Blogs from 1770, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 5

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 at this spot!) We were camped near some Canadian birdwatchers and as soon as Jojo saw them he dug out our binoculars and started following them. “Can I go hunting with them Mama?” he asked. Sam impressed them with his encyclopedic description of the local wildlife. He is able to speak on so many topics with such authority that he could convince the ... read more

16th June After 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 anyway! A 4 hour ride on the Greyhound got us to the town of 1770/Agnes Waters, an area that has only recently started attracting tourists so is pretty small and quiet. Our hostel was one of the best we have seen so far because it is only a year old, so is clean and well staffed. Spent an evening in the bar eating cheap backpacker meals and drinking jugs of beer, having a well earned rest. ... read more

Hello! So 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 they are all staying there for a while to find work. Spent a couple of nights in Noosa from which we did Australia (Steve Irwin) Zoo. Was pretty cool, saw lots of crocs, kangeroos and koalas amongst others. Shame he wasn't there to do his crocodile show tho, i always thoght he ... read more

Efter Fraser Island tog vi bussen videre til en lille by kaldet 1770, opkaldt efter det år Kaptajn Cook opdagede stedet. Her legede vi Harley-rockere på en aften-scootertur rundt i området. Mens vi kørte med vind i håret mod solnedgangen, så vi vilde kænguruer hoppe rundt i vejkanten, så vi næsten mistede fokus på vejen! Det hostel vi boede på, var et hyggeligt og afslappet ”keyless society” styret af et ældre ægtepar. Herefter tog vi til Airlie Beach, hvorfra vi skulle på en 3-dags cruise blandt de 74 Whitsundays-øer. På denne tur snorklede vi for første gang og oplevede de eksotiske øers kridhvide sandstrande. Om aftenen nød vi solnedgangen fra båden, skippers lækre mad og vores medbragte Goon (australiernes billige vin). Da vi kom hjem efter sejlturen, tillod vi os selv at smage lokale kulinariske specialiteter ... read more

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 ‘cos 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 them! 4 Feb Left Glen Innes to start going North. Spent the night at Mullumbimby - at a rugby stadium. The shower block smelt of hot sweaty men! Lovely river where our neighbours were catching huge mud crabs. 5 Feb Headed north to Brisbane - lovely city but the car parks are all underground with a max height of ... read more