Oaks North Quay Brisbane

... rehabilitation of prisoners who get relaeased from prison. As a retired teacher, Kitty has a lovely way with people and even though she has been here since she was 16...she still has a lovely Irish accent. Kitty lives with her sister Nun, Justine, in Rockhampton. The 'Sisters of Mercy" are celebrating Kitty's life devotion as a Nun and are having a Jubilee celebration for her in january 2010. On my ...

... it was Fright Night..they putt it on every weekend in Oct for Halloween. Me being the wuss i am screamed like a div going through some haunted maze thing..it was horrible!!!<br>He also took me to Lone Pine Koala Santuary which was AWESOME!!! I bloody loved it there!! I chilled with some kangaroos and held a koala. loved loved loved it!<br>We also went for a night out in "the valley." Its like Blackpool. Loads of ...

... of four. :-)<br>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. <br>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! <br>

... We also made it down to Coolangotta (spl?) for the Quicksilver Surfer Bro. This beach is known to have some of the best surf breaks in the world, and wonderful scenery. Even though we didn't get to surf it made for a good day. It was hard to leave our weekend roommates as we all get pretty close over the short visit. But we have been invited down to South Africa for the World Cup and a few said they would come visit us in the states. Off again, down the Coast to a small town ...

... guy dealing with us said it our luggage might be on the next flight from Sydney, which had just arrived, if we wanted to wait. Sure enough it was and after only an hour or so delay we hit the road in Bryce's ute and Kate's Nova, which she is kindly lending us all for the week and made it to the Medina. The apartments are very nice and have great views of the Brisbane River but we are right next to Brisbane's (smaller) version of the Sydney Harbour Bridge so quiet, it is not! We ...

We left for the airport around 12:30am on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Sad to leave Damian and Kelsea behind but excited to have the other kids with us. Through check in, then customs, then sat at the gate till takeoff at 2:45am. Once in the air, we were given a birthday drink for Mike and the cake that Andy had organised - a yummy chocolate mud cake. One of the stewards brought ...

... spent hours trying to find somewhere for two days eventually we found an YHA travellers lodge about an hour south of Byron Bay in a town called Ballina. I go halfway round the world to end up in Ballina for Christmas. Typical. In the epilogue if this was a book (sometimes feels like I've written enough), the same woman emailed about three days after the initial email a list of hostels and hotels in the area most of which were of ...

Whoops, we have 8 weeks to travel instead of 3... we spent couple of days in Brisbane, planning our tour around Australia again! :-) Nastala zmena planu, na cestovani mame 8 tydnu misto 3. Takze jsme stravili nekolik dni v Brisbane a planovali nasi cestu po Australii znova! :-)