Hotel George Williams - Ymca Brisbane

... and its diverse inhabitants and I've grown to love it.

As I officially said goodbye to camping on this trip, I offered all my leftovers to other campers, including a jeans and a shaver (got a new one though..).

Then I passed by the Gold Coast today and I would not recommend anybody ...

Wednesday 29/7/09 Gold Coast Qld.

Today just a little shopping to get those few items that are always forgotten.

Sopping completed now nothing else to do except we must visit our granddaughter at Valleygirl shop where she is assistant Manager.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia nevgftn

... of four. :-)
Alas, it was goodbye, and soon it was time for me to go down the escalator away from them all and make my way to the boarding gate.
It was a stark contrast from the tears and heartbreaking last words, when i landed in Auckland NZ to a pre-school painted sign with my name on it (dry pasta included!), with a shriek and a skip to the open arms of my tanz!

... 6pm so we could wend our way home and that was 3 HOURS later!! Due to work on the line,we also had to catch two buses.This trip would normally take about an hour. 12 April. Another Lay Day 13 April. A horrid wet day so we went to the movies! "The Boat That Rocked".Well worth seeing.I'm doing it ********ight,no Savvy for sale in the supermarkets and the bottle stores are closed for Easter Monday. Roll on tomorrow night....

... Wir haben nur zuhause "rumgehangen", weil wir beide recht müde waren. War aber trotzdem, wie immer, sehr lustig. Ja und gestern (Donnerstag) habe ich noch die Bad Taste Party vorbereitet, bin dann schnell nach hause gehuscht, habe mich hässlich gemacht und bin wieder zurück zur Party. Was mich geärgert hat, war, dass der Barmanager nichts auf die Reihe bekommen hat. Er hat weder meine Videos gezeigt, noch meine Musik gespielt ...

... nehmen und Menschen in der Innenstadt fotografieren. Es ist wirklich wirklich interessant und erstaunlich! Auch wie die Menschen miteinander umgehen. Im Bus beispielsweise stehen Juengere fuer Aeltere sofort auf und Maenner fuer Frauen. Ausserdem lesen alle immer Buecher oder Zeitung und hoeren Musik, wenn wir unterwegs sind. Die Busse sind gewoehnlicherweise voll von "Business Menschen", da Parken in der Innenstadt zu einer Katastrophe wird und auch viel zu teuer ist ...

... stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of "a few minor tasks" -- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates. The successful applicant, who will stay rent-free in a three-bedroom beach home complete with plunge pool and golf buggy, must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator and be able to speak and write English. "They'll also have to talk to media from time to time about ...

... the pesky meddling kids solve some mysteries. It turned out that they had sloped off to go round and round on the Lethal Weapon ride. It was a suspended roller coaster and went at 80km per hour. Fes was pretending to be Mel Gibson and RT was being Danny Glover and when they finally came back he kept muttering ' I'm too old for all this s**t!' and he & Fes would fall about laughing. I wonder about those two sometimes! We got back to the house to fin that Yoshi (mad ...