Friday started early, at 5am the sun was up and so was I. Sleeping in the car was surprisingly comfortable and after breakfast we set of towards the Gold Coast. Our destination was Surfers Paradise. We didn’t intend to stay there for long, I just wanted to have a look at that place. It reminded […]
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
Thursday, November 25th. Usually I’m not a big fan of zoos but today we went to visit the Koala sanctuary nearby Brisbane. It is more than 120 years old and currently home for 130 koalas. Besides the koalas they show other animals, most of them Australian. We started with the lorikeets. They are not held […]
In the big City
In the last months I’ve seen rainforest, tropical beaches, waterfalls and lived in an area of Australia that is said to be one of the most relaxed. And then I came to Brisbane. During our visit I still felt like my clock was ticking in a different rythm. Everybody was hurrying, people were wearing suits […]
Coming to Brisbane
Monday Nov 22nd. Day 16 of our road trip starts with sunshine and a beautiful blue sky. From Rainbow Beach we drive half an hour up to Tin Can Bay to see and participate in the daily dolphin feeding. Our next stop was Noosa and the Sunshine Coast. The Sunshine Coast didn’t really deserve it’s […]
Rum
Saturday, we are not really surprised to wake up with wet feet in our tents again. Pete and Meri spent half of the night in the car after their tent capitulated to the heavy rain. There seems to be a pattern. When we stay in the tent it rains, when we stay at a backpackers […]
Crocs vs Work
Friday Nov 19th, day 13 of the road trip. Refreshed and happy after a night in a real bed with a roof over our heads we leave Emu Park. My fellow travellers are going to visit a crocodile farm on the way. I have some work to do and drop them of there. Before we […]