Taringa Gardens Apartments
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Bleary-Eyed in Brisbane
... even the little towns and islands that make up the "Sunshine State", so that even though we hadn't visited those places, we still came away knowing more about them. After wandering through the exhibits we headed down the South Bank Parklands. I wonder which out of Brisbane and London is the copycat! Brisbane's South Bank being "parkland" is a very green version of the one back at home, and like everywhere we visit, has its own lagoon. As we were walking by the lagoon we spotted ...
The Oz experience begins...
... before watching another film - The Condemed, and going to bed. Rising and shining at a slightly better hour, our first port of call is the travel agents as we had decided we wanted to go to Fraser Island and hostels here don't help with trips. We spoke to a lovely girl (actually from Kent) who told us all about the tour options but did warn us that usually people book 2 weeks before - especially now in peak season - and yet we had hoped to leave the following day! ...
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
... to know how much it had changed, it has changed an awful lot in the forty odd years since she left there, she arrived just before the floods in the 70’s, as she said she wasn’t impressed with the greeting she got, she was all up for leaving after 2 weeks (she must have been a kid then though) she has never been back to the UK, so was really hungry for any news about her ‘hometown’ at ‘Turnham Green’ I don’t think she would ...
Brisbane to Port Augusta
... the next stop for fuel.Travelling along here reminds me of when we travelled across the Nullobor when we were here the last time.
We stopped in Wilcannia which is mostly inhabitated by aboriginals but the town has some beautiful buildings with unique architecture. The buildings are all made out of the colour of amber stone.
no fruit fly zone and that means that all fruits have to be disposed of which is a pain. We have also entered central time zone so now are clocks go ...
G'day Australia
... in ihrem Gehege jeden Tag von hunderten von Turis gefüttert und hatten um 3 Uhr Nachmittags absolut keinen Hunger mehr. Streicheln konnten wir sie trotzdem.
Morgen machen wir uns wahrscheinlich auf zu Trevors Eltern in Hervey Bay, um von dort aus nach Fraser Island überzusetzen. Wahrscheinlich werden wir 5 Tage zu Fuss und mit unserer Campingausrüstung bewaffnet über die Insel ...
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