Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1224

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 sidewalks Saturday morning in May Brisbane with lots of places to go. Lunch at the Irish club, lively street scene. Brown headed ducks in the park. Spoke to Aboriginal stallholder re dots. Not keen on snake (Christian) liked track. Later happy hour in Irish club. Musrt find car.... read more

Australia is all about animals and the incredible landscape (and drinking, but I don’t drink alone). Since I can only think of so many ways to say the view was incredible, beautiful, amazing, etc, it looks like you are going to read a lot about animals. So here’s another one. Rex is a flying-fox (fruit bat) that visitors to the Bat House in Cape Tribulation may meet. The bat housed is run by a group of volunteers and one flying fox a day is on brought to the house from the nursery for visitors to learn about. The nursery is primarily for injured bats to recover and be released into the wild. The bats that spend the day at the bat house are permanent residents because they can’t be returned to the wild. Rex was orphaned, ... read more

Cody and i met up with dorothy ( a friend from high school). As you read in the title we went to the great barrier reef. It was a day trip and i can safely say i had a terrible time. I puked 3 times because i was extremely sea sick. When we got to the reef an anchor line got wrapped around the propeller so we had to wait around for them to untangle it before we could go in the water. About 10 mintues after being in the water i got stung by a jelly fish, my had was red and swollen. It hurt so bad so i decided to swim back to the boat to get some spray. on the way back to the boat cody saw another jellyfish by me so he ... read more

I had been looking forward to this day for about10 days now ever since Jim and Laurie told me you could go on the TAKA live aboard for free as long as you did a bit of general housekeeping. So I signed my name up for the 16th May. Tuesday evening was pretty straightforward as it was stocking up from the previous trip which had just come in at 3pm and then next trip was scheduled to leave at 5:30pm so there is a small window in which to turn the boat around. I met the crew who I would be working closely with and that was Caroline the chef and Leila who was the cabin attendant, they were going to be beasting me for the next few days. Duties were pretty straightforward throughout the trip ... read more

Wednesday 17. Sixteen flags (300x500mil) arrived from my printer in Perth. Spruiking excellent along real estate row in Coolongatta. Shower for 40 cents at Banora pool. That was nice. Later drove to Fingal point. Echidna rocks (forget the ancient word). Watched birds hunt, skimming waves. Were they osprey? Couldn't see the attack for the swells. In park more birds. The ubiquitous rainbow lorikeet, a pied something or other and a tan bird with subtle markings. Thur 18. Two new tires. Surf always up in Twin Towns. Slid into Surfers. Stopped at flag shop. "Southern Cross and Boomerang" to fly from The Flag Shop on Gold Coast Highway from tomorrow. That's exposure! Article in paper yet to appear - happening but. Eight lanes to Brisbane through rollng suburbia. I veered off to catch the vibe. Green and ... read more