The Excellsior Mooloolaba

... after all the drama. Then up to Hervey Bay for a few days, its not actually very far from Rainbow but I thought I may as well see it, maybe do some whale watching if its not too expensive. Then off to a little place called 1770 (guess when they named it....) for some snorkel action and maybe a chopper bike tour. That's as far as I've planned as I think ...

... are Kangaroos!!!! Yay!!!! I am so excited to see them. They look so cute! I can't believe they are a pest here!!....

I then spend the next 4 days chilling at Stacy's because there isn't much to do due to the really bad weather (heavy rain and winds) apart from drinking coffee with Darren and Stacy, watching movies and writing my blog etc.... it's really nice though,I am enjoying doing just that too and Stacy is really sweet too and looks after ...

... tide. Not liking this! And neither was MrJ so I haul up the anchor, which is so hard to do (not!) as AR does have an electric winch and we move off. There are no other deeper holes, they all have been taken; we cannot or should I say "I will not" put back to sea, I am too tired and could not stand a night passage. I need my sleep! The only thing to do is ring the marinas and beg for somewhere to tie up for the night. Good on the Mooloolaba Marina; thank you, thank you ...

... sold out!!! Apparantly I should have booked it ahead of time online. So I was in a rotten mood from the start. I reluctantly shook it off and went to the otters to watch them being fed. They cheered me right up. They were 2 sisters that were so mischievous and curious. The trainer talked to us about them and fed them for 15 minutes. The best story she told was they were originally in Auckland Zoo and the zookeepers kept finding otter poo throughout the zoo every morning ...

... the ocean, and there's a nice little stretch of beach that i like to sit on and read for a little while after i get off from work. it also happens to be one of the best places for kite surfing which is very popular here, and the Cotton Tree Esplanade is a great place to watch them do aerials. Lana and I went cruising around Maroochydore the other day and i was able to snap a ...

... manage to get a couple of pics, one hump and one tail, I was so excited. Coming in through Mooloolaba's seawall was another one of those experiences you must have; what looked calm from out to sea is a different story once in close. The seaway entrance ran parallel to the beach so there are a few rolling wave to navigate through before you have cleared the entrance. Just to add to the adventure, it was a Saturday afternoon with weekend boating traffic heading ...

... restauranter. Jeg fik simpelt hen det dyreste på kortet ,Wagyou Beef filet ( angiveligt verdens bedste oksekød), til AU$. 35 ( på menukortet hos ReefNBeef's til 438 D.kr.), mens Mia og Janne nøjedes med mere beskedne men stadig gode retter til ca AU$ 20. En 400 g Scots Prime kostede til sammenligning AU$ 23. Mandag den 4. August. Så er vi nået frem til vores sidste dag i Australien. Vi har ikke det store tidspres, da vores fly til Singapore først har afgang ...

... a busy day and we drove the short distance in the (still) pouring rain back to the apartment. Friday 25th July A cloudy, windy but dry start to the day. We wanted to have a look round the 'Hinterland Area' inland from the coast but as we set off it started to shower with rain. After thirty minutes travelling west on Hwy 10, we passed 'The Big Pineapple', another symbol of the growing capability of this region, although there are hardly any pineapples grown now. We ...

... was trying to hop out. As we pulled up to Kiana I was seen to haul myself up with no care for flippers, tank or other human beings as I ripped my suit off. I explained that I glanced up from my Manta search to see a little (3 - 5 cm), transparent jellyfish with tentacles on each corner (about 30cm long) bob on past my right shoulder. I whewed, only to look forward and see another jellyfish bounce straight into my mask. This was the point where manbits climb into stomach and ...

... je me suis leve a 7h30 pour aller surfer. Quoi 7h30???? "T'es malade" me direz-vous, "pourquoi si tot, tu es en vacances". Les planches de surf gratuites ont un prix, celui de la quantite disponibles. Ainsi, premier arrive, premier servi, et ce, a chaque matin. Je dois dire que ce n'est vraiment pas evident le surf! On m'avait dit, lorsque j'ai pris un cours de surf en Nouvelle Zelande, que le surf etait un peu comme le snowboarding. Je ne trouve pas ...