During my last week in Brisbane, I met up with my pals from work one last time for lunch. Sara asked me what I was doing that night, and I told her I was going to Indian dancing lessons with my friend Sarah. She noted that I was always doing something fun and exciting while I was in Oz and said it was probably because I was travelling.
You know what? She was totally right.
Q: How do you know if your party was a hit?
A: When there are still a dozen people left at 3 in the morning playing Mafia!
That’s right folks! Today I put myself down in the books as an event participant for the largest number of people jumping on a trampoline at the same time for over five minutes. *big smile*
The event was put on by Pure Health Clubs and was held at the end of Queen Street Mall (across from the Treasury Casino) to benefit the Asthma Foundation of Queensland.
With today’s technology, we’re fortunate enough to be able to call each other from half way around the world on mobile phones, tweet and surf the net just about anywhere on the globe, and send and receive messages and e-mails with a simple click of a button. Though it’s always nice to receive an e-mail of message from a friend, nothing beats getting something tangible via snail mail!
Sarah and I both ordered the native platter entree (note: in Australia, an “entree” is an appetizer and a “main” is an entree) because it comes with an assortment of native berries, home-made damper (a heavy herb bread – I think it was thyme), native dips, kangaroo, emu and crocodile. We also asked to have a bit of Tasmanian possum thrown in as well.
I wasn’t feeling very well last night and when I woke up this morning, so I decided I’d spend the day doing as little as possible. I went to Stocklands to do some grocery shopping, and run a few errands. I thought Stocklands was supposed to be a big mall, but it’s really very small.
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Oh man, you should’ve heard me cursing during the first hour because I kept turning on the windshield wipers instead of the signals (EVERYTHING is backwards in Australia). I got the hang of it by the time I hit the highway though and once I did…
Wicked Campers is sponsoring my month-long trip around Queensland (many Thanks!) by loaning me this decked-out 4WD van. Cool eh?
1. A compass doesn’t do much good if you don’t have a proper map.
2. Sometimes, the sign posts are robbed of their signs. Why? I don’t know. But because they’re sometimes missing, a proper map is very handy.
3. If you plan on going proper bushwalking, wear long socks that cover your shins. You’ll be scratched to bits if you don’t (I’m living proof).
4. If you want a good walking stick, find some grass trees (they look like big fountains of grass with a big stick growing out of the middle – we saw some that were 2 metres high). The sticks from the grass trees eventually break off and they make very sturdy walking sticks.
5. Tip for hiking the Glass House Mountains: Try to avoid wearing very breathable running shoes because the sand on the trails goes right through the mesh and you’ll want to stop every once in a while to dump it all out.