Blogs from Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Believe it or not, I saw a whale! No wait, I saw whales! I was chilling on the beach with three friends I met at the hostel when suddenly one of them leaped up and yelled: "Hoooly sh*#t a whale!". There they were quite far away jumping high up leaving a massive splash behind when they hit the water. Even in that distance (approx. 1km) they seemed massive. People pay loads of money to see something like that and we saw them whilst sitting in the fine, white sand! Other than that nothing too exciting was going on. On Saturday night there was a huge backpacker's night out as they called it. On that night all the backpackers hostels around that area go out to four of the nightclubs in Surfer's Paradise. There were about 150 ... read more

Po cca 19 hodinách letu (s přestupy se to vyšplhalo na 2 dny) jsem dorazila do Austrálie. A hned mě čekalo zklamání: Lídě tu vzhůru nohama NEchodi! A klokan mi přes cestu taky neskákal, ale všechno chce asi svůj čas. Na pár dní jsem se já i můj 30kilový kufr zabydlely u Couchsurfera ve Fortitude Valley, asi 20 min. pěšky od centra. Celkem je nás tu v bytečku 6, včetně mě a další slečny (sólo-cestovnice) z Kanady přes CS. Na dnešek jsem spala pěkných 11 hodin, ale únava se dostavila už po 5 hodinách. Na druhou stranu, mohlo ji způsobit to zimní slunce, které přes den ohřívá město na 20°, odpolední vítr, který mě ofoukl než jsem si stihla obléct mikinu, nebo ta australská souhvězdí...no, astrologii mě ve škole nenaučili, tak se raději nebudu dál pídit. ... read more

So….I found Paige Clark on the streets in Fortitude Valley! Completely unintentional. I got a tap on my shoulder, I turned around, and it took me 3 seconds for my brain to register who it was. It was her 21stbirthday so we all went to Birdees club. This week was MIDTERMS in terrestrial and marine. They went pretty well. We just finished our crazy 4 day weekend! So the plan was that Maria and I were going to meet up with Sam and Anna, our Korean friends on the trip (Ano hasay you), to meet their Australian host sister and friends. It completely failed. We were stranded at a bus stop. We called Bird (Colleen from Union) asking where they were. She told us to take bus #169 – bus pulls up…its 169. Guess who’s on ... read more

So after talking with Macca we have decided to go our separate ways....with the blog that is, GOTCHA. God damn im funny. I will be detailing the countless crazy journies we go on, while he will update everyone on the different places we are going to with dates and times etc. So here we are chillen at work. We have just both purchased the latest high-tech sick ass video recording equipment called the amazing "GoPro HD Hero 2". These things are capable of pushing out some serious footage at 1080p: 1920×1080, 30FPS with an 11 MegaPixal still photo camera. One word for these things..... OMFG SHIT YES I HAVE ONE OF THESE NOW. Click here to check this bad boy out. So that is one item off the list. We still both need to get our ... read more

Hello everyone, I wish I could tell you that I am working on a cattle station now, learning and experiencing the life of a wrangler and earning the fantastic pay that goes along with it, but that would be a lie. 7 backpackers from the hostel as well as myself went down to reception a couple week and a bit ago (in my case I actually leapt out of my top bunk and ran down the 2 flights of stairs bare foot) after they announced that there was a rancher looking for 8 people to start work the next day, earning $250 a day. Now $250 a day may sound suspicious, but that is honestly about the going rate for cattle ranging. The job usually entails waking up ready for work at 7 in the morning, ... read more