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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 27th 2006

Well I left Hamilton Island on a big boat to head to the mainland after my birthday. Boy is it hot up here in Queensland. It's beautiful...and is so great that you don't have to wear a jumper in the evenings like in Melbourne! I really didn't know what to expect from Airlie Beach, but one thing for sure, I didn't realise it was just one long strip which has everything on it! Bars, Clubs, Cafes, Restaurants, Accomodation etc It's all on one not very long strip of road...very strange, I thought it would be more like a bigger town... At the moment my accomodation is in this little hut with 7 other people, it's very basic but has its own bathroom in the hut... So yes, basically for the past couple of nights I've been ... read more
Hut party #1...
The beach at airlie beach...

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 27th 2006

Well, we are now in Airlie beach having driven south from Townsville this morning. We've bumped into Tom and Emma, a really nice english couple we first met underneath a waterfall in a national park 3,000km away way out west so will be having a few beers with them tonight. I have just booked myself on a 3 day / 2 night sailing cruise around the Whitsunday Islands and will be setting off afloat the Independent Endeavour sailing boat tomorrow with 11 other people I am yet to meet. I have pre-orded a case of cold beer which will be on the boat awaiting my arrival along with snorkelling gear so I can swim aroound the Great Barrier Reef. I can't wait. Stay posted for piccies and stories when I get back in 3 days time. ... read more
Queens Beach - Bowen

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 27th 2006

Arrived in Airlie Beach this morning. the hostel bar is holding a foam party tonight and a wet T-shirt comp tomoz...its that kind of place. Checked in for sailing trip tomorrow and then wandered round the town abit with Sara. its expensive! Early night and feeling a bit tearful. Hard to pinpoint why...prolly just exhaustion and realisation of shortness of money!!! eep!!! will i starve?... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 20th 2006

I awoke half expecting the roof to be missing from the 180Kph winds we had experienced the night before. Wondering around in the tranquil morning sunlight there was very little visible damage. A few palm leaves littered the damp ground, and a few shops displayed handwritten scrawls to the effect of "closed due to cyclone damage". Other than that It seemed we had escaped unscathed. With little else to do in Airlie I set about on my various chores- backing up CDs, getting refunds and booking onward travel. I went for lunch at a waterfront cafe and ordered the delicious sounding Grilled Wild Barramundi with Macadamia Nut Pesto and Sweet Potato Chips. The meal arrived with a birdsnest of vibrant orange sweet potato shavings piled high over the brilliant green of the pesto and the fish. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 19th 2006

Yet another air conditioned Greyhound coach brings me into the gateway town of Airlie beach. The passengers are somewhat more sterotypically travellers than my last journey. And I mean this in the cliched east coast pre/post uni/career break (i.e. me) type of traveller. I was a little dissapointed as I realised that really everyone who comes to Australia does pretty much the same thing - and I wish I wasnt. Best intentions aside though, I am doing what everyone does, because with my time frame and with the 'essentials' being just that, Its really the best option. So back to Airlie. It is a Gateway to the Whitesunday islands and the ubiquitous backpacker pursuit of 3 days sailing. Or dependant on the crew, 3 days drinking, but on a boat. With Larry (tropical cyclone larry that ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 18th 2006

Well scuba lessons are crazy! There's heaps of stuff to learn. Everything from getting nitrogen blubbles in your blood if you surface to quickly, to calculating how long your air lasts at certain depths. Then, theres all the equipment, getting it on (soooo heavy) and checking everything before you jump into the water. So our first 2 days we learnt the underwater signals (including the out of air signal which I hope I never have to use), we learnt how to become neutrally buoyant - basically hovering in the water so you don't harm coral or touch the ocean bottom. Hmmmm what else....we had massive amounts of homework and wrote 5 tests, including a final exam which we both passed. I have a huge textbook that we went through in 2 days. We are supposed to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 17th 2006

For det foerste, hvis du ikke har lest forrige innlegg i denne bloggen, les det foerst! Staar om fallskjermhoppingen vaar;) Mhm..Har forresten lagt ut sikkert hundre nye bilder paa My Space. Og kanskje ti nye her paa bloggen. Siden sist ahr det ikke skjedd saa fryktelig mye. Vi har besluttet aa ha dette som en rolig dag, ikke gjeore mye. Vi henger fortsatt sammen med Andrew, han er kjempeskjoenn!:) Vi har ganske lik smak naar det gjelder gutter, haha. Ja, goey aa vaere sammen med han. Han drar desverre i morgen. Vi skal vente noen dager til. Kanskje kommer Signe, Kine og Ida snart. Og i morgen kommer Tom, dykkemannen, fra havet, saa vi maa nesten vaere her noen dager til. Paa rommet vaart paa hostellet naa er det hele tre norsker, en svenske og to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 16th 2006

Okei, dette er kanskje ikke beste tidspunktet aa skrive om denne adrenalinpumpende aktiviteten, har nettopp kommet hjem fra en halv dag paa havet saa er ganske sliten. Meeeen akk, maa jo skryte av at jeg har hoppet i fallskjerm!:D Det var altsaa paa tirsdags formiddag at jeg, Elisabeth og verdens kuleste homse Andrew var i lagunen og slappet av, at vi kom over en fallskjermhoppingbrosjyre. Vi bestemte oss plutselig, var vel i det spontane hjoernet. Et kvarter senere var det booket. Neste dag skulle vi i ilden!:) Depositum ble betalt, for aa sikre at vi ikke trakk oss, hehe.. Resten av dagen gikk med til litt soving for min del, og en liten runde paa byen. Paa hostell-baren vaar moette vi paa Tom igjen, dykkeristruktoeren fra seilturen vaar, saa vi hengte sammen med han resten av ... read more
Fornøyde piger

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 16th 2006

Where do I Start? So pretty much Kayla and I have decided that Sailing through the Whitsunday Islands is the most relaxing , crazy , beautiful thing we have ever experienced. Kayla and I arrived at Airlie Beach on Sunday , the little town that all the amazing looking sailboats depart from to explore the islands . All together the trip cost us about $270 , and it was worth every penny. We had all of our meals included , accomodation at the resort on the island ..which we stayed on every night after we had a long days of sailing , and a bunch of vouchers for free internet (big bonus ) . There were 32 people on the boat ,plus the hostess Kenzie..who cooked all of our meals for 32 people...she was superwoman. Skipper ... read more
Hanging out on the Boat...
Beauty Kayla...On Jade
SeaSick...Tooheys(Beer)

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 15th 2006

I bought a pair of shoes that are....ready for it.....huh?huh? Black and white plaid. They are hideous. I love them.... We are on the East Coast - Sunshine coast to be more specific - and miss T and I just registered for a 5 day open water dive course. We are scared and excited all at the same time. The first 2 days are pool and theory and the last 3 days we live on a boat on the Great Barrier Reef and get to enjoy 8 day time dives and 2 night dives. This is going to be absolutely amazing and I cannot wait. We start our theory tomorrow and we will be on the boat on Monday. We will be purchasing an underwater camera as well. Yippeeeeeeee! After this we will be certified to ... read more
My hideous shoes
John and I
Our scuba class




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