Applegarth Noosa

... back in Sydney. Afterwards we had a good chat with the dude who was teaching us and the young girl asking them loads of questions and stuff like when can I enter my competition and stuff like that haha, one day. We said to the girl called Taylor who was helping out with the lesson so is it straight to the pub now all your lessons are done for the day and she looked a little shocked and said no my mum and dad would kill me I'm only 14, well all I can say ...

... share with someone but someone how in the morning we had 5 sleeping bags between the two of us. No idea how that happened....<br><br>So on our last day we were all pretty hungover and did nothing but drive around and then head back to the ferry barge at mid day to head back to the Dingos Hostel. To finish off the tour we all had one last drinking session and played Uno again but this time turning it into a drinking game! I had a pretty awesome time doing the trip and would defo ...

... and shorts. We decided to park up in a campsite that looked onto the sea. Living the aussie life we stocked up on food and goon (which is cheap and nasty boxed wine that us backpackers have to resort to on our budget) and went to meet Marshall. Our pal Steven Marshall had been travelling up the other way from Sydney and we had met in the middle. We got him over to the van and tossed some ...

... one. We were trying to work out why they don't sell them anyway, at home they sell them in most supermarkets and DIY shops etc, we figured at home when there is a sunny weekend people will go out and buy a load to make the most of the sun, here its sunny most of the time so people buy a proper one and use it all the time lol. Anyway we gave up after a while and ended up using the BBQ on the campsite which was fine! http://www.eumundimarkets.com.au/ We went to Emundi ...

... Absolutely gorgeous birds! You see the rainbow laurakeets and cockatoos flying around in most wooded areas in Australia. Seen lots of kookaburos, they are soooo noisy! Wake us up making such a noise in the mornings,4am!! Then they brought in a croc to feed which was amazing! They really know what they are doing, I would love to have seen Steve Irwin do the show but his best friend was also really ...

... abusing his free Internet before heading to New Zealand on Saturday morning. We're off to Blackwattle Bay Park in a few hours to meet up with a select few, picnic on the grass and set up base to watch the fireworks. Relaxing picnic or standing room only with the other 999,999 people at Darling Harbour.....hmmmm, no contest there really. So, I guess all that's left for me to say is "Happy New Year". Bring on 2009...it's gonna be a great one! Love you all x x

... the Wildlife Warriors,spreads the word that whaling is wrong and collects goods for the anti whaling ship the Sea Shepherds Steve Irwin. She makes items that are auctioned for a group call Higher Ground Australia which raises money for Wildlife. She has made a number of videos for anti whaling,fundraising and about people who litter our suburbs. She cleans up rubbish in the ...

... but fortunately these three girls have quite an appetite and were more than happy to polish off a bucket of fruit and veg each. As you hold out your slightly cupped hand offering the fruit you don't have the same worry about teeth as you do with horses or kangaroos, all you get is a slightly damp palm as Bimbo, Siam or Sabu exercises some of the 100,000 muscles in her trunk to expertly pick up the food and take it to her mouth, leaving us mere humans ...

... Elephants, Tigers and Camels and Otters. Ended up at a pretty decent hostel in Brisbane, Bunk Backpackers. 14th December Brisbane Pretty boring day trying to sort out hostels etc for the coming week, and washing clothes. We did have a walk around Brisbane though.

... Rehe (Kaengurus oder wie die heissen) sind ja doch ziemlich gross. Aber ging wie immer alles gut, Auto lebt, wir auch, offensichtlich. Nur die Scheibe wir uns wohl nicht mehr lange begleiten. Der Riss ist groesser geworden... aber das wird berichtet wenn wir das Auto mal reparieren lassen. Unser Tag endet also bei Pizza Hut und anschliessendem Festschmaus auf... natuerlich, dem Truck Stop. Mitten zwischen anderen Schlafenden ...