Cool Cairns

My 5 days in Cairns has been awesome...

I booked myself on to a 'Liver-Aboard' for 3 days and crammed in loads of diving on the Great Barrier Reef, as well as managing to dive the Yonglla.. Finally!!!

The 'Liver-Aboard' was fantastic, got certified as an 'Adventure Diver' and met loads of like minded people to party with. The staff and crew were great and once we were back on dry land, we hit Cairns hard.

The Journey back from the Boat moored out on the Reef had to be the highlight though, we were lucky enough to be in the company of a Mother Whale and her Baby heading South, 2 months late!!! They should have left the waters around Cairns ages ago, they were sooo close it was mind blowing!

I also did a day trip to Cape Tribulation, which was beautiful and The Oldest Regenerating Tropical Rain Forest in The World', The Daintree.

I've really been cramming in the tourist stuff 'cos I felt like I've been a bit of a bum of recent, but the past 4 days have more than made up for it.

I leave Oz in the morning and I must admit that I will be sad to say good-bye. My time here has been fantastic and I've met soooo many great people that I will miss.

I have to say one last Massive thanx to everyone that I have interacted with here again... you have all been so warm, friendly and hospitable, and if you should ever find yourself in my neck of the woods, be sure to look me up.
Those of you who I have planned to meet up with I hope to see you in the not so distant future, and for those of you whom I fear I will never see again... Take it easy and keep in touch.

From Oz... Over and Out

xx

Barricaded Inn

I said a sorry farewell to Micha, Margo and Grant and the small city of Townsville this morning to head further up the coast to my final Ozzy destination... Cairns!!!

I love it hear and its gonna be a pretty busy place for me, I'm booked on to a Live-a-board dive trip for the next 3 days and then I'm spending the next couple of days on a tour up to Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation and The Daintree Rainforest... I'm sooo looking forward to doing some more diving, trekking and kayaking, I feel like I have been a total bum for the past 3 weeks, so as usual I am going to spend the next 4/5 days making up for it, it's a tough job but someone has to do it!!!

I do miss Townsville though and I'm going to take some great memories of the place with me, Micha (aka Mishka) and I just spent the last 2 days giggling and reeking havoc around the city... once again met some great people and had lots of fun... did you expect anything less?!

Magnetic Island was beautiful, (even though it was preparing itself for the full Moon party that night), as was the Aquarium, I wouldn't normally have visited yet another aquarium, but it is 'The Largest Coral Reef Aquarium in The World', so it had to be done, and it was well worth it... Learnt loads about Marine life.

I guess I'll give you an update when I get back from the last of my Ozzy adventures...

Till then

xx

p.s. - Massive thanx to Margo, Grant and Kizza for letting me stay in their beautiful house and chasing around after me.

Shhhh... Don't mention the 'T' word

After making a sneaky escape from Airlie Beach where apart from making a new group of friends, getting ridiculously drunk and taking in the amazing scenery, I managed to gain myself a nick name...
Its not Sity, to match Ozzy style its been changed to Sito (pronounced Sid-doe) lol, Thanx DJ and Pistol Pete ;o)

Am in Townsville now staying with Jess's folks in their amazing house. (Jess from Brizzy... Thanx mate... you hooked me up and I appreciate it).

One thing I have noticed is that no one from Townsville actually likes to admit that they are from Townsville, so for their sake I have been forced to refer to the 'T' word as a Southern Suburb of Cairns.

Meeting up with Micha tomorrow for some drinks, the hitting Magnetic Island, before setting sail for my long awaited diving trip to the ship wreck of the SS Yongala...

Can't wait
xx

Heavenly Hervey Hitch Hike

Number 1 on 'The Most Random' thing to have happened to me on this trip so far....

Hervey Bay was beautiful as was fraser Island, but I didn't hang around there for too long. After meeting a couple of ladies from Brisbane and dining with then, I got chatting to a guy who happened to be the captain of a $6 million boat... He was heading North to Airlie Beach which was my next stop, so I jumped on board for a 2 day boat trip along the east coat of Oz stopping off in a couple of places along the way... It was amazing lots of Whales and Dolphins, not to mention a life of luxury... I struck gold I can tell you... We traveled around lots of Islands along the way and The Whitsunday's, and I kayaked yesterday too, it was sooo beautiful.

I'll get photos up as soon as I can!!!

I was sad to leave Brisbane and think about it all the time though... My 2 weeks there were bloody strange too.. anyone who met me would agree I think!?
I've been in Airlie beach for the past 4 days, and I can tell you things haven't been much calmer here.. In fact today I even have the shakes...

I met a group of lunatics on my first night here, who befriended me, and won't let me leave, I've pretty much been partying with them. We had a house party last night and things got messy.. thus the shakes and feeling a little worse for ware..

