Here is a lovely picture of my mummy's lovely garden.
August 25, 2013
August 13, 2013
Brisbane on the Bend
I promised I would write more posts, and so, here is the first.
Taking a look back, it seems that I talked about Byron and the Whitsundays, so the next stop on our journey is Brisbane. I was in Brisbane for a bit less than 24 hours on my way up to Cairns, but most of that was at night, and most of that night was in a nightclub on Valentines Day, so I kinda feel like this was my first real visit to the city.
Three nights is how long this visit was, and none of it was spent in nightclubs. I was once again staying with my friend Gen, who I met in London over new years. Thank you so much for your hospitality!
She lives quite near to the city, so it was the perfect place to explore from. Her family is very, very into board games, which is awesome because so often people just argue and then never plays them.
One of the days I was there, I went for an early walk by myself to find a bunch of geocaches, then met up with Gen and we walked to the CBD. Brisbane is very much a working city, but that by no means makes it not a nice city to walk around. The city is set along a meandering river, on the inside of a meander is the downtown. There are lots of parks and gardens.
Now, that actually happens to be the only daytime picture I took of Brisbane with my camera, because A, it ran out of battery, and B, it was on the fritz a bit. Did take some pictures with my cell-phone though.
Pretty nice place. Those cliffs in the second to last photo, just across the river from the center are a rock climbing heaven.
One night, we went on a river cat ferry, and it was spectacular.
Then walking around town afterwards was also pretty nice.
There is a little taste of Brisbane! More to come.
Taking a look back, it seems that I talked about Byron and the Whitsundays, so the next stop on our journey is Brisbane. I was in Brisbane for a bit less than 24 hours on my way up to Cairns, but most of that was at night, and most of that night was in a nightclub on Valentines Day, so I kinda feel like this was my first real visit to the city.
Three nights is how long this visit was, and none of it was spent in nightclubs. I was once again staying with my friend Gen, who I met in London over new years. Thank you so much for your hospitality!
She lives quite near to the city, so it was the perfect place to explore from. Her family is very, very into board games, which is awesome because so often people just argue and then never plays them.
One of the days I was there, I went for an early walk by myself to find a bunch of geocaches, then met up with Gen and we walked to the CBD. Brisbane is very much a working city, but that by no means makes it not a nice city to walk around. The city is set along a meandering river, on the inside of a meander is the downtown. There are lots of parks and gardens.
Now, that actually happens to be the only daytime picture I took of Brisbane with my camera, because A, it ran out of battery, and B, it was on the fritz a bit. Did take some pictures with my cell-phone though.
One night, we went on a river cat ferry, and it was spectacular.
Then walking around town afterwards was also pretty nice.
There is a little taste of Brisbane! More to come.
July 27, 2013
Getting Back to Normality
Have faith! I have not abandoned you! I have simply been settling in to life back in the Comox Valley. I have been running around doing things all the time, like haying, refurbishing outdoor furniture, and building a small set of stairs just 13 years after we built the deck they lead down from. I will transfer photos from my little laptop to my desktop this weekend, and that will let me write posts in a lot more comfort, so hang on just a little longer!
In the mean time, here are some pictures from my goings on.
Haying. First of many loads of 150ish bales of hay, each of which weighs about 50 pounds.
Cowwws.
Beaver.
Goose Spit.
I have been taking pictures with my camera as well rather than just my cell, but I will do those later as well.
July 15, 2013
See Ya Later Australia!
This will be my last post from Australia! I am all checked in, flight is in less than an hour and a half, all is looking good.
It has been an amazing time these past months, and watch out Australia, I will be back as soon as I can!!
Thanks to all the amazing people that made this trip possible, both here and back home. Thanks to all those who put me up and fed me!
I will miss this great land, and I hope to explore much more of it soon!!!
I also miss the beach in the picture above....
Thanks to all! And keep checking back as I have many more stories to tell!!
July 11, 2013
Hasta la Vista Melbourne!
