Oaks 212 Margaret Brisbane

... who he hadnt seen for 4 years!!!!! nath and ash had actualy been livng in the UK for 4 years and i met nath in africa whern he was on his way home and i said i was goin to aus so thats why he offered me to come stay and recharge!!!<br>ive had a chance to do that<br>also got to go see a brisbane beach, but it was a bit wet so fingers crossed tomorow it wont be as bad<br>helped rob plant more veggies in his garden too today, its great to chill and not be on the road!!!

... to camping on this trip, I offered all my leftovers to other campers, including a jeans and a shaver (got a new one though..).<br><br>Then I passed by the Gold Coast today and I would not recommend anybody ever doing that. <br>Surfers Paradise can be renamed into anything else but paradise. High appartment buildings all over, no fun. So I quickly browsed and moved on.<br><br>The ...

... which is the state where Brisbane is situated. QL was ruled by a man called Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen, a very norwgian sounding name. (Yes, it is Joh... not John). He ruled the state from 1968 - 1987 and he was kind of a control freak I guess you could say, the state was a policestate and corruption was very common. <br><br>QL celebrates 150 years as a state this year. Macadamien nuts are a native Australian product. QL is big on coal, they ...

... And then on the road ahead - tolls!!!! Oh no!!!! We had no coins!!! Panic panic panic...what lane should we be in for paper...do they have a paper lane.....quick get off get off get off...and we did. We travelled a road for a while...stopped and looked at our ineffective map and decided that we would stay ...

Yesterday we flew back to Brisbane and spent our last night in Oz in the Elephant and Wheelbarrow, the first hostel we ever stayed in. Made sure got the same 22 bed dorm and met the same drunken Irishman who followed us around last time. Surprisingly didn't remember us. We ate Thai on China Town and found this ...

... with 6 boys in a small house made for some very funny **** talking. Even though cricket and rugby are the dominant sports there, they boys challenged us to a game of American Football. It was quite the beat down but they definitely held there own. There house was in suburbia and about five minute drive to the UQ campus and with a student population of 42,000 it was an amazing campus. It almost reminded me of UC Santa Barbara only laid out on the main river which on the ...

... spent wandering around the city, particularly the shops. Tomorrow we are hoping to fly north to Cairns. However, there is a category 4 tropical cyclone (suitably named Hamish!!) affecting the Queensland coast in that area. One local commented to us when hearing of our plans, "What a bloody stupid time to be going there. There's a cyclone"!!!!! Have no idea where the next update will come from.........Hopefully Port Douglas weather permitting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

... the City Cat at the same dock, we boarded. This provided us with a known direction of travel to City Center. As the day was quickly passing, we knew we would need to be back at City Center no later than 4:30PM to catch a shuttle back to the ship. We had a couple of hours left, but that was not a problem as the area was full of shops. The Queens Mall was right beside the pickup point. It is an area that has a walkway the size of the streets that leads thru four or so ...

... voneinander lernen. Das Problem ist nur: die Wenigsten wollen asiatische Sprachen lernen. Der Weg nach Hause war schön.. es dämmerte langsam und ich bin an der wunderschönen Southbank, am Fluss entlang gelaufen. Durch diesen Bougainvillea-Tunnel, der sich an der Lagune langschlängelt. Ein tropisches Paradies! Ich hatte leider meine Canon nicht mit, aber irgendwann nehme ich mir dafür noch mal Zeit. Ich bin auch ...

... sometimes three in the morning and it takes dedication to wait up for them. For the rest of the week we relaxed, walking around the streets of Brisbane taking it easy. One day we visited a museum where they had large dinosaurs are at least their skeletal remains, even one that said that food and drink was prohibited beside it obviously they were advising that to be on the safe side. One thing we noticed about Brisbane and later on is ...