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After having met my old registrar in Brisbane who is also working out here he gave us some ideas when travelling up the coast.
Sunshine Coast was nothing exciting and Steve Irwin's ego trip (zoo) was pleasant. Saw some strange creatures and the massive 650 kg crocodiles which were rather sluggish due to the relative cold weather.
We set off for Fraser Island which was superb, the largest sand drift in the world and home to many exciting things for Biologists and linguists alike:
the roots of the trees that looked like Medusa's hair or a jellyfish
the epiphytes
the pure silicon white sand which cleaned jewellery, exfoliated or softened hair
the freshwater creeks and perch lakes
wild dingos (cross between greyhounds, foxes and dogs)
a middle aged tour guide who had some pervy stories he shared over the tannoy
However there are no Aboriginal people there anymore in part thanks to Yankee Bob's babboon hunts!
Had a nice crowd, of note Lord Janner's grand daughter was one.
unfortunately crappy weather - it rains 200 days of the year as it has rainforest
We left the gateway to Fraser (Hervey Bay) as soon as possible and off to the treasures of Queensland:
We set off for Bli Bli ( meant to be pronounced Bleye Bleye) to see the faux Norman castle from 1970 made out of breeze blocks and the giant pineappple.
Off to 1770 - a very up and coming town (apparently). Nice enough beach not much else. The large dots on the map here wouldn't even get a mention on our Ordnance Survery ones.
Slept in the car and then a long drive to Mackay which is a large city by their standards, the pizza hut people had never met any English people - this didn't get us a discount.
In Mackay it rained heavily for the first time in 4 years and our hostel had possums on the roof (no dame edna though) and tonight we are in Airlie beach as a prelude to our sailin trip with jellyfish for the next 3 days.
On the drive up I got a speeding ticket for 250 dollars just after talking about speeding. Fair enough but frustrating, I now am keepin to the speed limit which is a very sedentary 60 mph on empty roads.
I have finished Mandela's long walk to freedom which was gripping and inspirational. Now I am on to the essays of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' Haggadah and then on to the the Dalai Lama's latest book.
Myself and Ed seem very well suited to travel together as we have short attention spans and love to read.
You can now all leave comments without registering, thanks for letting me know Puf
The title was a poster in a shop window here showing it's not only greengrocers who have a full grasp of our language.
Sunshine Coast was nothing exciting and Steve Irwin's ego trip (zoo) was pleasant. Saw some strange creatures and the massive 650 kg crocodiles which were rather sluggish due to the relative cold weather.
We set off for Fraser Island which was superb, the largest sand drift in the world and home to many exciting things for Biologists and linguists alike:
the roots of the trees that looked like Medusa's hair or a jellyfish
the epiphytes
the pure silicon white sand which cleaned jewellery, exfoliated or softened hair
the freshwater creeks and perch lakes
wild dingos (cross between greyhounds, foxes and dogs)
a middle aged tour guide who had some pervy stories he shared over the tannoy
However there are no Aboriginal people there anymore in part thanks to Yankee Bob's babboon hunts!
Had a nice crowd, of note Lord Janner's grand daughter was one.
unfortunately crappy weather - it rains 200 days of the year as it has rainforest
We left the gateway to Fraser (Hervey Bay) as soon as possible and off to the treasures of Queensland:
We set off for Bli Bli ( meant to be pronounced Bleye Bleye) to see the faux Norman castle from 1970 made out of breeze blocks and the giant pineappple.
Off to 1770 - a very up and coming town (apparently). Nice enough beach not much else. The large dots on the map here wouldn't even get a mention on our Ordnance Survery ones.
Slept in the car and then a long drive to Mackay which is a large city by their standards, the pizza hut people had never met any English people - this didn't get us a discount.
In Mackay it rained heavily for the first time in 4 years and our hostel had possums on the roof (no dame edna though) and tonight we are in Airlie beach as a prelude to our sailin trip with jellyfish for the next 3 days.
On the drive up I got a speeding ticket for 250 dollars just after talking about speeding. Fair enough but frustrating, I now am keepin to the speed limit which is a very sedentary 60 mph on empty roads.
I have finished Mandela's long walk to freedom which was gripping and inspirational. Now I am on to the essays of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' Haggadah and then on to the the Dalai Lama's latest book.
Myself and Ed seem very well suited to travel together as we have short attention spans and love to read.
You can now all leave comments without registering, thanks for letting me know Puf
The title was a poster in a shop window here showing it's not only greengrocers who have a full grasp of our language.
posted by Saul Kaufman at 3:32 AM
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Hi, Saul, enjoyed latest comments. Naughty fellow, getting ticket. $250 seems a bit steep, you'll have to remind, or should I say "remin'd", me how much a $ is worth.
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hi saul,
surely the rainforest is there because of the heavy rainfall and not vice versa?
just a thought.
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