i suppose an explanation is in order...
how ya goin'?
you may have noticed that the group of us recently posted about... well i'm not even going to estimate: we posted a whole bunch of pictures! everything we posted was essentially the happenings from this wednesday to sunday -- our trip to fraser island.
i don't think any of us have decided whose job it is to describe the whole thing, so i guess i'll do it. i think the best place to begin would be, of course, MY BIRTHDAY!
august 5th was a very special day. we had planned just a few small things to do in the evening; specifically, a dinner and a small party. i decided i'd wanted to go to "brisbane's worst vegetarian restaurant" -- the norman hotel. they're obviously famous for their meatier products (mainly steak), and apparently on a busy weekend they'll serve up over 400 steaks a night! that's a lot of dead cows! dinner went very well, and i received some very nice gifts from my friends: oven mitts and an apron (since i've promised to cook a meal), a sparkly birthday hat, a book of australian slang, a cd of swedish music, various cards and all sorts of wonderful things! this list is by no means comprehensive, so i'm sorry if you're not included on it :).
we moved from dinner to a housewarming party for our good friends claus, erik, max and johan. their house sure was warm: full to the brim with about 70 people there! i managed to have a good time once again. we followed all of that up with a little groovin' at a club and bob's your uncle -- happy birthday to ian!
that's about it for the birthday happenings. there's still a lot to say, however. i think what i'll do is to quickly summarize fraser island for you, and then let one of the other two kids give you a detailed breakdown.
things started wednesday morning with a big bus ride from a local train station (roma st) to rainbow beach, where the ferries leave for fraser island. the bus ride was a good couple of hours! we stopped shortly at a rest facility where i indulged in a roo burger that i was forced to eat in the span of about 5 minutes due to time constraints. let's just say it wasn't very satisfying!
the first night happened to be shehz's birthday, which also coincided with mexican night at our hostel: dingo's backpackers. our whole crew of ten slept in a few different rooms, which was nice because it allowed us to meet some new people. an israeli, a scot, some irish and brit gals... you meet people from everywhere in these crazy hostels! i'll let shehz do the birthday summary -- he'll definitely give you the best scoop on that whole event.
we had to get up quite early the next day to take advantage of the pancake breakfast, as well as the camper packing festivities. our whole crew was up bright and early throwing large coolers (called "eskies" down under, apparently) and crates full of food up onto the roof of a large 4wd toyota landcruiser! what a nice way to start the day...
after what seemed like an eternity of packing, we all hopped in our new homes for the journey and started on the road to inskip point where we'd be taking the ferries from. brian did a great job of figuring out the subtleties of the car: free versus locked hubs, high-4 versus low-4, and when you had to correct for differential wind. it was a bit complex, but we managed to survive without "a hitch". a little pun work by yours truly...
after getting onto the island things are a pretty big blur of sandy beaches, lake swimming, and attempted tent erection. once again, i hereby delegate the explanations to one of the other two guys who will give you a blow-by-blow of the fraser island experience.
so i guess that's it for me! you'll be hearing from the others soon regarding birthday festivities, sand driving, dingo encounters, swimming in lake mackenzie, eskie diving, campsite locations, eli creek, the maheno, eli creek, dolphin kayaking, and the coloured sands. i think i missed a few, but i'm sure they'll fill in the blanks.
rest assured that after our little weekend getaway, we're quite depressed to be back in sleepy brisbane and going to school, so let's get rid of the jealous sentiment right now!
we've got a few trips planned to sydney, cairns, and the whitsundays, so i'm sure you'll be hearing from us again before too long.
later dudes and dudettes,
> ian
you may have noticed that the group of us recently posted about... well i'm not even going to estimate: we posted a whole bunch of pictures! everything we posted was essentially the happenings from this wednesday to sunday -- our trip to fraser island.
i don't think any of us have decided whose job it is to describe the whole thing, so i guess i'll do it. i think the best place to begin would be, of course, MY BIRTHDAY!
august 5th was a very special day. we had planned just a few small things to do in the evening; specifically, a dinner and a small party. i decided i'd wanted to go to "brisbane's worst vegetarian restaurant" -- the norman hotel. they're obviously famous for their meatier products (mainly steak), and apparently on a busy weekend they'll serve up over 400 steaks a night! that's a lot of dead cows! dinner went very well, and i received some very nice gifts from my friends: oven mitts and an apron (since i've promised to cook a meal), a sparkly birthday hat, a book of australian slang, a cd of swedish music, various cards and all sorts of wonderful things! this list is by no means comprehensive, so i'm sorry if you're not included on it :).
we moved from dinner to a housewarming party for our good friends claus, erik, max and johan. their house sure was warm: full to the brim with about 70 people there! i managed to have a good time once again. we followed all of that up with a little groovin' at a club and bob's your uncle -- happy birthday to ian!
that's about it for the birthday happenings. there's still a lot to say, however. i think what i'll do is to quickly summarize fraser island for you, and then let one of the other two kids give you a detailed breakdown.
things started wednesday morning with a big bus ride from a local train station (roma st) to rainbow beach, where the ferries leave for fraser island. the bus ride was a good couple of hours! we stopped shortly at a rest facility where i indulged in a roo burger that i was forced to eat in the span of about 5 minutes due to time constraints. let's just say it wasn't very satisfying!
the first night happened to be shehz's birthday, which also coincided with mexican night at our hostel: dingo's backpackers. our whole crew of ten slept in a few different rooms, which was nice because it allowed us to meet some new people. an israeli, a scot, some irish and brit gals... you meet people from everywhere in these crazy hostels! i'll let shehz do the birthday summary -- he'll definitely give you the best scoop on that whole event.
we had to get up quite early the next day to take advantage of the pancake breakfast, as well as the camper packing festivities. our whole crew was up bright and early throwing large coolers (called "eskies" down under, apparently) and crates full of food up onto the roof of a large 4wd toyota landcruiser! what a nice way to start the day...
after what seemed like an eternity of packing, we all hopped in our new homes for the journey and started on the road to inskip point where we'd be taking the ferries from. brian did a great job of figuring out the subtleties of the car: free versus locked hubs, high-4 versus low-4, and when you had to correct for differential wind. it was a bit complex, but we managed to survive without "a hitch". a little pun work by yours truly...
after getting onto the island things are a pretty big blur of sandy beaches, lake swimming, and attempted tent erection. once again, i hereby delegate the explanations to one of the other two guys who will give you a blow-by-blow of the fraser island experience.
so i guess that's it for me! you'll be hearing from the others soon regarding birthday festivities, sand driving, dingo encounters, swimming in lake mackenzie, eskie diving, campsite locations, eli creek, the maheno, eli creek, dolphin kayaking, and the coloured sands. i think i missed a few, but i'm sure they'll fill in the blanks.
rest assured that after our little weekend getaway, we're quite depressed to be back in sleepy brisbane and going to school, so let's get rid of the jealous sentiment right now!
we've got a few trips planned to sydney, cairns, and the whitsundays, so i'm sure you'll be hearing from us again before too long.
later dudes and dudettes,
> ian
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