Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1227

Fuckin eh. I did the swing two days ago which was fun but nothing special. Not alot to say there. The reef trip however was amazing! I started early after a late night becuase Paul and Lisa who I met at the hostel made me come out. I had my free voucher and was told that I could save it for another day becyuase the seas were extremely rocky. I paid a $7 reef tax and this trip brought us out to the reef in record time with excellent food. Steak burgers, prawns, potato salad... etc etc etc. I ahdn't eaten this well in a while. I decided to pay extra and do an introductory dive: this was amazing and I have a new love for diving. I saw Nemo, Turtles, and a bunch of stuff ... read more

On arrival at my hut in the rainforest up in Cape Tribulation, I left my bags on my bed and went for a walk along the beach as the weather was looking highly unpredictable... Fortunately it didn't rain, but the sun didn't come and say hello either. It was beautiful to see the rainforest reach all the way to the beach and to be able to stroll underneath parts of it whilst still on the sand. The atmosphere in this place was so relaxed, so of course that's what I did. Although, on my second day I did this activity where you go swinging through the rainforest on this kind of zip line system. I was the only one doing it, so I had the two guides to myself to poke at for lots more information ... read more

We are still in Cairns and it is slowly killing me. Cairns is a very nice city there's just not a whole lot to do. There is an ocean but it is not swimmable because the water resembles diarrhrea.... its actually very gross and there isnt sand only mud. We wish we could leave but we cant because we applied online for a tax file number. ( 47% of whatever you make is taxed if you do not have a tax file number) we cant leave untill we get this in the mail. We also set up bank accounts but we already recieved our cards in the mail. I cant wait till we can move on from here to see better parts of Australia. Cody and i went on a 2 night 3 day trip to ... read more

So after my late last night in Cairns, I flew to Brisbane. I ended up staying at a quiet little hostel in the Valley (Homestead Backpackers). Brisbane is a very nice city - just the right size, and with a very friendly atmosphere. I think if I had more time, I would stay here and find a job for a while. However, like many cities, Brisbane is more about the people you meet rather than all the sight-seeing. I spent a lot of time walking around time (and finding my first Fitness First gym on the East Coast). In the evening I met up with Kristof - the Belgian guy who I worked with in Melbourne. He is now working at a restaurant called Jojo's in the center of Brisbane. He is going to stay for ... read more

Finished off my time in 1770 with the best spent 50bucks ever! At 2:30, Pilot Bruce strode into the hostel wearing pristine white shorts and a neatly ironed blue shirt complete with winged epaulets. It felt like that Officer And A Gentlemen moment and I half expected 'Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong' to start magically playing out of nowhere and for Bruce to sweep me off my feet and carry me out....well, ok, maybe it wasn't quite like that, and at 13stone I'd have probably given old Brucey a hernia. More sensibly, we walked over to his car and headed over to the airstrip....a field. The plane was a hillarious 2 seater, only just bigger than a Tonka toy. We climbed in, taxied to the end of the field and zoomed off into the ... read more