Blogs from Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 9

Le 6 Decembre 2008, c’etait l’arrivee des parents « Parent » qui venaient visiter pour 4 semaines. Martin s’etait montre plutot inquiet lorsqu’il a appris que ses beau parents avaient obtenus un visa les permetant de rester au pays pendant 6 mois. De plus, Eloi et Johanne, (les Parents en question), arrivaient vers 7h du matin le lendemain du party de Noel du bureau. Martin ne s’est jamais leve pour aller a l’aeroport... Bref, Martin avait deja 2 strikes le jour meme de l’arrivee des beaux parents, bravo! Tout compte fait, tout s’est bien deroule (en 4 semaines!) et les Parents semblaient tres satisfait de leur voyage. L’itineraire de leur voyage etait comme suit : premiere semaine a Sydney et Blue Mountains, puis on partait tous ensemble pour un long week end de 4 jours a ... read more

Je suis debout a 9h30, mange un petit dejeuner des plus copieux avec oeufs bacon et toast puis par en promenade. Je suis un sentier de marche dans la montagne ou je rencontre James, un canadien tres sympa. Je le comprend parfaitement, ca me change un peu des anglais ou irelandais, avec leur accent c est pas toujours evident. Il nous faut 2h30 pour monter sur la montagne et redescendre de l autre cote, en route nous apercevons 2 wallabys trop mignon mais trop peureux aussi. Nous nous reposons quelques instants a Alma Bay avant de nous separer. Il n est la que pour la journee et n a pas le temps de continuer a marcher, il prend donc le bus. De mon cote je mange une petite glace avant de suivre la meme direction que ... read more

Hey everyone Once again sorry for the lack of contact but Oz has very temperamental Internet both in the fact that its sometimes hard to find and also once you get online the Internet doesn't always stay connected, also my laptop decided to pack up and at the same time the memory card for my camera broke and it wiped all the photos!! Luckily i had backed all of them up on my laptop otherwise i would have lost everything which would have been devastating. Anyway Magnetic Island, i didn't know a great deal about the island before i got there and to be honest i don't really know much more now, the island is one of the only places in Oz you can see wild koalas which i did, there's one specific area on the ... read more

21st-25th Oct 2008 21st Oct 2008 Happy Birthday Lisa!! Got the Greyhound to Townsville, we had a 6 hour bus ride. The girl in front of us stank of BO it was making us urge...Yuk! We arrived at townsville then had a 20minute ferry ride to Magnetic Island aka Maggy. When we got on the island we herd there was a crocodile on the loose.... Ahhhh, abit sceary!! Checked in to Travellers Hideaway at Picnic Beach really nice little hostel, with a swimming pool, with hammacks by it, bbq area, tv+internet room. We are in a 4 bed dorm, sharing with 2 swedish girls, who seem really nice! Couldnt really look around the place as it was abit late and it gets dark quite early so over to the bar which was over the road from ... read more

Magnetic Island… The journey from Cairns to Townsville was quite a long one. Luckily for me, I slept for most of it. Unlucky for Ecto, he had to drive. It took about four and a half hours in total with a few stops on the way, photo opportunities and food stops. One of these stops was at a small red neck town called Cardwell. The big Fish and Chip sign beckoned us in and I have to say it was a massive mistake! It was the funniest place I have ever seen. We walked through doors of this shop to find selves stocked with food from the eighties and fading posters on the greasy walls. A woman bursts through the door from the back of the room, behind the counter, if you can call a chest ... read more