Hi there,
It's been a while since I posted any updates on this blog. The main reason for this is that there wasn't much to report in terms of interesting travelling tales or exotic destinations. Working in Sydney was a good experience and I really enjoyed exploring the city. It's a lovely place to live, but at the end of it, it's a lot like any city I've been to. Glad to be travelling again.
Last Saturday week, Jo and I flew to Brisbane where we stayed for a night before getting a bus north to Hervey Bay. The part of Brisbane that we saw wasn't too inspiring really on first impressions. It reminded us slightly of Limerick (with more casinos). In Hervey bay we stayed in a hostel from which we booked a camping trip to Fraser Island - the world's largest sand island. Mmm... sand. The trip was a lot of fun. We went in a 4WD Toyota Landcruiser with 7 others and camped out on the beach each night - barbeques and warm beer were the order of the day.
The group was a good one - all european. 3 dutch, 2 swiss, 2 catalan (very keen to point out they are not spanish!). The island is beautiful with a spectacular lagoon-type lake in the middle of it as well as a 75 mile beach which is recognised as a national road.
Since the Fraser Island trip, we've gone back to Brisbane and rented a car and we're presently making our way up to Airlie beach. We stayed in a town called Noosa during the week, nice rich sea-side town and then "Town of 1770", which is a pretty remote village, apparently where Capt Cook first landed in Queensland. There was a really cool campsite there where we stayed 2 nights.
After 1770 we went up a few hours and stayed the night in Rockhampton, famous for cowboys, rodeo etc. It was exactly how I imagine Texas to be. There were a lot of big people in big cars. Had a good steak last night. Today we drove on to Mackay which seems a lot nicer - more of a tourist spot. Tomorrow we're going to Airlie beach and from there we will be doing a 3 day trip to the Whitsunday Islands.
Hope everything's good at home. Will be in touch soon and will post some photos when I take some good ones!
The group was a good one - all european. 3 dutch, 2 swiss, 2 catalan (very keen to point out they are not spanish!). The island is beautiful with a spectacular lagoon-type lake in the middle of it as well as a 75 mile beach which is recognised as a national road.
Since the Fraser Island trip, we've gone back to Brisbane and rented a car and we're presently making our way up to Airlie beach. We stayed in a town called Noosa during the week, nice rich sea-side town and then "Town of 1770", which is a pretty remote village, apparently where Capt Cook first landed in Queensland. There was a really cool campsite there where we stayed 2 nights.
After 1770 we went up a few hours and stayed the night in Rockhampton, famous for cowboys, rodeo etc. It was exactly how I imagine Texas to be. There were a lot of big people in big cars. Had a good steak last night. Today we drove on to Mackay which seems a lot nicer - more of a tourist spot. Tomorrow we're going to Airlie beach and from there we will be doing a 3 day trip to the Whitsunday Islands.
Hope everything's good at home. Will be in touch soon and will post some photos when I take some good ones!
