the Curtain Fig Inn in Yungaburra. It is on the waterfall circuit in Northhern Queensland. In the little town is a place to view Platypuses. If we are lucky there will be some.... read more