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Obligatory East Coast Adventure: Day 5

Ok so Townsville. Its very nice but at the end of the day there's fuck all to do but gaze wistfully over at Magentic Island then proceed to book a trip there. It's also a Proper Town, more so than Cairns. Cairns is still very touristy, you can get away with lounging around the lagoon in the...

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Koala Bear on November 2, 2007 from Townsville, Australia

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

A Crazy Day in Stanthorpe - Night 23

The day began as any other at Dragonweyr; a morning walk, some breakfast, a bit of cleaning. Strange events, however, would soon conspire. Today was our last day at this project, so rather than work we spent the morning taking down tents and packing up our tools and belongings. With our...

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exumenius on November 2, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia

from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Going Away Dinner - Night 22

All that remained of work for the day was chopping the remaining wood and moving a large stone in the backyard. As such we were finished with our conservation duties before morning tea. The Hobbas were planning a large going away dinner for this evening, so the rest of the day was spent...

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exumenius on November 1, 2007 from Stanthorpe, Australia

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Obligatory East Coast Adventure: Day 4

So today was mine and Irma's first day on the road together, up until now we'd only hung out at Toddy's in Alice or our respective hostels in Cairns. Apart from that brief period I travelled with Emma I hadn't travelled with someone who was a bit more than a mate before. So this could be...

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Koala Bear on November 1, 2007 from Townsville, Australia

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

Big Things #32

The Golden Gumboot (that's welly to those reading in Blighty, the world's expert on waterproofs), Tully, Queensland. "The height of the gumboot represents the amount of rainfall recorded in Tully in 1950 - 7.9 metres. An Australian Record." Well you gotta have something to be proud of ay.

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Koala Bear on November 1, 2007 from Tully, Australia

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

Big Things #31

The Big Cassowary, Mission Beach, Queensland. These things are actually scarier when they're only 6' tall and looking at you funny.

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Koala Bear on October 31, 2007 from Mission Beach, Australia

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Obligatory East Coast Adventure: Day 3

An essential part of recovering from a goon hangover is lying on the floor and groaning, this is helped if you actually have someone to groan at so it was a good job Irma rocked up to join me on the Obligatory East Coast Adventure. We spent the day doing the only other thing you can do in...

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Koala Bear on October 31, 2007 from Mission Beach, Australia

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

Halloween in the Granite Belt - Night 21

The work load here at Dragonweyr is beginning to thin considerably. We put the finishing touches on the long bike trail this morning by pulling the last few remaining rocks and chipping off those that were too big to remove. After morning tea, I grabbed the axe to Split some wood for Adrian. ...

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exumenius on October 31, 2007 from Stanthorpe, Australia

from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

A Hike Down the Escarpment - Night 20

We spent the morning building a fire break near John and Jane’s home. Wide enough for a truck to come down, in the case of a fire it will serve two purposes; 1) allowing vehicular access to the forest, and 2) eliminating the fuel, thus hopefully stopping the fire. Jane had us inside for...

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exumenius on October 30, 2007 from Stanthorpe, Australia

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Obligatory East Coast Adventure: Day 2

I spent a couple of nights up in Cape Trib at PK's because they let you work for 4 hours a day and in return you get three meals a day that don't come out of a packet with "Noodles" written on it and a bed for the night. I could easily stay there for a long long time if it wasn't so fucking...

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Koala Bear on October 30, 2007 from Mission Beach, Australia

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

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