Australia
There are [131] photos and [122] stories about Australia
< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next >
Wednesday, 14 Dec 2011 | Views [1304]
I am pretty sure I was woken at 1:45am
by the sound of rain hitting my roof; hard. Hence, $38 had not
transformed my tent into the Millennium Falcon. I had to rise early
for once to get the first ferry across to Yamba, ... Read more >
Tags: cycling, friends, on the road, people, weather
Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011 | Views [2435]
The best thing to do after a riding
ordeal like I had just experienced, is to not go anywhere near a bike
for awhile. It hurt in too many places just thinking about it. My
bike was left on the roof of the hotel and did ... Read more >
Tags: cycling, on the road, people, rip-offs
Sunday, 11 Dec 2011 | Views [1123] | Comments [2]
Emergency procedures were instantly put
into play as the evening was turning into more of a farce than what
the day had been. Food calms me like valium so I pulled out my unused
Jet-boil stove system. The tap water was ... Read more >
Tags: camping, hills, misadventure, riding
Sunday, 11 Dec 2011 | Views [1107]
So I just got off the phone to the good folk at the Guinness Book of Records and they confirmed that I am in the running for a few categories in the next edition. 'Worst decision ever made', 'Most complete and utter reversal of fortunes', 'Most profanities ... Read more >
Tags: hills, misadventure, people, riding
Friday, 9 Dec 2011 | Views [2232] | Comments [2]
If luck does come in strokes, this one
was particularly well lubricated. I could not have imagined a better
start to the trip, except perhaps for it coming at the start of the
day, rather than the end. While not being epic ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, bicycle, people
Wednesday, 7 Dec 2011 | Views [940]
There is a first time for everything, and while actually catching the flights I originally intended to is not the first time, it does fall into the 'minor miracle' category. I did do everything within my power to fall asleep, show up on the wrong day, ... Read more >
Tags: partying, preparation, training
Saturday, 26 Nov 2011 | Views [1000]
So this is what an
average ride has been like during my preparation for my upcoming
epico-colossusaurus adventure. I made that word up if you didn't
realise, and the use of the word 'average' is anything but
appropriate ... Read more >
Tags: bicycling, preparation, sport
Saturday, 26 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery
Brisbane to Melbourne in 2 months
See all 24 photos >>
Tuesday, 15 Nov 2011 | Views [1412]
Right about now I
would trade most things to stop sweating. Not even just now, but say,
the last 3 weeks when the 'build up' began. Sure awesome clouds have
started to crowd the horizon like a watery caricature of Mars' ... Read more >
Tags: preparation, sunshine
Tuesday, 26 Jul 2011 | Views [1156] | Comments [1]
After another 8
month sabbatical, sitting down to write is like sex with a girlfriend
you haven't seen in a long time. You know its good, and you really
enjoy it but you just can't seem to do it properly. You then stammer
out ... Read more >
Tags: accommodation, injury, returning home, sport, weather, work
Friday, 8 Oct 2010 | Views [1144]
Through
a whirlwind of flights and near misses, love and vows, fights and
make up kisses, I come out the other side wondering what happened.
Not that memory went up in smoke the way it normally does, it was
just too much in two weeks ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, friends, weddings
Tuesday, 5 Oct 2010 | Views [893]
The
only way to make continual sunshine seem better is by throwing in the
occasional rainy day. I know there is a vengeful deity with a
perverse sense of humour who makes those rainy days fall on my days
off. That turned out ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, friends, television
Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010 | Views [1045]
This sunny afternoon I find myself writing from a bedroom that seems to have held some sort of sporting event; that possibly ended with some sort of riot. The demolished bed and soft tingles of the afterglow makes me blissfully aware that the bed may ... Read more >
Tags: horse races, partying
Monday, 30 Aug 2010 | Views [953]
An SMS from Mikey about playing golf brought me back to reality. I crawled out of a bed occupied by a Finnish co-worker breathing dreamily in the aftermath of a night not spent sleeping. It then dawned on me that I'm late, in the normal sense of the ... Read more >
Tags: beach, partying
Saturday, 21 Aug 2010 | Views [1539]
As another utopian dry season twilight silences
the usual fun and frivolity of communal life in the staff crap shack, I use the
rare moments of peace to finally bring this journal up to date. I take another
long slurp of my frangelico and ... Read more >
Tags: friends, partying, work
Wednesday, 14 Jul 2010 | Views [2141] | Comments [1]
I'm working up a sweat just
thinking about what to write. That's not because I'm whipping my brain like a
pack horse, it's just a constant by-product of life in Broome. Compared to
Hobart, it's like living inside an active volcano. Given that ... Read more >
Tags: friends, work
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 | Views [1409]
Exchanging vows always sounded like a great idea to me if it involved swapping a 'no drinking' vow for a 'no stabbing' vow. When it entailed a life membership to monogamous loving, I often felt the need to reaffirm my 'no stabbing' vow. Like the inside ... Read more >
Tags: friends, partying, weddings
Tuesday, 18 May 2010 | Views [1073]
Time has come for the winter migration. The chill slid into Hobart like the stranger who steals your seat at the bar, all bright eyes and cheesey smile. The trees decided not to fight the cold and burnt their leaves off in a fiery display of natures' ... Read more >
Tags: friends, partying, work
Wednesday, 21 Apr 2010 | Views [1981]
With time expiring on my tenure in
Tasmania, it seemed appropriate to take in a bit more of the state
before I left. The North Western town of Burnie would probably not
feature on any sane persons list of tourist destinations, and had it
not ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, food, people
Wednesday, 21 Apr 2010 | Views [1280]
I was checking in for my flight from
Port Macquarie to Melbourne. The kind lady tagging my luggage assumed
that I would happily declare anything illegal or dangerous I was
smuggling. I was two hours early for the flight and panting like
being ... Read more >
Tags: friends, work
Saturday, 20 Mar 2010 | Views [2502] | Comments [1]
This seasons fashion is idiocy, best
expressed through missed flights and further unnecessary expenditure.
While the finger of blame could stray slightly towards others, I must
accept full responsibility for uncovering more and more unusual ... Read more >
Tags: flying, friends, misadventures, party
Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 | Views [2700]
Would it be wrong for this anti pugilist to admit he loves watching the toughest dudes on the planet pummel the bejesus out of each other? As it further confirms the contradictory nature of my personality, and my tendency to spend every penny I earn, ... Read more >
Tags: adrenalin, friends, sports
Thursday, 4 Mar 2010 | Views [1058]
I need a holiday after all this talk
about commitment, and marriage and every other aspect of human
interactions that is scarier than watching 'Wolf Creek'. Its open
wallet season and not one, not two, but three interstate trips are
forcing ... Read more >
Tags: friends, sight seeing, sport
Tuesday, 2 Mar 2010 | Views [1155] | Video
I'd forgotten what
silence sounded like. It's an empty sound, like one hand clapping.
Unfortunately, no transcendental insights accompanied such a realisation,
although I think some trees might have fallen in the forest without me being
there to ... Read more >
Tags: friends, planning, television
Saturday, 13 Feb 2010 | Views [1925]
Who wants to get married? Anyone? I'm
throwing myself away. I'm in need of a bit of a fix up, and I have
even less to offer financially now, other than my own lack of
self-sufficiency. My liver feels 20 years older than the rest of my
body, ... Read more >
Tags: friends, party, wedding
View more stories from Australia
< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next >
