From Fraser and beyond
Well, the journey south continues and still having the time of my life.
An important detail I left off the last update was that I passed the 500 mark in the roo corpse count!! The momentous occasions exact location was about 35km outside a town called Maryborough and she was a beauty! The roo spotting continued at pace but on hitting 547 I've now decided to stop, it would have been nice to make it to 1000 as I surely would've done if I manage to complete a full lap of this amazing country but all that death has finally got to me.
That said, I've eaten some great pieces of meat and on the mission of eating local specialties I ate Parrot fish at Hervey Bay. For those of you that don't know it the parrot fish is a multi coloured tropical fish that lives in and feeds on coral (think friend of Nemo!), I was surprised that they could sell it to be honest but there you go. For all you animal lovers out there you'll be pleased to hear it really didn't taste all that so I won't be repeating the experience.
So, what else is new? Fraser Island was brilliant, I was really lucky and got a great crowd to head out there with. Between chilling by beautiful lakes and on endless beaches, drinking stupid amounts of goon around camp fires and diving head first down sand dunes (again) we did some ridiculous driving down sand tracks and through wash outs at break neck speeds all along the beach.
On the down side, a slightly worrying side to Dave (Tim) is beginning to emerge, it would appear he has a strange fetish for toilet blocks! With ever increasing frequency the lad keeps taking young women into them as his private retreat of choice. Now I know dorm rooms full of people aren't what you call romantic, and the back of a big old car isn't especially comfortable, the deck of boats are awful cold and tents aren't all that private, but toilets ...
You now find me in Brisbane. Got here last Friday and quickly came to the conclusion that although nice, it wasn't the most impressive city in the world. However, after 5 consecutive nights getting ridiculously drunk and a trip to Australia Zoo (home of the crocodile hunter Steve Irwin to get photos with some not so dead roos) I'm beginning to like the place! As its the biggest city I've been to here in Oz its not surprising its the place I've met most people that I've bumped into before on my travels so have had a very entertaining time catching up over a few not so quiet drinks.
Planning a quiet night tonight before heading down to Surfers Paradise tomorrow morning though I've planned on quiet nights before. Hopefully at either Surfers or Byron Bay I'll be able to buy a cheap board and become the pro surfer I'm clearly destined to become!
Hope you're all safe and well.
Laters
Jonathan
Internet Cafe
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
An important detail I left off the last update was that I passed the 500 mark in the roo corpse count!! The momentous occasions exact location was about 35km outside a town called Maryborough and she was a beauty! The roo spotting continued at pace but on hitting 547 I've now decided to stop, it would have been nice to make it to 1000 as I surely would've done if I manage to complete a full lap of this amazing country but all that death has finally got to me.
That said, I've eaten some great pieces of meat and on the mission of eating local specialties I ate Parrot fish at Hervey Bay. For those of you that don't know it the parrot fish is a multi coloured tropical fish that lives in and feeds on coral (think friend of Nemo!), I was surprised that they could sell it to be honest but there you go. For all you animal lovers out there you'll be pleased to hear it really didn't taste all that so I won't be repeating the experience.
So, what else is new? Fraser Island was brilliant, I was really lucky and got a great crowd to head out there with. Between chilling by beautiful lakes and on endless beaches, drinking stupid amounts of goon around camp fires and diving head first down sand dunes (again) we did some ridiculous driving down sand tracks and through wash outs at break neck speeds all along the beach.
On the down side, a slightly worrying side to Dave (Tim) is beginning to emerge, it would appear he has a strange fetish for toilet blocks! With ever increasing frequency the lad keeps taking young women into them as his private retreat of choice. Now I know dorm rooms full of people aren't what you call romantic, and the back of a big old car isn't especially comfortable, the deck of boats are awful cold and tents aren't all that private, but toilets ...
You now find me in Brisbane. Got here last Friday and quickly came to the conclusion that although nice, it wasn't the most impressive city in the world. However, after 5 consecutive nights getting ridiculously drunk and a trip to Australia Zoo (home of the crocodile hunter Steve Irwin to get photos with some not so dead roos) I'm beginning to like the place! As its the biggest city I've been to here in Oz its not surprising its the place I've met most people that I've bumped into before on my travels so have had a very entertaining time catching up over a few not so quiet drinks.
Planning a quiet night tonight before heading down to Surfers Paradise tomorrow morning though I've planned on quiet nights before. Hopefully at either Surfers or Byron Bay I'll be able to buy a cheap board and become the pro surfer I'm clearly destined to become!
Hope you're all safe and well.
Laters
Jonathan
Internet Cafe
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
posted by JP at 1:37 am
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