Sitting in the airport now...Bye Bye Melbourne! I will be back, you can count on it! I have had a truly amazing time here in this city and around it, and it is certainly high up on my list of places to return to. I now fly to Sydney for about 4 days, then start the journey across the Pacific. I will try to do some posts while I am in Sydney, but failing that, I will do them when I get home! I have not forgotten that I still have some posts to do from Switzerland and down south of Sydney!
July 05, 2013
Bye Bye Land of the Queen
Today is, sadly, my last day in Queensland...But tonight I fly to Melbourne, so not all is lost! I will put up a proper post when I get some good internet!
July 01, 2013
Whitehaven
I totally forgot to do a post about Whitsunday Island and its spectacular Whitehaven Beach!
On my last full day in Airlie Beach I went on a trip out to the islands. I went out with Ocean Rafting, as I had been told it was one of the best and one of the cheapest. They operate fast zodiacs out amongst the islands. When I say fast I mean almost 30 kts!
We left at about ten, and after a short stop on Daydream Island we powered out to Whitsunday Island. We disembarked in Tongue Inlet for a walk up to the lookout over Whitehaven Beach.
The water was crystal clear, the sun hot, the sky blue, the company fun. It was a great day. I sat on the yellow inflatable bit for most of the ride. They have little straps you can hang onto. Quite fun!
We walked up to the viewpoint for the extraordinary view of the extraordinary beach.
This is what we saw.
At low tide, that whole inlet dries out, and the swirling sandbars surface out of the sea. It is a pretty spectacular view that was worth the trip out just to see!
We descended to the tongue of sand you see on the left of the picture for lunch and a hang out. For scale, that was probably almost a kilometer long from the base around the corner!
We descended to the pure white sand beach. It is almost pure silica which is what gives it it's unique color and texture. Also strange is the fact that it doesnt even get warm even in the hot sun!
Here are a variety of views from the couple hours on the beach we had.
It is an amazing place, and if anyone ever even considers going to the Whitsundays and not seeing this, they are crazy people.
We left the beach after a sumptuous lunch and headed to the north end of Hook Island for some snorkeling. I only went in at the first of the two sites, as it was freezing cold for me, and I have seen a substantial amount of fishies up in Cairns.
I did see some really cool fish I had never seen before, notably several massive Maori Wrasse. Search it on google images.
After that we rode back, a nice relaxing ride under the dimming rays of the late afternoon sun.
Airlie Beach looked nice on the way back in.
That was my amazing day out in the islands. It was pretty spectacular, and I highly recommend it!
On my last full day in Airlie Beach I went on a trip out to the islands. I went out with Ocean Rafting, as I had been told it was one of the best and one of the cheapest. They operate fast zodiacs out amongst the islands. When I say fast I mean almost 30 kts!
We left at about ten, and after a short stop on Daydream Island we powered out to Whitsunday Island. We disembarked in Tongue Inlet for a walk up to the lookout over Whitehaven Beach.
The water was crystal clear, the sun hot, the sky blue, the company fun. It was a great day. I sat on the yellow inflatable bit for most of the ride. They have little straps you can hang onto. Quite fun!
We walked up to the viewpoint for the extraordinary view of the extraordinary beach.
This is what we saw.
At low tide, that whole inlet dries out, and the swirling sandbars surface out of the sea. It is a pretty spectacular view that was worth the trip out just to see!
We descended to the tongue of sand you see on the left of the picture for lunch and a hang out. For scale, that was probably almost a kilometer long from the base around the corner!
We descended to the pure white sand beach. It is almost pure silica which is what gives it it's unique color and texture. Also strange is the fact that it doesnt even get warm even in the hot sun!
Here are a variety of views from the couple hours on the beach we had.
It is an amazing place, and if anyone ever even considers going to the Whitsundays and not seeing this, they are crazy people.
We left the beach after a sumptuous lunch and headed to the north end of Hook Island for some snorkeling. I only went in at the first of the two sites, as it was freezing cold for me, and I have seen a substantial amount of fishies up in Cairns.
I did see some really cool fish I had never seen before, notably several massive Maori Wrasse. Search it on google images.
After that we rode back, a nice relaxing ride under the dimming rays of the late afternoon sun.
Airlie Beach looked nice on the way back in.
That was my amazing day out in the islands. It was pretty spectacular, and I highly recommend it!
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