Blogs from Emerald, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Hi everyone! Im sorry i havent written in a few weeks but I am only able to get on the internet once a week. The job is going well, it is not very exciting but everybody is very friendy in the cotton farming business. Every friday we go to a local neighbour for a typical Ozzie BBQ. Ill give you a quick overview of what my plans will be. They may change but this looks about finalised. Dec 15th Finish job and go to New South Wales (NSW) Feb- Come back for harvest for one month March-Bali (2 weeks) March/April- Queensland (QLD) April/May NSW and Victoria (VIC) June- Fiji End July- Fly home. I will be buying a camera soon and will try to put some photos up. I hope you all liked your postcards and ... read more

Hi everyone from Emerald We have just spent 4 nights at Carnarvon Gorge, where we were out of range of TV, phone and internet. We drove in on 26km of dirt track, the first our van has been on, with a few fords. The views were great, and we did all the walking tracks, including one day to the end of the main track and all the points of interest off it on the way back, which ended up being 23.6km, a long way for us! At least that track was flat, following the stream, with over 50 river crossings. We also climbed to the Boolimba Bluff lookout, up a very steep track, another day. We stayed at the Takarakka Bush Resort, which was great. Before that we had 2 nights at the big 4 camp ... read more

I flew into Brisbane on the 25th May man it was my first time flying and it was crazi i totally freked, we are now all staying in Emerald randomly the first few or more weeks are just a drunkn slubber with hardly any memories lol it was pure craziness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now im working at the Local pub called ( the Emerald) so drinkn has been pretty much on the down low as i work till bout 3am most weekends and after that there is no pubs etc open lol so just trying to save money at the moment which as usual is proving harder than easy and the gurls have moved away to a farm about 30mins away so i offically became a loner today just during the week tho hopefully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont think i can handle ... read more

Life is starting to go back to normal. The flood waters peaked on wednesday of last week and slowly began receding. Since the railway tracks into Emerald are located higher than the bridge and escaped flooding, there was a train that would bring people into and out of town a few times a day as of Thursday. On Sunday, Megan and myself were excited...we planned a train trip into the big city of Emerald! We hadn't seen any friend's on that side of the river and hadn't seen the 'city lights' for a week! hahaha (Emerald has a population of about 13,000). Unfortunately, we found out that the main bridge going into town was open on Sunday. We weren't able to make the train trip, but we could drive ourselves. The water went below the bridge ... read more

For those you have been to Emerald, or who know the area, you won't believe me when I say it's been raining, and raining and raining and raining. Emerald is usually very dry and has been in drought for years. But in the last 6 days it's been storming and raining and flooding (I'll put a few pictures on facebook) Last week at work was pretty good, fairly busy and I learned a lot. On friday night, I knew Megan had planned a small bbq with a few friends. I didn't know any details. It ended up being a surprise bbq for me (the few people I know in town showed up as a surprise). I went out to the dam (aka a lake about 10 minutes from town) to go water skiing on saturday during ... read more