Paramount Motel and Serviced Apartments Brisbane

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Nikita and Caitlin 29/11/09

ps. 3 days to go!

... the airport with no sleep and only a copy of "Notes from a Big County" by Mr Bryson to keep me inspired, its deya vu as I am hunting for an internet facility that will allow me to print. In the end a nice lady noticed me wandering around aimlessley, a bit emotional and cursing my lack of organistional skills. She led me over to her work station at Juicy Rentals and allowed me to use her computer to print off my visa confirmation. I did explain to her ...

So it is our last day before we leave for Japan and the nerves are setting in. We have exchanged our aussie dollars for yen and packed our bags (and also decorated them with Astro-boy/Sea themed stickers ...

... buses have right of way here. And then it started to get a bit confusing....but the way back to the motorway appeared and we went back on to it and travelled the next few kilometre until the scenic turnoff to surfers paradise appeared...we had finally arrived....4 hours after the start of our journey ...

... These numbers are all in Australian dollars. If you want the American equivalent, it's about 80% of the Australian. So, $1.00 AUD is about $0.80 USD. Sorry, but I am too lazy to do the conversions! ;-) And the store I went into is one with the best prices, so anywhere that is more isolated (everywhere except capital cities) or touristy (everywhere) was more expensive by about 20-50% I would say. Also, some things, like produce, can ...

... and afterwards Nicole and I went over to Remy's house to listen to an unplugged session of his latest CD. It was a fabulous day of frolicking on the beach, watching semi-pro surfers battling with huge waves and discussing the finer points of the practicalities and aesthetics of boardies versus wetsuits on surfers, a very intellectual debate, I can assure you. When practising the semi-pro and pro surfers don't paddle out into the big surf, instead they ...

... a car. Had to, as Surfers would have been to far to walk to! We went to see very dear friends Ev and Ross for the afternoon and had a wonderful catchup. We cheated again yesterday and caught the train to visit Keith and Sushma. Thanks Sushma, for the delicious lunch and NZ Savvy.

Today,we NEED to go for a long walk.

Happy Birthday to Peter xxx

And wishing you all a safe and happy Easter.

... Next up? Videotape a drunk and angry Mel Gibson pontificating again about a minority group; · [Educational (or useless trivia) Point #1...Eungella National Park is the only known habitat of the Eungella Gastric-Brooding frog that actually vomits up its eggs just before they hatch instead of the more traditional laying of them...I have no idea how the eggs first got fertilized]; · Seeing the aptly named and beautiful Blue Rock Beach; · Getting to spend ...

... serve a variety of very nice mojitos (I got through lychee, strawberry and lemongrass while I was there - I was waiting for sunset to get some good pics, so figured I may as well resurrect my recently neglected Alcoholism & Views series), and there's one room that's sort of airlocked away to save the A/C, and probably, now that I think about it, to stop kids from doing themselves a mischief, where there aren't any windows ...

... exact point so I missed the photo oportunity, which meant a Chinese guy got an extra 31 photos of his girlfriend infront of the falls. It was bulging with water as the Cyclone had just passed through Cairns. It was a spectacle. I arrived at Kuranda. Walked around for all of three minutes, went to the gift shop and took a photo for another Chinese guy. Then I caught the SkyRail down to Carins. This is basically a skilift with stops along the way to view the ...