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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...

permalink written by  exumenius on November 2, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

A Day at Redcliffe Beach - Night 11

Daniel and I awoke at 4am to watch the pre-game for the Rugby World Cup Final in Paris between England and South Africa. The Springboeks (as the Africans are known) were favorites over the Pomies. Being that half of the house is English, I had no choice but vehemently root for the South...

permalink written by  exumenius on October 21, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Failure in the City - Night 10

I had a checklist of tasks to do and sights to see in the city today. However, in the end, my visions of accomplishment were left unrealized as the great wheel of fate aligned with the stars to conspire against me. Me and the 5 British folk jumped the 10:45 into the city. Following a brief...

permalink written by  exumenius on October 20, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Thoreau, Rousseau, Laundry? - Night 9

The crew was packed and ready to go and we were on the road home by 8am. At our gasoline stop in Toowoomba, a few of the group grabbed brekky (breakfast) at Hungry Jack’s, the Australian Burger King. I spent a good deal of the ride rereading the beginning of Thoreau’s Walden. I truly doubt a...

permalink written by  exumenius on October 19, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Prepping for Our First Adventure - Night 3

Still not quite on Aussie time, as I awoke with sun at 5:30 am. No sense wasting a beautiful morning lying in bed and listening to the trains roll by the Albion Station, so I got up and went for a walk. I headed east and found the little shopping center technically called Woolowin. It has a...

permalink written by  exumenius on October 13, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Meeting the Team - Night 2

I awoke early today, as usual, and spent the first few hours of the morning using what I would later learn to have been some of my last free wireless internet access for some time. Checked out of the Brisbane City Backpackers around 9 am and headed east over the William Jolly Bridge to the...

permalink written by  exumenius on October 12, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Touchdown in Australia - Night 1

I landed in Brisbane around 11:30 local time, and was free from the rigors of customs by noon. Stepping outside was similar to stepping into a sauna. It felt like New Orleans in March, minus the pervasive smell of stale urine and sour milk. A man on the train told me that they’ve been getting...

permalink written by  exumenius on October 11, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

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...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on August 12, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: From the Shire to Middle Earth and back

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...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on August 10, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: From the Shire to Middle Earth and back

Scottish Chiefs to the Scottish Borders

Like any good overseas expedition, the start of this one was celebrated with good friends, a few drinks, a small food-fight, a couple of temporary tattoos, one or two tears and some great memories (although perhaps not as many as I would have liked...). My recovery was interrupted by packing and...

permalink written by  Caro (suffering an incurable case of wanderlust) on June 18, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Caro's Travel Blog

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