Author archives: Bonnie

  • Fraser Island - Queensland, Australia

    • October 20th 2008 Fraser Island - Queensland, Australia Today we went on a day tour from Hervey Bay to Fraser Island.  It is an island located along the southern coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 km north of Brisbane. Its length is about 120 km with an average width of 15km. It was inscribed as a Worl[...]

  • AC/DC new album is in my hands

    • Lucky lucky me!!  I am the proud owner of AC/DC's newest album "Black Ice".  It was recorded in Vancouver,BC but I had to travel all the way to Australia to purchase just days before it's north american release.  I was walking through the Melbourne airport on route to my gate for my flight to Sydney on October 17th and[...]

  • Road trip to Hervey Bay

    • Oct 19th 2008 Road trip to Hervey Bay Hervey Bay (sounds like Harvey Bay) is a four hour drive north of Brisbane.  We drove up in Chantelle & Reids new car.  We stopped at this place along the highway that makes awesome milkshakes.  I had a vanilla one which was super tastey. We arrived in Hervey Bay to our hote[...]

  • Brisbane BBQ

    • Oct 18 2008 Brisbane BBQ This morning we got up pretty early and went driving around to see some Kangaroos in the wild.  I had already seen some Wallablies but those are really small sized Roos.  Chantelle knew of this place near a mental hospital and a medium security correctional facility that she had gone to to ta[...]

  • Arrived in Brisbane.

    • Oct 17 2008 Arrived in Brisbane. I've arrived in Brisbane and am happy to have left Melbourne.  Chantelle and Reid met me at the airport.  We went back to their apartment so that I could drop off my things and see their place.  It's cute and very them.  It ws around dinner time so they took me to downtown Brisbane, w[...]

  • Goodbye Melbourne

    • Oct 17th 2008 3:55pm (12:55am Toronto) Goodbye Melbourne I really like the State of Victoria.  I don't care much for Melbourne, but the country side is very nice.  This morning Sung and I travelled around the city and took in the sights. We began our day at the Melbourne Observation Deck - Rialto 360.  We could see [...]

  • Phillip Island and the smallest penguins in the world.

    • Oct 16th Part3 Phillip Island and the smallest penguins in the world. Phillip Island is beautiful!  The tour guide Gavin was great.  It was as if your Uncle was showing you around. He had the typical australian accent, you know the thick one like Croc Dundee has?  One portugese guy on the tour said that he could unde[...]

  • Waiting for Phillip Island tour

    • Oct 16th Part2Waiting for Phillip Island tour.I'm sitting on a bench outside of Melbourne Town Hall waiting for the tour bus to Phillip Island.  I've bought a touque & gloves, I have my lulu zipup, my raincoat/windbreaker and my travl towel in hopes that it will all keep me warm tonight.  It's pretty chil[...]

  • My first night in a Hostel

    • Oct 16th 2008 8:30am (5:25pm oct15th Toronto) My first night in a Hostel Last night was pretty uneventful.  There were people in the rec room watching South Park.  There were people using laptops and computers all over the  place.  The kitchen was closed.  There are a lot of german and dutch people here.  Aswell as A[...]

  • Melbourne - Makes me miss Sydney

    • Oct 15th 9:50pm (6:50am Toronto) Melbourne - Makes me miss Sydney I have to be careful saying that as Melbournians are pretty protective of their city and they all think that you should love it here so much that you wont' want to leave.  Well I want to leave right now...but I can't.  I have to stick it out and give t[...]

  • Random Oz things I've learned

    • Oct 15th 9:45pm (6:45am Toronto) Random Oz things I've learned Here are a few "actual factual" things I've learned about while in Sydney and now in Melbourne. - Hungry Jack's is a burger joint that looks exactly like Burger King and it even serves the Whopper. - McDonalds looks much nicer and almost appealing to en[...]

  • Day two - Sydney Afternoon

    • Oct 14th - Continued... Day two - Sydney Afternoon Yippee the rain has stopped!  I took the Cityrail (subway) to Circular Quay and walked over to the Museum of Contemporary Art.  It's a large building and currently has a free exhibit on showcasing mostly digital media by local artists.  It was pretty cool.  One reall[...]