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Saturday, 4 Apr 2009 | Views [1464]
I'm out West, and I know it. If I didn't,
most signs, businesses, and products have a reference to the 'West' in them.
We're not East Coast and we're damn proud of it! I can't see that as a good
enough reason to shoot someone, but I offer many thanks ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, people, shopping
Monday, 30 Mar 2009 | Views [2201]
Farmers should quake whenever they see me approach their fields. I
have the cursed touch of Midas' evil twin. All harvesting work I do
carves through profits like a one man economic wrecking ball. I am
the best thing to happen to any farms ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures, on the road, work
Sunday, 15 Mar 2009 | Views [6678]
The train to Melbourne rattles soothingly along the tracks that carve
through a brown and barren Victorian countryside. The environment is
dried to the point of kindling combustibility, but it seems that luck
alone saved ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Sunday, 15 Mar 2009 | Views [2256]
The beach is definitely the best thing God came up with on day five of his universe-creating week of high achievement before he retired for good. Preparing to tackle such holy goodness at Cape Conran, I splashed out $25 on a boogie board of questionable ... Read more >
Tags: adrenaline, beaches & sunshine, drugs
Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 | Views [1339]
Four days of work is a good enough
reason to have the whole following week off. It's not by choice, but
it fits in so nicely with my plans that I cannot believe my
subconscious desires did not play a part in it becoming a ... Read more >
Tags: adrenaline, beaches & sunshine, work
Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [1852]
After a fond farewell to our Canadian
duo, we high-tailed it out of Hobart leaving a Hansel and Gretel like
trail of money behind us. We planned to cover the state in four days
and were aware most of that would have to be ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures, on the road, sight seeing
Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [3192] | Comments [2]
Port Arthur is Tasmania's most famous
spot for both good and bad reasons. 'Most famous' and 'good and bad'
being subjective evaluations. I must contend that Port Arthur, and
probably Tasmania, was relatively unknown to me ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, friends, sight seeing
Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [2956]
The Apple Isle. A tasty destination if
ever I heard one. But as delicious as it sounds, the only people
licking their lips were the people catering to / cashing in on the
tourists. Towns are so small and devoid of business ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures, on the road, sight seeing
Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [1508] | Comments [1]
Rockhampton
may seem like an unusual destination for someone like me. Rockhampton
is actually quite an unusual destination for anyone. It doesn't have
much to offer travelers in the way of tourist sites. Anyone who would
be interested ... Read more >
Tags: friends, philosophy of travel
Monday, 15 Dec 2008 | Views [2391]
Easily
earned, easier spent. With no particular goal entertaining my
imagination, hoarding my savings seemed counter productive to me
personally solving the world economic crisis. Not much was happening
in Cairns, except for some hobo picking a fight ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, friends, on the road, relaxation, sight seeing
Monday, 15 Dec 2008 | Views [2933]
With my left leg
now tattooed from ankle to knee, I'm starting to think that enough is
enough; maybe. Not that the tattoo addiction has subsided any. It's
just that I have lost faith in my ability to distinguish between a
talented artist and ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures
Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [2564]
The last few weeks of my Spring time adventure in Bowen have passed in a blur of activity and hijinx. Sometimes it's better to just experience life as it happens rather than seeing it unfold from behind a camera lens or writers pen. Sometimes I'm ... Read more >
Tags: friends, party time, work
Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 | Views [1560] | Comments [1]
6 night shifts in a row. A sudden and significant increase in temperature. Gauge measures 28.5 degrees in our dorm at 6am. Sleeping in daylight is 3 to 5 hours of fitful napping, punctuated by tossing, a constant sheen of sweat and loud room mates ... Read more >
Tags: friends, misadventures, party time, work
Saturday, 1 Nov 2008 | Views [4964]
No sooner had I removed the last vestige of grit from private anatomical nooks and crannies, when some manical party machine decided to organise another 'fill up on intoxicants and sand' event. Yes, it was the only two other remaining Australians ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, friends, party time
Saturday, 1 Nov 2008 | Views [2111]
Isn't it funny how your opinion of a place improves when your workload changes from boot camp to boy scouts. One minute I am legging it to and fro like I've just discovered the ability to walk, and the next, I am lounging around working on my tan.... Read more >
Tags: work
Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008 | Views [5896] | Comments [1]
A party on the beach. A bright moon approaching fullness. A raging fire and oil lamps ablaze. Enough intoxicants to wipe out all consciousness in a five kilometre radius. A gathering of close friends and strangers from the hostel. A plethora of gorgeous ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, friends, party time
Sunday, 19 Oct 2008 | Views [1750] | Comments [1]
Literary
productivity has dipped recently as hard work and hedonistic
pleasures have superseded creative output and coherent thought. Some
cosmic governing body decreed that frivolity and fortune seeking was
my new karmic currency after over ... Read more >
Tags: friends, philosophy of travel, work
Sunday, 5 Oct 2008 | Views [1325]
Not much changes here and hence, there isn't much of interest to write about. My last rambling post is proof of my efforts to make something out of nothing. When something interesting happens, I usually rush to my laptop to describe it for the friends ... Read more >
Tags: friends, misadventures, party time, work
Sunday, 5 Oct 2008 | Views [1169] | Comments [1]
I admit I am not the most direct writer at the best of times. Everything I write takes the most circuitous route to the point I am trying to make. I like to write for the sake of seeing how much I can mangle the English language to make it vaguely ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel
Sunday, 5 Oct 2008 | Views [1121] | Comments [1]
No mention of good people would be complete without reference to the Dalai Lama. Having mentioned him, I can continue on to say that a word or two about Shane and Ronan is necessary to complete said list of good folk. And Katharina too. But like ... Read more >
Tags: friends
Monday, 15 Sep 2008 | Views [1685] | Comments [3]
Miss Karen D. was on the goon. Alarm bells were ringing. Nothing good ever comes from any situation that has a goon element. After the previous nights shenanigans, this post should have been titled 'Revenge of the Goon'. Even though I didn't touch ... Read more >
Tags: friends, party time
Monday, 15 Sep 2008 | Views [1275]
How do I manage to keep working in this tomato packing torture shed? The most likely cause is the amazing group of people I have had the good fortune to meet. Like abused siblings we rally together to help each other see the lighter side of working ... Read more >
Tags: friends, party time, work
Monday, 15 Sep 2008 | Views [1742]
Is money enough reason to drive yourself harder than your body is able to handle without falling apart? The first toe nail of the season has already been cut off, eulogised, and appropriately interred in a garbage bin. My feet are more blister than ... Read more >
Saturday, 6 Sep 2008 | Views [473] | Comments [1]
It's winter in Bowen. Apparently. Wearing just two articles of clothing is one too many in the 'winter' sun. I'm sun burnt already. And I worked nights in a tomato packing shed. Did I get burnt sleeping in my dorm bed? Or in the brief trips I had just ... Read more >
Saturday, 6 Sep 2008 | Views [1185]
At the premature
end to my first nights sleep in Airlie Beach's Bush Village
backpackers, I was awoken by a guy looking for a drinking partner,
duties to start immediately. I hadn't celebrated my arrival in Airlie
so enthusiastically ... Read more >
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