Archive for the ‘2006: Australia’ Category
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Watsons Bay & Gap Bluff
There are about 50 harbour walks I’d like to complete in my last 4 weeks in Sydney, so I figured I’d get cracking on them today. I caught a bus to Watsons Bay, and it was full of nice old …
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Darling Harbour & Manly Beach
Since I was sick all week, I took advantage of my regained health and lack of class and spent the weekend doing fun stuff. It was in the 90′s on Fri-Sat, ridiculously uncomfortably hot but somehow I love it. There’s …
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Surfers Paradise
After a 10am checkout, we caught the Gold Coast train at 10:30 but hopped off after they announced that it was an express train only stopping at (x) and (y). We got on the next train a half hour later …
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Brisbane Revisited
Woke up at 7am after an amazing 9-hour slumber. It was awesome. I had a cup of coffee on the balcony with a view of the bay in the distance, with the sun brightly shining. That’s the life! We were …
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Fraser Island – Day 3
Up at 5am yet again, and still just as painful. But this time we were actually done and leaving by 6. We drove further up the beach to Indian Head, the furthest point north that we could drive. We hiked …
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Fraser Island – Day 2
Woke up at 5am (ew) and quickly got ready, though everyone else putsed and we didn’t leave til 6:30. The tides are clearly not with us this weekend, as the tide is only low enough from 6-8:45 for us to …
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Fraser Island – Day 1
4:50am wake-up call. Shoot me now.
2.5-3 hours were spent organizing and checking our equipment, packing, getting oriented, watching another video, learning about our car, and going over our map. It was definitely too much to think about at that …
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Hervey Bay
I somehow slept 10:30-9:00, though woke up a few times to itch my back. By 10am we were at BJ’s Takeaway again for cheap breakfast ($4 pancakes!). And from there, we walked into town and walked on the beach – …
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Lady Elliot Island to Hervey Bay
I spent my last morning on the island on the lagoon beach, reading in the shade. It was glorious and boring, but so relaxing. The beach was fairly crowded – there were maybe 10-12 others sunbathing or snorkelling. Which is …