Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1225

On a recommendation from my brother and his family (especially my nephew Anthony), I went to Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, in between Cairns and Port Douglas. There were over 200 freshwater and estuarine crocodiles at the park. Sounds like a lot until you find out most of them are in the farm and are future handbags and boots. I saw a crocodile named Sollie after the pet dog it ate on New Year's Day and a huge (about 15 feet long) croc named Paul who was brought to the park after some rancher got tired of him eating their dogs and biting the heads off their cattle. Appropriately, there was a cow skull in the habitat with Paul. A lagoon that took seven years to grow/build had 26 crocodiles; 18 females and eight males. To visit them, ... read more

Hello All! Tony and I are still relaxing in the mountains. I am now working only four days a week rather than the six days so it now feels like I am on holiday! We went to see the new addition to the Nunn family and she is beautiful - she doesn't have much hair on the top of her head but she does have big blue eyes and VERy long eyelashes.... Zack is very good with her. Gives her kisses and lot's of hugs. He is very protective of Jada and doesn't like his friends talking to her or touching her... only his two best friends are allowed! Katherine and I had a fantastic time and really enjoyed spending time with each other. We left theirs and travelled North to Cairns for a few days. ... read more

Hiya Possums We're back on the road, and intend to reach Townsville, however we spend too much time on the internet, (do you realise just how long all this blogging takes!!!), and so we only make it as far as Ingham before it's time to set up camp. It’s a good site, wonderful facilities, (we're getting used to Oz now and stopped comparing the camp kitchens with NZ!!) and so many small cane toads everywhere!! We saw quite a few up at the Judo Club; they would come in the door of an evening. I also saw lots and lots of squashed ones on the road; quashing cane toads is just another one of the many national sports here in Oz! Short drive next morning, it’s only 200 ks to Townsville. We eventually found the I-site, ... read more

Hello People. Last week I headed back down to Sydney to start my Oz Experience bus, which meant hanging out for a few days in Sydney which was cool, and I had a great meal in China town (remember that bit). On Thursday I over slept by half an hour missing my bus out of town. Goddamit. Luckily a nutter driver decided he could catch the bus if we jumped in his car and broke a few laws, which we did, and he was right, so I managed to get on the bus after all, which was really good. Our first stop was in the outback, which most people hated due to the rusticness of the facilities and all that, I didnt really care as Ive stayed in some proper pits in the last few months, ... read more

........ "this tastes funny".........HAHAHAHA..i know, hillarious :) lol. Hello Everybody!!! I have added some more grrrreat pictures up on my MSN my space...so Look at them! Things here have been....alright. I like the kids a lot - and the staff....having some issues with , anna...the roomie...but there is only 5 weeks to go before I am travelling. Time has flown by...it has gone by faster than I thought. Today I did the 'Flying Fox'...which is the Zip Line. OMG...if you know me, you know that I'm really scared of hights. This Zip Line is over the Aussie bush...and to get started you have to walk or run down this ramp until you fall. I ran really fast, then lifted my feet up so I was upside down. It was pretty awesome. Except that, at the ... read more