Today was Christmas shopping day. Lorna met up with Desley, Samaya & Teila and they all went off shopping for the day. I know this was dangerous, but sometimes you just have to take risks in life. As it turns out, Lorna didn't break our bank, but she said she still had a great day with the girls shopping. I started off with the intent of Christm...

hey guys, I'm still in Brisbane. i really like it here. I met some wonderful people and I'm pretty happy here. Well the only thing is I still don't have a job. WHY??? There must be something wrong with me. oh well I'm really just way too impatient... :-) i did work for 3 days. that was fun, but I was one of the girls standing in the street tryin...

For the month of October I am working as a volunteer at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (http://www.koala.net/index.htm). Each morning volunteers are assigned to a particular section and keeper, and they stay with that keeper all day, doing whatever is required. With most sections the basic routine is cleaning in the morning (raking up poo and une...

We left home at 6am to catch our Virgin Blue flight to Sydney. Had really bad ear aches on descent into Sydney - I'm guessing it was still remnants of the flu. Etihad plane took off at 4:15pm. Such a long flight - very crowded plane and not able to sleep much. Filled in the time by watching movies and eating. Only 1 hour to wait at Abu Dhabi bef...

Today was a pretty quiet day without much to write about. After a wonderful sleep and brekkie, we decided to hike a bit in Brisbane Forest Park, Brisbane's own rainforest. We drove up to Mt. Glorious and parked at a trailhead (or trackhead, as it's called here). The 5 km hike was gorgeous, and much like the hike at the Bunya Mountains last week....

I'm in a new room at the hotel now and have a nice riverfront balcony with view of the river (obviously !) and the city... I had initially planned to get up early and catch a train to Cleveland then the ferry to Straddie, but it was raining so I abandoned this idea ... Headed out mid-morning with no particular plans and just strolled down the bi...

Coffs Harbour isn't too bad in the daylight - there's a nice beach area and a Yacht Club where this morning there are loads of kids hangin out with some surfin club. So nice argument to start the morning off - Asrin hangs all her dirty clothes and her wet towel on the curtain rail directly behind the cabin which means that it blocks the rear vie...

Ah, back on the mainland after an excellent break on Fraser Island and time to get back on the highway from Hervey Bay and head Brisbane way... Should be easy, eh? Well... Sadly, road signs to get you out of Hervey Bay and onto the main roads are not exactly in abundance and once we did start in the right direction I have to admit that I made a ...

Reflecting the country somewhat the hostel here is pretty big (and crammed full of backpackers), bunking down in a 36 bed dorm when someone's Stephen Hawking like voice alarm clock went off at 5am. Dunno which is worse, having to get up at 5am or incurring the wrath of your other 35 bed dorm mates who have just been woken up. Popped into a place...

I should start this entry by apologising for our lack of communication. It has been so easy to slide back in to "normal" life. We have been living with Dom in Brisbane for coming on to two months now and it feels like forever. We couldn't have a chosen a better place to live. It was slightly daunting starting a new life here. Looking for a new j...