Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1258

Kayla and I are currently in Noosa Heads. We had a small bus ride from Brisbane which wasnt too bad at all. We bought a bus pass for 200 dollars traveling with Greyhound Australia. Its really neat becuase we can make as many stops as we want inbetween Brisbane and Cairns. We had chosen to stop at Noosa , Rainbow Beach , Hervey Bay ( for Fraser Island) , then take a 12 hour bus ride all the way to Airlie Beach where we will book our sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands. Kayla and I are most excited for this , all our fellow travelers have pumped us up and spoken about how lovely this trip is. Beautiful Scenery , scuba diving along the Barrier Reef. We are staying at the Koala Hostel in Noosa ... read more

Hej guys! Saa er ogsaa Fraser Island oplevet. Vidunderligt. I skulle proeve at koere med stor bus gn. regnskoven paa bumlede sandstier - det er noget, der kan taende enhver koeregal dreng og pige. Var ved at tilte et par gange, men det gik. En dag, hvor vi laa ved den pittoreske Lake McKenzie kom der lige en dingo spadserende. Den for ned til soeen og drak af det ferske vand. PAA vej tilbage til skoven passerede den lige forbi mig - kun 0,5 m vaek. Overlevede - det var spaendende. Ikke alle oplever at se disse ulvehunde. I morgen kl. meget tidlig hopper jeg saa paa bussen til Noosa. Skulle vaere - de riges strandpromenade og meget, meget smuk. Gad vide, om folk finder den smuk, naar der ogsaa ligger saadan en +40-aarig toes og ... read more

Today we met up with Sean and Emma (from our Fraser trip) and we headed to Eumundi Markets (largest market in Queensland). Just as we arrived on the bus the heavens opened up! The first stop was the pac a mac man. I got a fetching XXL lilac rain coat to my ankles and Andy got a dashing royal blue knee length number! He ripped the first one so we said it was ripped and took it back! We had a wander around the market for a couple of hours. Lots of nice things. I got a ring and an anklet! Andy got nothing. As you can see from the photo we were still looking for funny signs. The market started to close at one, so we went over to the bus stop to catch the ... read more

Fruit from Rustys was my hangover cure, and I was soon in town booking up a string of activites and transportation down the east coast. At 13:00 I made my way across to the offices of my dive tour operator Explorer Ventures and met my new cabin mates: Kim, Lizette, Maddo, Jo, Magnus and Mikaela - all of whom seemed really nice. After introductions and coffee we were whisked off to Cairns airport for our transfer flight to Cooktown. We were loaded up into 7 seater Shrike Commander aircraft, and were soon flying low over the reefs and rainforests on the way up to Cooktown. It was a spectacular flight - not quite as low as dad flies, but altitude never topped 1000ft even over the mountains. The Turbulence was incredible over the rainforests, and the ... read more

Up at 7am today, half the tent flat on my face and boiling hot. I was still dying for the toilet as i had waited all night! Once we finally got to the showers there was a huge queue, and later on we had to have one of the bossy Canadian girls come in and tell us to hurry up! wasn't our fault!! The hot water was a dollar for every 3mins, so I decided just to have a cold one instead. It was a trek to Lake Wabby. We had to walk a LONG way down hill to the Lake and dreaded the walk back(about 1.2km). The Lake itself was very green, and the sand dunes were so big it looked like desert. Nothing like Lake McKenzie, so we didnt stay there long and went ... read more