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We've been on a couple of excursions 2 weeks ago
Apologies again for being so slack. The working world has engulfed our lives. We have been on a couple of excursions though. The first was to Maggie Island 3 weeks ago. Maggie is only 8 kilometres off the coast and I can see the island on my walk home from work everyday!
Our first experience on Maggie was a 3 hour circumnavigation on a Jet Ski. Tobes and I shared a ski and were supposed to share the driving, but it scared the shit out of me, so I put my bum in Toby's "safe" hands. (OK, enough jokes). After 3 hours of bouncing along the water I felt like I'd been riding a horse (I don't like those either). Toby, on the other hand, was ready to go round again, but in two hours this time. The highlight of the trip was seeing a dugong in the wild. Now, that is the strangest creature I've ever seen. He/she was feeding off the sea grasses on the bottom and would surface every minute or so.
Our first taste of the barrier reef came on Maggie. We went snorkling off the coast at a place called Arthur Bay. This was my first time snorkling and it was awesome. We couldn't get enough.
Our second excursion was back to the Gold Coast to meet up with Lana, Damien, Blake, Taya and Tye to celebrate my birthday. And what a birthday it was. We spent the day at Seaworld, followed by a yummy dinner and a wee too much wine. Thanks to an extremely happy and slightly drunk English man who bought us shots of Opal Nera to celebrate my birthday, I was feeling quite happy myself before we even got to the restaurant.
Now to start planning our next excursion... I reckon it's time to head north. Maybe Mission Beach?
Back to the real world (at least for a bit) Jun 1
The realities of real life have finally caught up with us. With fuel costs eating into our budget, it's now time to find a job and earn some dollars.We contemplated joining the foreign backpackers in the strawberry and pineapple farms on the sunshine coast, but decided that looked too much like hard work (particularly after hearing stories from fellow travelers about the pay rates and general working conditions). So, we decided to look for 'real' jobs. This decision led us to drive 1500 kms from the Sunshine Coast to Townsville in just 3 days. This may not sound like a big achievement, but considering that the previous 1500 kms took us a few weeks, it was quite a challenge for us.
So here we are in Townsville, where we'll be for a while. We've both got jobs (Toby's working as a sales clerk/storeman and I'm working for the Townsville Council as a software developer), and we're in the process of trying to find an apartment to rent.
Right about now I can hear you all asking 'why Townsville?' Well, there's a few reasons. So, here goes - we've both got good jobs, the weather is great (it was 26 degrees and sunny today), the Barrier Reef is just a little boat ride away, Maggie Island is just off the coast, the city is full of cafe's and restaurants (yum), and the Whitsunday's is 3 hours drive south and Cairns is about 3.5 hours drive North. I could go on, but I can feel the jealousy from those that are shivering away in SA. By the way, welcome to Winter!
A quick catch up May 11
I know, I know. It's about time I added another post. But, here's what we've been up to:
- Keeping dry at the Beach Hotel in Byron - it poured with rain for a week while we were there
- Enjoying the culture in Nimbin - well, we did go to the hemp museum while we were there
- Hanging out with my brother Chris on the Gold Coast - and being reminded just how comfortable it is living in a house
- Free falling 120 metres in 5 seconds at Dreamworld - right now my heart is fluttering a little just thinking about
- Feeding elephants at Australia Zoo - this was awesome
- Body boarding and swimming at Burleigh Heads in Surfer's
- Eating yummy Thai food at one of the best Thai restaurants in Australia - YUM!
Where have we been?
Working in Townsville
Where to next? ??
Random Stuff
Kilometres travelled (so far...) - 10164 km (getting there now!)
Best wicked van slogan - "I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other"
Comments - see all 4
Well actually it ended up being just over 4000km in 8 days (by about 70km!) Twas great to catch up with you guys... and Lisa, you should really get those hand shaped bruises around your neck looked at.... : )
posted Apr 8
Queenstown is just horrible, especially after the rest of the country that comes before it.... We´d love to join you for the Overland - can you shout us a ticket home?
posted Mar 6
Was Martin Bryant responsible? Yes. And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn´t for you meddling kids!
posted Jan 22
AdamJ says:
So you have more time to blog, but not as much to blog about now!
posted Jun 11