http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Queensland , 1770 en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:05 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:05 +0000 Well guys a lot has happened since we last blogged ....as ever.Next stop was Brisbane...again another city. We stayed in a dorm here 30 beds in one room my god it stank it was in the basement so no light and 30 travelers smelly shoes and clothes just isnt a good plan plus the midnigt bedhopping that you just dont want to hear just close your eyes and think of england. We spent our time here as mu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-469023.html Det nordligeste punkt vi var paa denne tur var Town of 1770 og Agnes Water. Her koebte vi en heldagstur ud til Great Barrier Reef hvor vi snorklede en hel dag i disse dejlige koraller. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-450157.html Ja wir waren schnorcheln aber auch wenn es so schoen aussieht war das Wasser schei... kalt. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-439272.html Charters Towers was a charming town and perfect for a two day stop to finish off school work find the next Harry Potter book for Sam he is devouring the series and is often glued to his chair for hours ploughing through the chapters. We decided to head to Paluma National Park north of Townsville for a dose of tropical forests and quiet camping except the birds who seemed to be nocturnal a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-436110.html Sometimes its difficult to decide which comes first with this experience the people you meet or the incredible things that you see and this month its been harder than ever to choose.The east coast of Oz is one of the most worn out traveller routes in the world and theres a really good reason for that its bloody paradise Apart from the fact that the place has no ozone layer and I get flame gr http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-428804.html 16th JuneAfter 2 camping trips in a week we feel like we could do with a holiday isn't that the whole point of this trip though As a result today was pretty lazy and even though we had a voucher for an hours free kayaking we just didn't bother. We have already done plenty of canoeing in Noosa anywayA 4 hour ride on the Greyhound got us to the town of 1770Agnes Waters an area that has only http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-418187.html The next few days after the Tablelands can really be summed up as driving punctuated by interesting little towns. After Kurrimine Beach we continued south stopping in Mission Beach to take photos in Ingham to buy Pia Colada ingredients and Taylor's Beach to drink our Pia Coladas. Taylor's Beach was really just a caravan park so we grabbed our lawn chairs and supplies gathered in Ingham and hea http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-411711.html Left Brisbane after sorting out everything for the rest of the trip and running around and around the city trying to track down a copy of the police report. Getting pretty sick of having to do boring stuff like go the police and argue with the car hire company. Had a really good night out in Bris and we're enjoying being in the more sociable hostels rather than in the cold campsites with old peo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-408678.html After our hectic time on Fraser we decided that we needed to relax for a few days so we decided to make our way to 1770. It's a really small town and is really relaxing. Of course it rained on our first day which was a bit annoying but am slowly getting used to itThe next day the sun came out yippee So we decided to try and learn to surf. It was the cheapest surfing we had seen and I must say y http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-401900.html HelloSo after spending about 6 days in Byron a little too long we headed up to Surfer's Paradise in our group of 15 stayed in a really nice hostel spent a few days chilling out on the beach then upto Brisbane. Spent just 2 nights in Brisbane nice city but not much to do and we needed to get a move on and get up the coast it's a hell of a long way Me and Sam left the others in Brisbane as th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-400725.html Efter Fraser Island tog vi bussen videre til en lille by kaldet 1770 opkaldt efter det r Kaptajn Cook opdagede stedet. Her legede vi Harleyrockere p en aftenscootertur rundt i omrdet. Mens vi krte med vind i hret mod solnedgangen s vi vilde knguruer hoppe rundt i vejkanten s vi nsten mistede fokus p vejen Det hostel vi boede p var et hyggeligt og afslappet rdquokeyless society http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-388957.html The east coast is a bit more disjointed than New Zealand. I can go days on end without doing much of note.Fraser Island however is one of the things to note. I signed up to do a 4X4 expedition on this spit of sand just off the east coast of Oz. I would be out for three days and two nights camping and covering the best places the island.The day before we left we were put into a team did the who http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-380903.html Cheryl took us for a walk up Bald Hill which is the highest granite rock in Australia and we walked straight up it She galloped ahead like a mountain goat and I grizzled and moaned all the way up Barry having to pull me most of the way lsquocos I thought I was going to topple over backwards and kill myself. Glen Innes has its own Standing Stones and British Airways have even donated one of http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-372515.html It was ironic that as soon as we arrived back in Hervey Bay the weather cleared up. In fact we were woken up by the sun shining through the gaps in our curtains making the air in the van feel hot and dense even at 7am.It felt good to be able to get the aircon on and go back to sleep knowing that we didnrsquot have to be anywhere. We set off just before check out time at 10am with the intenti http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-352718.html CairnsWe finally arrived in Cairns after a long flight to Brisbane then a connecting flight which totalled around 12 hours wasn't too bad though the plane was pretty snazzy had our own tv's and supper and breakfast which i didn't expect.. When we got off the plane it was fucking hot the only way i can explain it is it's like when you go in the bathroom after someone's had a really hot shower and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-350767.html After a long sleepless journey from Airlie Beach i arrived in Town of 1770 or Agnes Water as its also known at 10am although i just wanted to sleep i didn't have much time to rest because after checking in i had to get ready to go sea kayaking this was advertised as a dolphinturtle spotting sea kayaking adventure ending with a sunset on the beach and unfortunately i didn't see and dolphins or t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-347056.html 1770 is n unbedeutendes kleines Oertchen. Ich hab 2 Tage in einem Hostel verbracht was eher zum relaxen einlaed als Action verspricht. aber das is auch mal gut.An meinem 2.Tag hab ich einen Surfkurs gemacht mit einem unglaublich unfreundlichen Lehrer. Der war echt der Wahnsinn. am leibsten haetten wir alle unser Geld zurueck genommenNAja. hat jedenfalls ganz gut funktiuoniert und ich bin schon http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-341449.html surf lesson time 1770 Is a 2 night job if the weather is bad like it was for me It's soo boring.I was really looking forward to going to on the mini harley davisons here but it got rained off.I went surfing though I was soooo cold here as the weather was crap as... the sea was so rough not the best conditions to be learning to surf in..... but I met 2 Dingo's so that was funny aka Sarahwales http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-332164.html July 29 and we have been on the road for almost 6 months Australia is a very big place indeed We set off early from Rainbow Beach so we could get to Tin Can Bay in time for the 8 orsquoclock dolphin feeding. Sounds touristy doesnrsquot it but actually it was very low key. Mystique came in first then her daughter Harmony about half an hour later. Itrsquos a good place to see the dolp http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-324215.html YEPPOONKINKA BEACHThe trip to Yeppoon was about 360 km. We seem to be improving in our packup times because we were on the road by 8.00am and in the park set up for lunch by about 1.30pm. The trip takes you almost to Rockhampton and then out to the coast for roughly 45km. The park was small and just ok but we were put in the middle of the permanents. I don't think they really liked the intru http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-318377.html