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Random Nuggets Of Information #3

On account of the fact I've had fuck all money and therefore no motivation to peel myself off whatever couch happens to be handy apart from when I have to go and slave in a field I haven't quite managed to put together a suitably coherent post. I mean, I've been up to stuff since I got to...

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Koala Bear on August 21, 2007 from Batchelor, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

The Great Barrier Reef

Early on in our 4 month trip down under, I received an email from my mum about a place that she’d found for us to stay while we visited the Great Barrier Reef and rainforest around Cairns. It looked nice enough: self-contained apartments; swimming pool; short walk down to the beach, and set in...

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olliejohnson on August 20, 2007 from Yorkeys Knob, Australia

from the travel blog: A Brit and a Canuck Down Under

Off-roading on Fraser Island

It was a 5:00 wake-up for our trip to Fraser Island. On the plus side, it meant that we’d probably avoid the weird old landlady. We were renting a 4 wheel drive truck for our 2-day journey onto the island, and we had to attend a mandatory instruction and safety briefing before we were allowed...

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olliejohnson on August 18, 2007 from Fraser Island, Australia

from the travel blog: A Brit and a Canuck Down Under

A fun city, a boring city, and some whales

We arrived in Sydney mid-afternoon and were picked up by a shuttle bus our hostel had arranged for us. In the middle of rush-hour traffic, our driver insisted on breaking only when within about 1 foot of other cars, cyclists, or pedestrians. After about 40 minutes in the death cab, we arrived at...

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olliejohnson on August 17, 2007 from Sydney, Australia

from the travel blog: A Brit and a Canuck Down Under

Work. Yay. I Think.

On account of the fact I resemble a stapled mural with a grin the only people in the world who'll employ me are the Firey Pits Of Hell otherwise known as a melon farm near Batchelor. This means no phone signal or internet until what will seem like the very end of...

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Koala Bear on August 17, 2007 from Batchelor, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Unemployment

You know you've been involuntarily unemployed for too long when you find yourself slumped on a couch idly flicking through the jobs paper, poring over jobs which require skills that exceed your qualifications as a Good For Nothing Lay About Backpacker whilst criticising the inadequacies of...

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Koala Bear on August 16, 2007 from Darwin, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

A birthday to remember on The Great Barrier Reef

What a fabulous way to have a birthday! We had to be down at the marina for 8:30 and were sailing at 09:00 with Reef Magic Cruises – a particularly apt name, out to Marine World pontoon, moored out on the outer reef which is apparently not as heavily visited as the inner (and therefore more...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 14, 2007 from Cairns, Australia

from the travel blog: From the Shire to Middle Earth and back

Frazer Island

Up at 5am!! Packed, loaded car and at the 4WD hire place for a briefing at 06:30. The briefing was quite terrifying in pointing out the hazards of speeding on the beach and the dangers of excessive speed on the inland tracks as well as pointing out the need for self-reliance. There were...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 12, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia

from the travel blog: From the Shire to Middle Earth and back

Back in Gordon

Well we are home and trying to get used to the winter that we have missed. It was lovely to be home and although it is an anti climax that we have not finished the trip. We are still ecstatic as the places we went, the people we met and the experiences we all had as a family were priceless. ...

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michelle62 on August 12, 2007 from Gordon, Australia

from the travel blog: Travelling around Australia

Whales in the bay

We had planned to travel through the Glass House Mountains on our way to Hervey Bay but decided, as we needed to catch an afternoon Whale Watching boat, to travel without this detour and try to see them on our way back to Brisbane. This proved to be a good decision as we reached the harbour and...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 10, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia

from the travel blog: From the Shire to Middle Earth and back

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