I've headed back to Brisbane for an overnight stop before heading to Fraser Island tomorrow. Well, I thought I was. I got a call from the tour company saying that a group had dropped out so they cancelled the trip as there wasn't enough numbers. Rubbish. They offered a shorter trip the next day, but I'd not see as much and I'd be stuffed for acc...

That's right, I'm in Australia! The last two days have been so so busy, but its paid off. I spent quite a while on an airplane, especially going from Los Angeles to Auckland. However, it was the most wonderful flight. Each meal was comprized on 7 items, each seat had a video screen, and the chairs themselves were beyond comfortable. Though I did...

We'd met Dan in a hostel in Italy, and he'd encouraged us to drop in and stay a few nights in Brisbane on our way up the coast. We were taking the words "drop in" very literally now, calling the day of our arrival to see if we could stay with him. Due to the isolation in Nimbin, we just hadn't been able to make the call before. His secretary sai...

Short trip to Brisbane from Surfers and we stayed in the YHA near the bus station. We have had mixed luck with the YHA's, either they are booked out or are a kip. This one was been renovated, and we were in the one been renovated. Its never good for us blokes to wake up in the morning, open the curtain and for the first thing to see is Bob the B...

It is really starting to feel like summer here in Australia, we have been very lucky with the weather. We were told that when we get here for Christmas is will be 35 degrees Celsius which would be 95 degrees back home. We were fine with that, hoping there would be some A/C or pool. But it has been mild, until we hit the Whitsunday's last week. T...

First stop in Brisbane was Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. We have always wanted to visit here ever since we first started to watch the Crocodile Hunter on TV, and we were not disappointed. It is an excellent zoo, with superb facilities, and a total focus on the animals. There is no doubt that they are the bosses! The facilities were truly excelle...

G'day all! After spending the first few days readjusting to the time difference, climate change and stellar accents of everyone around us, we have finally gained a moderately solid grasp on both the people and places of Brisbane. This week was mainly comprised of morning introductions to our upcoming academic classes and a few off-campus field t...

Friday 16th/Sat 17th Sept Because of the forecasted storm, we shelved the plans we had and stayed local......good idea because when it rains here it rains !!! The storm arrived Fri tea time and continued until the wee hours of Sat morning. Clive was a tad worried that the roof may come off.........it didn't!! By mid Sat morning the weather had p...

Tue 29th continued... OK journey on the coach - was only aboot 7 hours. My name was Mr Skelpon apparantly! We got to "Brizzy" about 5 and sorted a room with 'A Place To Stay' backpackers. Bit out of town but was ok for one night. We went for a pizza/pasta then net in some shisha place, didnt get my hubbly bubbly on though :-( All caned so went b...