Friday 9th May 2008 I forgot to mention that we saw a python beside the road whilst we were driving around on the tour yesteday. The tour bus in front of us stopped and so did we so that we could get out and have a look. The snake didn’t move at all and neither…
Thursday 8th May 2008 Day two on Fraser Island gave no respite. We were up in time to grab some cooked breakfast before getting back on the tour bus at eight. The first stop was at Eli Creek to walk through the rainforests. We then drove along seventy-five mile beach. Part way up we were…
Wednesday 7th May 2008 I was up early to get the bus for the Cool Dingo two day tour to Fraser Island. I had a lift down to Urangan harbour and then we got the catamaran across to the island. On arrival we were met by our tour guide Chris who did his best to…
The lie-in this morning definitely helped and whatever the bug was seems to be shifting. I spent the morning at the hostel though, still figuring out plans. None of which was helped by the owner, Phil, who has very fixed ideas about what to do and where to go. According to him none of the…
Monday 5th April 2008 I didn’t feel too good this morning so I spent most of it sitting around the hostel. I did get out for some breakfast, which was a challenge because the big Woolworths was closed for the Bank Holiday. I managed to find orange juice and snacks in a “reject” store and…
Sunday 4th May 2008 My ear plugs didn’t manage to block out the creaking on the carriage so I only managed to get sleep in bursts of a few hours. We arrived on time in Brisbane, I picked up my bag and then collected my ticket to Hervey Bay. I couldn’t check in my bags…
I spent the morning looking around the Australian Museum, which contains skeletons, dinosours, birds, insects, reptiles, a huge collection of minerals and a big exhibition about indigenous people. I ate my lunch in Hyde Park and then had a look around the Anzac memorial, which had a good exhibit about Australia’s involvement in wars. I…
A few free drinks last night turned into a few more not free drinks! So after a lie-in I spent the morning sorting out travel plans, booking trains and enquiring about changing my flights. It’s going to be cheap to change my flight to travel home directly from Japan, but that means I’m not flying…
Thursday 1st May 2008 After my sensible early night I was up at a reasonable hour and walked down to the Opera House. I signed up for the 11 o’clock tour and waited outside passing the time trying to figure out the multitude of rail timetables for my planned itinerary. The tour was really good…
Wednesday 30th April 2008 It turned into a late drinking session last night so this morning didn’t really exist – good exercise for the liver though! I walked down to Wooloomooloo Bay, grabbed a pastie with mushy peas and gravy for lunch and sat and ate it admiring the miliions of dolars worth of boats.…