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... little fish cafe right by the famous Mapleton Lillypond. The owner was extremely friendly (possibly a little too friendly) and offered to take our photo by the lake.

Needing to work off our lunch we drove to the Mapleton Falls national park and did the taxing 2km boardwalk amongst the valley of giant palms. The views from the lookouts were spectacular and well worth the effort.

As night fell we enjoyed our sundowners and watched the peak ...

... einem nur von den giftigen Tieren, aber keiner sagt, dass hier dein Kreditlimit auch in akuter Gefahr ist! Das Einzige, was mich daran gehindert hat, so richtig zuzuschlagen, war die Gewissheit, dass ich alles noch 2 Monate mit mir herumschleppen muss oder ein Vermoegen bezahle, wenn ich die Sachen per Post heimschicke.

Hatte auch einen sportlichen Anfall, der sich in 2 Stunden Kajak fahren geaeussert hat. Leider waren bei diesen 2 Stunden Kajak fahren Theorie ...

... now. Back to VW again (in between working) and after another four hours they have hopefully fixed our transmission.

Apart from all that excitement, we are still having fun and not taking it all too seriously. Wayne has been picking strawberries along with about 30 other pickers. I have been packing the strawberries along with about 20 other packers. The picking is tough on Wayne's back, they are bending over most of the time. Once the strawberries ...

... be ready only to be told that she didn't know and it could be any time up until 2pm. She sent them off packing with their tails between their legs and promptly showed us straight to our room... a smile and a wink can get you a long way. The room was gorgeous, yet another Aussie style room with an ensuite spa and kitchenette. We went for a stroll into town for a look round leafy Hastings Street, with it's ...

... cute! Bonnie kept making these little sounds before the keeper came in with the food... i'm sure she knew it was feeding time! some other highlights for me were patting a Koala, watching the Wombat sleep sprawled out belly-up and then getting to pet one when we saw Meg the Wombat out for her afternoon walk. of course the peak of the day was walking through the huge Kangaroo enclosures and getting to pet, sit with and feed them. they ...

... tea tree leaves in the bottom made you look like Jennifer Lopez when you swam in it...well, as brown as her at least...otherwise I would have set up home there! Look like J-Lo....hell yeah! Don't even think that San Tropez could make me look that brown (see photo). The funniest moment of the trip had to be when I asked what I'd just stepped in, moments after the girls had apparently used the privacy of the jeep to shelter the rest of the campers from their white ...

... way including a visit to Harry's Hut. It turned out that we had the Rolls-Royce of kayaks, especially compared to all the metal canoes that most people had rented. We were certainly faster on the water than most people. By late afternoon we reached our campsite. We thought it would be just us, but it turned out that 3 other people were staying there. They had to move their tents to give us enough room since it was such a small ...

... wining and dining, reminiscing and putting the world right. An insiders trip round the Island which has many bird reserves. We then were taken on a day out in an area north of Brisbane at the Glass House Mountain area and ancient forest. All rounded off in Barrie and Josses swimming pool. Had a really great time. Can't post any photos at the moment as no one seems to have a card reader.

My assignment this week was to do bush regeneration on Bribie Island, a large sandbar northeast of Brisbane. It would also be my first week with Team Leader Chris. We loaded the troupee for an 8am departure. Joining me this week would be Daniel, Hong, Han, Rex, Mark and Lena. The drive isn't far and after fighting Brisbane traffic for a bit, we crossed the bridge onto Bribie at around 9:30 am. The island itself is populated mostly by ...

Noosa, Oh Noosa, sorry to say, although it's a lovely place I did not take a single pic. It wasn't that I was too overly tired, but I just was too darn lazy. I spent most of my days there walking around the city, reading, and hanging out with the ever funny and informative Mr. Andrew Brock. Of all the places that his dear Covigana, or whatever he named his bike, could break down, it chose Noosa and here he has stayed for some two ...