Australia, 2009 – Day #18, Surfers Paradise, part 2
Tuesday, October 25, 2009 – After my late-morning nap, I got myself up and ready for my 2pm surf lesson. Not much to get ready, just put on my surf shorts, grab a towel & sunscreen, and head to the lobby. Tell me why I work again? Ha! I met up with Travis & Kent [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #18, Surfers Paradise
Tuesday, October 25, 2009 – I actually slept pretty well last night, even with such an exciting day ahead of me. My BlackBerry alarm went off at 6am, so I showered and got ready, then headed down to the lobby to find out if we were going to be able to do our skydive today [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #17, Fraser Island to Surfers Paradise
Monday, October 24, 2009 – It felt good to get a solid night’s sleep for a change, but getting up at 6:45am really hurts. We ate our buffet breakfast at the Dingo Bar, and then took the shuttle bus down to the dock to wait for the ferry. Kent & I sat outside on the [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #16, Fraser Island
Sunday, October 23, 2009 – After last night’s festivities, sleeping in was definitely the order for the morning. I didn’t even hear Mike & Nathan get up and leave for their excursion. Once I finally got myself out of bed, I found Shaun and Fred, and heard that Travis, Kent & Silke were down at [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #15, Fraser Island
Saturday, October 22, 2009 – We woke up this morning at the farm and some of us ate breakfast in the mess hall before boarding the bus en route to Hervey Bay. We were heading to Fraser Island today, for our ‘eco’ stop of the trip and our big ‘Tight & Bright’ party tonight. Along [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #14, Rockhampton
Friday, October 21, 2009 – Today we woke up early to catch the ferry from Daydream Island back to Airlie Beach, where we’d board the bus and be on our way to a farm just outside Rockhampton. We made our usual stops along the way, which helped break up the drive. One of our stops [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #13, Daydream Island
Friday, October 21, 2009 – With today being the last official day on Daydream Island, and not having any excursions planned, I was looking forward to a full day of soaking up the sun. After breakfast, Shaun, Travis, Kent & I rolled out to ‘Lovers Cove’ – there is no EASY way to say that [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #12, Daydream Island & Whitehaven Beach
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – Breakfast at (or on?) Daydream Island was included this morning, so I took advantage. With the full-day sail today, I wanted to have a full stomach before I popped some non-drowsy Gravol. There were quite a few of us that were doing the sail – Shaun, Bex, Debbie, Kate (from [...]
Australia, 2009 – Days #10, Cairns & #11, Whitsundays
Monday, October 19, 2009 – With the big white-water rafting excursion today that I wasn’t taking part in, I had the day to myself to kick it – I opted to make this my laundry day. Knowing that we’d be heading to Daydream Island tomorrow, and then to a farm, I had no clue when [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #9, Contiki, Great Barrier Reef
Sunday, October 18, 2009 – Last night’s sleep was pretty short, since we had to be up early today for our Great Barrier Reef excursion – Travis, Kent and I grabbed breakfast in the hotel restaurant, then got our stuff together and boarded the bus. Turns out Fred has been on this Contiki tour a [...]
