Blogs from Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 20

Leaving Port Douglas.... Tasha and I had arranged a transfer at 3:30 am from Port Douglas to Cairns to catch our 6:00 am flight to Brisbane. Unfortunately our transfer didn't show up and we had to wake up the hotel manager to get the next transfer for us, at 4:30 am. As it is at least an hour drive to Cairns, we were worried we would miss our flight... and sure enough, we did. I was pretty upset, but thankfully there was space on the 11:00 am flight and from there everything was smooth (the flight and the transfer from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast). I arrived on the Sunshine Coast on December 24th (Brent's birthday). He is house-sitting his coach's house, which is right across the street from the ocean! This is where we're staying ... read more

Escaping Brisbane we continued on our epic Greyhound journey stopping at Noosa Heads on the "Sunshine Coast". The wooden C19th YHA ("Halse Lodge") deserves a special mention as being a top place to stay even if the dorms are a touch on the small side. It was worth it just to watch the scores of lorikeets and parrots going about their business screechingly and squawkingly in the trees surrounding the building. We had two objectives when we arrived in town: The first was achieved the next day as we spent a full fun packed day at Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. Starting with the 90 minute documentary shown on the courtesy bus to Beerwah to the shows (lots of big crocs and snakes and tigers etc.) to the contact sessions with the animals and demonstrations and talks ... read more

Hello to you all. I know it has been a little while since I have last updated, but I have been enjoying some restful time to write and read and take in the surroundings. My time in New Zealand finished up well, I attended my first professional rugby match, which was quite entertaining, then I spent a few days in ChristChurch enjoying the museums and art gallery's. My first stage of my time in Australia was spent in Queensland. I flew into Brisbane and was met by a friend I made over in New Zealand. He showed me the sights around the city, including some beautiful botanical gardens then took me out to the Gold Coast for a day. This part of Australia has been built up a lot in the past few years, do to ... read more

When it comes to a purchace of all thingsgreat and small ,especially our first home,we are very methodical about it.. We sold our dream car ,a HJ 2 door coupe Monaro 327 chev to help with the purchase of WhyWait. No more speeding tickets for us...lol We searched from our back yard all the way to the other side of the country and the suburbs inbetween,we looked at many and we realised as we went along that we needed a unit that Dean could stand up in, We also needed these things ; A shower, Solar Power, Innerspring Mattress, L.C.D TV, Laptops , Broadband Internet ( Wireless ), Yes , We were going to rough it for 6 years...... We found WhyWait at Moffats Beach Sunshine Coast,we purchased her on the 27th of Feburary 2005. Then ... read more

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan is it hot today or what? Hotter than yesterday they think! Not sure but the humidity was sure a killer. Robbie didn’t wake up at 10am like he hoped, but he could turn that 9 hr drive back to Coonabarabran into a 7 hr drag race. I was hoping for some of Jess’ fine ground coffees that I had the last time I was here, but I was greeted with, “Meh-I’m too lazy to make it for you, Johnny*”… The sound of water boiling and the aroma of instant coffee slid into Robbie’s dream world and brought him up. Bearing in mind the big journey he had left, he had to leave early. I think he was planning to drop in on the Ippy girls to get a running report on the casualty rate ... read more