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Published: November 29th 2008
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welcome Friends!
it is a feather in my nose to see so many happy bloggs. Maintaining our digital bond will surely help us to meet up in flesh more frequently and with greater zest.
LIzz....WAM-BAM-SLAM, you are one step closer to writing american beauty 2. I have never met a REal Screenwriter who writres REal screenplays for REal 2 hour movies. I cant wait to see/read it. And I welcome you back to boston-land with open arms.(i have a hot roommate now). Tom, way to go on attaining the new Godsmack album. I think it would behoove us all for you to give us a Critical Analysis of the artistic coheison of the album.And of course WAM-SLam on the the apt. Indeed we need pics. Liza, welcome to ebay...may your stay be long and intense. Are you still stawking Ricky Fitz? Emily, i am glad your job-ejob is still on the path of success...and furniture making is still part of your life. all in all.....i give my other side of the world welcome with ozzie cheer.
in my life, i had another amazing, but quite different island experience. This is a bit further south on the worlds biggest sand
called Fraser. The only mode of transport on the island is a large powerful 4WD vehicles. We were put into a group of 5 other english friends and given a brief tutorial...and then we were given complete control of our lives. It started with horrible rain and thunder....but then eventually it turned beautiful for most of the trip. Some of the driving was in lush rainforest and other parts of the driving were along the what they call 75 mile beach. This is considered a national highway....and it is completely determined by the tide. It was really amazing to be driving next to huge waves. It is also whale migrating season...so we some some humpback waves pulse in and out...and periodically blast some water out their blow holes. We camped on top of a giant beautiful sand dune and watched the sunset and rise. During the night while we cooked up dinner we were visited by dingo's. Dingo's are kinda like wild dogs or wolves. These are some of the only pure breed dingo;s in the world as they are on an island. They are also overly friendly due to tourism and came within a foot or so of us.
A bit scary. Later we climbed up onto a cliff that hung over the ocean....and were able to see manta rays, tiger sharks, and giant schools of fish. Obviously the ocean around the island is unsuitable for swimming because of the sealife and riptides. Finally, we went to an area were the waves crashed over these rocks and formed what they call champaigne pools. It is hard to describe...but we got some great pictures. Hopefully these will be posted while i am in sydney.
We are in brisbane right now...which is australia's 3rd largest city. We went to a jazz and blues festival last night. Very strange to see this music here...as i associate it with America. Anyway...it was a lovely way to celebrate 4th of july so far from home. Tomorrow we are off to the hippie town of Byron Bay. Continue to be of cheer and blog.
tootles
brad
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