Blogs from 1770, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 8

G'day I know this blog comes fast on the heels of the last one but we're moving up the coast pretty quickly at the moment so I thought it'd be better to do shorter blogs more frequently than one big huge one when I'll have forgotten half the stuff I've done! The day after the pirates party in Rainbow Beach we revelled in the fact that we had absolutely nothing to do other than nurse our hangovers and cringe about our behaviour the night before (I don't know where my compulsion to do cartwheels comes from when I'm drunk!) The following day we caught the bus to 1770, a few hours north. We weren't sure what to expect from this as we hadn't heard much about it other than some reports from fellow travellers who said ... read more

This is one of my favourite places I have visited, it is amazing! A lot of people miss the places out, it only has 120 beds for backpackers. The town itself is tiny: 1770 has a population of 80 and Agnes Waters of 2000. There is so much to do here, and its all really cheap as it is so uncommercial. We arrived late about 6 in the evening, stayed for 2 nights getting the night bus to Airlie Beach....an adventure in itself being dropped at an unlit 'bus stop' gravelled area with the bus driver making wolf creek jokes until the coach arrived! We recieved a free tour of the town in the morning, which was good but it seemed like other pretty towns we had seen! but then that aftrenoon, we got to ... read more

Well we survived Fraser Island and had a awesome time in the process. When we first arrived at the backpackers in Hervey Bay we were a little anxious but excited. All the people around seemed to be guys so I started to worry about being the only girl amongst a bunch of adrenaline hyped guys. But luckily right at the last minute a load of girls turned up to me relief. We were all put in groups of 10-12 and our group seemed to be the best with 3 couples, 2 single guys and 2 single girls- all who were a great laugh but still sensible. After a long safety talk we all headed to the shops to buy our food and alcohol for the 3 days that we were to be on the Island. This ... read more

The town of 1770 was invented in 1770, and since then, nothing has happened. There are two hostels, a few beaches and about 6 shops. Today a number of things started to go wrong on the Mattatour, and these shall be listed below. 1) It was raining. Lots. 2) There was nothing to do apart from a motorbike tour thing so we booked on that. 3) The only internet shop was stupid expensive but we needed to go on, so that was annoying. 4) Everywhere in 1770 shuts for lunch at half one. The only place that didn't was up a big hill, so to get there before 2 we had to run. It was raining, we were in flip flops and it was humid. Lunch was pretty good though. 5) On returning to the hostel, ... read more

07/12/06 Town of 1770 6 or 700 km later. Dunno. Lost count. Drove through the beef capital of Australia, Rockhampton. Spotted at least one cattle truck at the traffic lights in town, with mournful looking cows with large floppy ears looking out over the traffic. Large concrete cows stand proudly on the center of roundabouts on the main roads in and out of town (depends which way you are heading I guess), welcoming you with the fact that there are 2 squillion cows within a 250k radius of the town and supposedly a multitude of great steak restaurants. Despite that mouth-watering prospect, we rocked on through and straight through the heavily industrial-looking town of Gladstone, not seeing anything that convinced us to stay! We finally ran out of daylight and any further aptitude for driving at ... read more