Blogs from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Just spent 4 nights at Carmila Beach which is about 200km north of Rockhampton. This has been our biggest drive yet...about 460km. Probably a bit too far for us to go in one day as we were a bit tired and grumpy by the time we got there and found a spot... then had to set up the tent...dig a toilet pit..start a fire. But I'm sure we will have to drive further at some stage. We are lucky they have had alot of rain here which has kept the campers away as we arrived in the middle of the Queens Birthday long weekend and I'm sure we would have struggled to get a spot at all let alone a good one like this. We have great protection from the wind an can see the water. ... read more

You’ll have to forgive me if I’ve missed a few days in my re-telling. There’s seriously no way to tell when everything happens. Not one person this morning knew what day it was when we were waiting for breakfast. It took 19 of us 10 minutes to work out how close Christmas is while we were sailing (i.e. mostly sober). It makes everything easier to do when you can’t be bothered trying to figure out what you’re doing next, and while I found this a bit distressing at first (I know, I’m a bit OCD), but then I stopped caring and my trip got a lot better. Moving on to what you really want to hear about: Can’t remember if I discussed Cape Tribulation and because I’m writing this on the bus I can’t get online ... read more

Dziś rano opuściliśmy nasz przytulny domek, tonący dla odmiany od wczorajszego wieczora w deszczu, i udaliśmy się w dalszą podróż na północ Bruce Highway, która raczej przypomina porządnie utrzymaną i dobrze oznakowaną drogę krajową niż autostradę. Ponieważ chcemy uniknąć jazdy po ciemku ze względu na kiepskie światła samochodu oraz przydrożne zwierzaki (dziś Misiek zauważył kangura skaczącego wzdłuż drogi), sprawdziliśmy wcześniej, o której godzinie wschodzi i zachodzi słońce w miejscowościach znajdujących się na naszej trasie - w nadziei, że dzień wkrótce wyraźnie się wydłuży i będziemy mogli odbywać coraz dłuższe odcinki w ciągu dnia, co bardzo ułatwiłoby nam życie. Dopiero wtedy uświadomiliśmy sobie, że znajdujemy się blisko zwrotnika (właśnie dziś go minęliśmy), w związku z czym dzień nie stanie się już o wiele dłuższy. Sprawdziliśmy na przykład godziny wschodu i zachodu słońca w Ca... read more

Etter 2 dager uten nett er vi endelig tilbake for fullt, fra nå av har vi nett hver dag, så fra nå av blir det bloggings hver dag :) Kjekt at dere følger med oss! Vi har det helt utrolig fint, og nyter hver en eneste dag, vi e heldige som får oppleve alt dette! Vi dro ut med seilbåten Condor på torsdag, en 80fots båt med plass til 29 personer, totalt var vi 20 stykk på båten. De neste to dagene skulle vi få oppleve Witheaven beach, og Withsunday island som ligger i samme område som Great Barrier Reef. Torsdag ble vi hentet kl 14 av en buss som tok oss til havnen for så å gå ombord i båten. Båten viste seg å være av dårligere standard innvendig enn det vi først hadde trodd, ... read more

BUNDABERG As we are coming into Bundaberg our expectations are not too high! Someone a the last hostel said hat they had just come from there and walked into the Federal backpackers, saw the state of it and walked back out again. Well they did warn us it is a 'working hostel'. They said there was writing all over the walls, but the motel next door was the same price and okay, so we had a back up plan. Driving through the town it was quite nice and modern! I even had a McDonalds, so free WI-FI! We called the hostel who picked us up in a dirty old work mini bus, full of mud. Mmmm! Well, there are lots of other backpacker that we spotted en route! We walk into reception, which looks like a ... read more