Blogs from Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 10

I forgot to include St. Patty's Day festivities in the last blog! The Saturday previous to St. Patty's Day a group of 11 or so of us went to Sunshine Plaza (the BEAUTIFUL shopping center near me) and had dinner at the Pig and Whistle restaurant. They were offering a special--- if you buy an "Irish" meal and a pint of Guinness, you get a free T-shirt! We were all over that. The meal was very good too- I had steak and Guinness pie, steamed veggies, mashed potatoes. So good! After dinner we caught a bus back to the apartments, hung out on Rob's patio (he was lucky enough to get a first floor apartment with a huge patio that looks out toward to the University and the small lake that separates the apartments from the ... read more

So I have had multiple requests to put my pictures on a public website for non-facebook users to view. Finally my roommate Lizzie from LeMoyne (who is currently studying in Barcelona) tipped me off to this site! I am about a month into my journey and couldn't be happier. I have seen some pretty amazing things thus far, and really can't wait to see more. My first few days here were pretty tough. The jet lag was worse than I thought it was going to be. I departed LA at 11:50 pm on Friday February 13th (yikes!) and arrived at the Brisbane airport in Australia on Sunday February 15th around 7am. The flight wasn't too bad- however I only got a few hours of sleep in. The rest of the time was spent doing People Magazine ... read more

Hej kära vänner, Vi har nu tillbringat 10 dagar här på Sunshine Coast som ligger 1,5 tim från Brisbane. Första veckan hyrde vi en lägenhet i Coolum en liten semesterstad utmed havet. Det var jättefint, vi hade beachen framför oss med utsikt som var bedövande. Vågorna gick höga varje dag och vi badade förstås i 26 gr varmt hav, härligt!! Vi hade ett par regnstormar på kvällen då det fullkomligt forsade vatten på gatan, nästa dag var det sol igen. Vi utforskade förstås området som är mycket vackert med kilometerlånga beacher och buschland, det är grönt och fint då det är tropiskt så det är hög luftfuktighet eftersom det regnar en hel del. Noosa är en populär turisort med mycket vackra hus och fina hotell och fantastiska omgivningar. Det ligger givetvis utmed havet men har också ... read more

I arrived safely in Brisbane (pronounced Bris-bin) after a glorious flight with Quantas- I highly recommend the company to anyone in the mood to travel to Australia. The flight attendants could not have been friendlier, good choices for entertainment, AND because there were not many people on my flight- I had PLENTY of room! The trip to LA… was not so great, we were packed in like sardines and had an hour delay due to the wind and Delta sucking. Once in Brisbane, I had to wait an hour and a half for my shuttle- which was not very much fun. The weather was also not very much fun- it rained pretty much non-stop from the time I landed until Sunday. Australia = HOT and HUMID! On the outside, my apartment complex looks like beach houses- ... read more

We went to another waterfall on Amy's last weekend as well as Kondalilla- Buderim, home of the ginger factory!! I had ginger and cinammon ice cream and crystallised ginger, and the waterfall was beautiful again...... read more