Posted by: jennifertice on: March 28, 2010
When you add drinking, beach volleyball, a live band, kangaroos, parrots, giant lizards, boats and more drinking together, it all adds up to a university boat cruise over to Stradbroke Island. A number of Griffith University students have organized a boat cruise for a few hundred or so of their closest friends. For $40 bucks [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 26, 2010
So you’re travelling around Australia and decide you want to spend a few months on the Gold Coast. You have two options: 1. Spend two months showering with flip-flops and sharing a dorm room with 7 other flatmates, or 2. Look for an apartment to share. Getting an apartment is generally cheaper than a hostel, [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 25, 2010
After exactly 5 weeks of travelling D day is here – it’s time to settle down again, look for an apartment and get a job so we can keep funding the next 6 months of our Australia travels. I can’t believe how fast the 5 weeks from Sydney to Fraser Island have flown by. Now [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 21, 2010
Day 3 on Fraser Island is all about lakes. There are a number of fresh water lakes scattered throughout the island that provide for excellent swimming and with the ocean surrounding Fraser Island full of deadly rip currents, violent waves, jellyfish and sharks the lakes are your only option. The main attraction of the day [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 20, 2010
Its day 2 and the alarm goes off at 6:15 again. We have to get on the road early to get to our next destination before the tide gets too high and we are stuck at the campsite for the day. Back on the road by 7am we head up to Indian Heads. Here you [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 19, 2010
The alarm goes off at 6:15 am and we bound out of bed to get ready for our 7am briefing for our Fraser Island tour. After we pack our bags away everyone staggers into the breakfast hall to grab some food and meet our assigned groups. We have 8 members in ours, Andrew and myself, [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 17, 2010
Leaving the city of Brisbane, we are headed back to the coast on the way to our Fraser Island excursion. After hearing great things about the town of Noosa, we decide to stop by on our way to Hervey Bay, the departure point for our Fraser Island excursion. Noosa is probably one of the most [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 14, 2010
Now that we have experienced Brisbane by night, we our out to explore the city in the day light. First stop on the list, the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. Located next to the University of Brisbane, the gardens provide a break from the concrete jungle of downtown. With heaps of wildlife and a diverse range of flora, [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 13, 2010
After 8 days in Surfers Paradise, we decide it’s time to give Ash back his apartment and head to Brisbane. With one person coming down to visit after another it felt like we might never leave! Not that that would have been a bad thing, since we do plan on returning to work for a [...]
Posted by: jennifertice on: March 7, 2010
About 30 minutes south of Surfers is Collangatta, a great surf beach and the location of the annual Quicksilver surf competition. All the big brand surf stores are here along with tons of photographers. The waves break one after another and provide great surf for beginners and the more advanced. We sit and watch the [...]
