Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1231

Before i start telling you what i've been up to just wanna apologise for the lack of piccies again. I'm in Hervey Bay in the only internet lounge i could find and yet again i'm typing on an ancient machine so i will just have to keep you all in suspense till i get home and get round to printing them all!! Anyhoo back to the good stuff. So i left Airlie on Tuesday and hopped aboard a very full bus. The driver warned us that it was gonna be a long day so we all just got settled and prepared ourselves. We started off by introducing ourselves to everyone on the bus as we would be together as a group for a couple of days. The information the driver asked for was name, where we ... read more

as you all know we are now in Australia. Sydney was a very nice city with lots to do however we didnt do very much of it because we are not willing ot spend a ton of money. We went to Bondi beach which is a well known beach in Sydney. It was pretty windy and the water wasnt very warm. Our hostel had boogie boards that you could use for free so we went to the beach a couple days even though it wasnt warm. Alot of people were wearing neat looking wetsuits and surfing.... our time will come. We also went to The Opera House. It was nice to see, i got a few pics for all of you at home. beside the opera house there are walking paths with nice trees and plants ... read more

After our whitsundays trip, we booted it down to Surfers Paradise to meet up with Questy and Sarah at a friends birthday party. The party was in an old colonial style house that has been turned into a club. It was a wicked party with a few different djs playing breakbeat style house accompanied by a live bongo player, who by the end of the night, because of so much bongoing had plasters on every finger, now thats hardcore bongoing!!!! The party was wicked and everyone made us feel very welcome, so big up to all the Kiwi massive !!!! After a few days at Surfers just chillin we got back on the road and spent a few days travelling back to Sydney for our flight to Fiji.... read more

We thought we would have a day at probably one of the most famous Zoos in the world. Thanks to the 'cor crikey Steve Irwin. I am not a big zoo fan, but I have to admit, that this zoo was a fantastic day. The interaction between the keepers, with the animals, was noticable, and as a result, the animals were very active in their own ways. The size of the place, and animals to view/interact with was enormous. Here are just a few of the animals to view.... read more

Hello and welcome to the first instalment of "Jonny in Australia"! It has been a while since I left a blog, mainly because Ive been so busy living the ozzy lifestyle! For starters it felt good getting out of Asia- I'd had enough of noodles and rice and constant attempts at trying to scab 20pence from a taxi driver. But now Ive arrived in Oz, I ask the question why did I bother trying to scimp and save, cus here is bloody expensive! My finances have been hit harder than a melons liver on a night out (yes I heard about Saturday nights escapades)- but it has been worth it....!! We arrived into Cairns at about 4.30am, absolutely knackered having had no sleep on the flight over from Singapore. Feeling confident though we taxied into Cairns ... read more