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A Change of Pace - Night 29

We began the morning with tree planting. Though there wasn’t a whole lot of them to do, we managed to stretch the job out until noon. Around 1 pm the sun finally showed its welcomed face, the first time since we had been out to Bribie Island. To enjoy the great weather, Daniel and I decided...

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exumenius on November 8, 2007 from Woorim, Australia

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Rain, Rain Go Away - Night 28

Ominous clouds hung low in the sky again this morning, but the rain held off as we had breakfast and eventually drove to Buckley’s Hole to do more weeding. Just after break, when we were preparing to switch gears into some tree planting, the skies opened up once more. Shane led us on a brief...

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exumenius on November 7, 2007 from Woorim, Australia

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More Weeding - Night 27

Today was the running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s version of the Kentucky Derby. To celebrate we did more weeding at Buckley’s Hole. At lunch I took a walk on the beach and came upon a huge group of small blue crabs, though I didn’t have my camera with me. They move in a sort of...

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exumenius on November 6, 2007 from Woorim, Australia

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To Bribie - Night 26

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...

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exumenius on November 5, 2007 from Woorim, Australia

from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

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