Am I insane?? :)
04 March 2006, 04:53 PM
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Am I insane?? :)
Well, yes, but wait a mo for this particular reason.
An hour ago I was just having a quick look at those last minute holiday sites.
In 12 hours I am off to Brisbane, Australia for............5 nights!!!
An hour ago I was just having a quick look at those last minute holiday sites.
In 12 hours I am off to Brisbane, Australia for............5 nights!!!
04 March 2006, 05:14 PM
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5 days AND the fight hours i suppose..?
..its no madder then spending the bank w/e sailing to france...
.. and back
not sure bout the jetlag mind.
..its no madder then spending the bank w/e sailing to france...
.. and backnot sure bout the jetlag mind.
04 March 2006, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Brit_in_Japan
So what are you still doing on here? Go pack your suncream mate!
I think you'll find summers just about finished now.
When I left in February the storms were starting to come in....
Andy
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04 March 2006, 05:37 PM
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Thanks guys.
£1500 for two. I jut said sod it, I never do anything like this.
5 nights not including travel.
Hope to go to Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo on Wednesday. Pix of 'Agro' to follow!
I agree, for effectively 48 hours sat on a plan 1 week isnt enough, but thats all the time I've got so I would rather see Aus for 5 days than not at all.
Any recommendations of things I should see/do or buy?
cheers
brett
£1500 for two. I jut said sod it, I never do anything like this.
5 nights not including travel.
Hope to go to Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo on Wednesday. Pix of 'Agro' to follow!
I agree, for effectively 48 hours sat on a plan 1 week isnt enough, but thats all the time I've got so I would rather see Aus for 5 days than not at all.
Any recommendations of things I should see/do or buy?
cheers
brett
04 March 2006, 06:05 PM
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Shame you aint got time to fly out to Heron Island... Paradise
(Flights from Gladstone just south of Brisbane)
Umm the "Woolshed" was quite interesting.
All the differing wools and where they come from.
Trained sheep, funny as ****..
(I'm from a farming background anyway)
and I suppose being as you have only five days you may as well cram in the "Lone Pine" Koala sanctuary.
Andy
(Flights from Gladstone just south of Brisbane)
Umm the "Woolshed" was quite interesting.
All the differing wools and where they come from.
Trained sheep, funny as ****..
(I'm from a farming background anyway)
and I suppose being as you have only five days you may as well cram in the "Lone Pine" Koala sanctuary.
Andy
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04 March 2006, 10:35 PM
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Theres a place called the Woolshed in Cairns too, though it's more of a strip club then a sheep/wool museum. 
Anyway grats on the trip, I thought about doing it for a week once when another trip fell through. I couldn't find any cheap flights at the time so I went to Prague/Slovakia for a week instead. 
Anyway grats on the trip, I thought about doing it for a week once when another trip fell through. I couldn't find any cheap flights at the time so I went to Prague/Slovakia for a week instead.
04 March 2006, 10:49 PM
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I had to go surfing for the club the woolshed, cant believe I missed that whilst I was there. 
By the looks of the map I spent a few evenings less than a block away in an Irish pub (O'reillys) dam dam dam.
Andy
By the looks of the map I spent a few evenings less than a block away in an Irish pub (O'reillys) dam dam dam.
Andy
05 March 2006, 03:57 AM
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G'Day
Yep, you guys are all right, I probably am a bit crazy but what the hell. Going to see as much as physically possible in the next 5 days.
PS....guess who can't sleep?
Yep, you guys are all right, I probably am a bit crazy but what the hell. Going to see as much as physically possible in the next 5 days.
PS....guess who can't sleep?
17 March 2006, 05:31 PM
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Well, what can I say? Was 5 days enough? Hell No!! But then again 5 weeks wouldn't have been long enough either.
However..I would go again if the oppurtunity arose even for a single day. yes the flight was horrible stuck in cattle class for that long but what a country!
A few pix.
People too couldn't have been friendlier and helpful to us Pom tourists. And there I was, what with all the recent sporting events, ready to receive some Pom bashing.
However..I would go again if the oppurtunity arose even for a single day. yes the flight was horrible stuck in cattle class for that long but what a country!
A few pix.
People too couldn't have been friendlier and helpful to us Pom tourists. And there I was, what with all the recent sporting events, ready to receive some Pom bashing.
20 March 2006, 12:52 PM
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In fact, I'd say you're either psychotic or pretty damn lucky:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4823580.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4823580.stm
20 March 2006, 01:23 PM
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I'm going to go with pretty damn lucky on this one I think.
The week before our 5 days QLD was hit by some pretty bad tropical storms and then this hits 'em.
Glad to see no one has been killed and only a handful of minor injuries.
cheers
brett
The week before our 5 days QLD was hit by some pretty bad tropical storms and then this hits 'em.
Glad to see no one has been killed and only a handful of minor injuries.
cheers
brett
20 March 2006, 01:27 PM
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All that way just to get a few pics of a feckin zoo 
Well done mate.......
My best man was flying to my wedding in NZ just for the day, then returning home due to business commitments
Told him he was a ***** and to consider himself no longer the best man...said I'd find someone out there
Well done mate.......
My best man was flying to my wedding in NZ just for the day, then returning home due to business commitments
Told him he was a ***** and to consider himself no longer the best man...said I'd find someone out there