Bumped into one of my friend from Thailand (Finn from Master Divers) today haven't seen him for 3 months... random!!! Am gonna meet up with him for dinner tonight... Never ceases to amaze me how small the world really is!

Heading to Townsville tomorrow, where things should calm down a bit... I hope???

Till then...
xx

A Very Sticky Bussiness

I AM STILL STUCK IN BRISBANE!!!!!

Oh my god, I need to sort myself out... (I should have been in and out of Hervey Bay and Fraser Island by now). The past week here has got to be up there in my top 1- 5 most Bizzare weeks.

It's been a massive mix of Clubs, House party's, BBQ's and Chill out sessions, not to mension, Beache's and Ice Cream Cake!!!

It all started in on Thursday when a quite drink trrned into a session with a group of Pikey's, then a night out on the town with the girls where I just so happened to bump into Shan (mate from Byron Bay) who in turn introduced us to all of his awesome mates... not frogetting poor unsuspecting Mike from the stairs (it's his own fault fro loitoring, poor guy didn't know what hit him). Following a bizzar series of events we (Komil and I) have managed to get ourselve well and truely entangled in a whirl wind of strange events mixed up with a whole group of great people. I don't know where to begin explaining so I'm just gonna leave it there.

All I'm gonna say is that I'm going to be extremly sad to leave 'Briz Vegus' and the people here, but we have made plans to hang out all over the world, and I am sure that our paths will cross again..

My love to the whole Brizzy gang... you guys are great

xx

p.s. - Anyone that I have met in Brizzy will know exactaly what I mean by the title of this blogg entry

;o)

Ball Bustin' Brisbane

I had a fantastic day yesterday..

Komil and I get along amazingly well... Have just spent the last 3 days giggling and doing girly things, was supposed to be taking it easy, but as you can imagine, it ain't happening...

After 2 days of drinking and eating lots of chocolate we decided that we should haul our lazy arses to the gym... Komil took me to her Yoga class and then a Boxing lesson... it was pretty tough work, after being out of action for 5 months, my body is paying for it today I can tell you, and didn't have to pay a penny for it... We just told them that I was thinking of moving here... sorry :o/
We headed into the City so that I could finalise my route and date changes with Qantas and managed to get a free massage in the park... it was awesome, probably the best massage I've ever had... all in all a good day so far.

We headed to The Valley and China town for some lunch and a few drinks and didn’t get back home until the early house of the morning... Got chatting to some locals who kept plying us with alcohol and loads of laughs, so how could we resist... Once again my chilled out night with a quite couple of drinks turned out to be the complete opposite... Oh well, you'd think I'd be used to that by now... but I still get surprised by it every time... lol

Anyway heading to the Gold Coast today to hang out on the beach, before hitting The Valley hard tonight... It is Friday you know?!

;o)

p.s. I’m missing home a lot today... Had a dream about the bowl last night... the original gang was in there... I miss you guys, especially Robert

xx

Besotted with Byron

Had to go back to Byron to pick up my heart... I loved it there, was sooo chilled out and hand such an awesome time hanging out at the 'Bunkhouse' with all the other weirdo’s and freaks that I had to go back for more punishment...

Dane had the weekend off work so went back so that I couldn’t hang out with him some more (seeing as I was slack in contacting him on my 'waster weekend')
Had a great time hanging out with him… and his psycho mates, who managed to get their hands on my camera, and take some very strange photos… not sure if they are suitable for flickr though?!

(I’ll update my photos this week for sure)

Met some lovely young ladies from Brisbane in Byron Bay (Melissa and Miranda) who let me jump in with them on the way up the East Coast… Those girls are crazy…

I have to shout a MASSIVE THANX to Mel for putting me up at her place and taking me out in Brizzy for my first crazy night… you’re a legend girl… Don’t go changing!

Managed to track down Komil (one of my girly friends from Thailand) and am currently residing with her and her family. They own a chain of restaurants so I fear that I will have to go on some ruthless diet when I get out of Brisbane. Went shopping today in Brizzy CBD and caught the City Cat down the river to ‘West end’ at dusk, was sooo pretty. Went to some funky bars and cafes… 3 Monkeys'' is a great place if you ever get the chance to check it out… you should!

Komil’s friend is coming down to visit her this weekend from Townsville, so I have decided to hang around here until then… we’re gonna have a girly weekend on the coast so it should be pretty eventful, gonna try and squeeze in some Whale Watching too, seeing as it’s Migration Season… can’t wait.

Have to say I’m missing Byron a lot… :o(

Note for Dane: Remember you pinky promised!!!! ;o)

xx