Blogs from Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 10

After a hectic New Year which we spent at South Bank with a swede and a german we got on the greyhound up to Noosa for a few days. The weather was dreadful, and the beaches were closed. We caught up with a few people that we had met way back in Coffs which was nice. After a pretty uneventful couple of days we headed to Rainbow. There was a lot of talk that we wouldn't make our Fraser trip as the island was closed due to the cyclone, so our hopes were not that high. Some people had their trips cancelled!!! When we woke up in typical Jon and Harry jamminess the sun was out and we were complaining that it was too hot!!! Our group was formed, beer orders were taken and the land ... read more

We were going kayaking today and were supposed to have the training and meet our group for Fraser Island but because of xmas there was no meeting yesterday so we are now missing it! uh oh - how do we drive again??! So we hit the sea for our Dolphin Kayaking, me and Lou shared a Kayak and managed to get sand banked which was quite funny! After to trying to push ourselves out with the paddles I had to submit and get out the Kayak and push, miss lady muck Lou just stayed in - charming! Anyhow, we stopped off at a little island where there were thousands of Soldier crabs, they are really funny and all run away from you and when they sense you really near they bury themselves in the sand and ... read more

Well today has started off very well - we just received confirmation that we have a free upgrade on our accommodation in Sydney over new year - fantastic! When we were in Cairns we somehow managed to find a hostel on the Internet with CheapBeds.com website at a place called Chillie Blue Backpackers. We had really struggled as all the hostels wanted either 7 or 14 nights minimum duration and all the hotels were about 1300 dollars for 4 days (about 650 pounds). However somehow we managed to find this hostel for 300 dollars - so booked it straight away. Just to be on the safe side we emailed the hostel direct and asked them to confirm the reservation, they emailed back saying they were overbooked and Cheapbeds.com had made a mistake. We contacted Cheapbeds, who ... read more

I went to Tin Can Bay early this morning, with Becky and Ade who I was on the fraser island trip with, to feed two Indo-Pacific dolphins that visit the area most mornings. There was a male called Mystique and a female called Patch. We all got into the water with them and I fed Mystique. When I got back to Rainbow Beach I went for a walk up to Carlo Sandblow, with an American woman called Maria from my dorm, from where there is a great view of the beach. I went sea kayaking this afternoon and saw a few turtles and a few of my group saw a stingray. Most days you can kayak alongside dolphins but it was really windy and the water was too choppy for them to want to come to ... read more

Arriving at Rainbow Beach, Knowing that i will be bumping into some familiar faces from our Canoeing Safari....It was nice!! Even better as the Hostel staff was very friendly and the hostel itself was very small and cosy. I found my retreat on the Hammock, spent many hours there lazing around and taking it the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the place. Watching Yo painting her boomerang, Darren stick dancing, Wasss!!!.... carving the didgerido and some girls gossiping on the bench beside me. ... read more