Wet Tropics
After three amazing days sailing the Solway Lass in the Whitsundays, I continued my journey up north to the Wet Tropics. Andrea & Nicole would join me to Cairns while Collin decided to stay in Airlie Beach hoping to find a job as a dive instructor on a sailing boat. Our first stop was Paluma … Continue reading
Solway Lass
Crystal blue waters, colourful reefs, white sand beaches & green hills covered by rainforests overlooking infinite sugar cane fields are the setting for Airlie Beach, a small coastal town in the south of Queensland. The town itself is a rather touristic place with heaps of apartments, hostels, shopping streets, … Not really my favourite destination … Continue reading
Captain Cook
Captain Cook set foot in Queensland for the first time on May 24th, 1770 with his ship ‘Endeavour’. That place is now a small coastal town that honors that fact not only by streets named after him but even by the town’s name… ‘Town of 1770’. It lies in a bay filled with sand banks, surounded … Continue reading
K’Gari
Fraser Island… A living, breathing natural treasure and world’s largest sand island named ‘K’Gari (meaning ‘paradise’) by the Butchulla people, island’s original inhabitants. K’Gari was renamed ‘Fraser Island’ after sea captain James Fraser & his wife shipwrecked on the island. The island is an example of contrast & contradictions… rainforests that grow in the sand, … Continue reading
Ken & Vicki
I maybe had one bad experience the past week with Rebeca but I still believe Couchsurfing is a wonderful initiative. That’s the main reason why I’m part of it for about three years now. I hosted & surfed with over more than 200 fantastic people and I love it! Leaving Brisbane alone was the best … Continue reading
My first bad CS experience
Leaving Byron Bay was not so easy as it was a unique place with a captivating atmosphere. But still so many places to see… time to leave! And so we left the state of New South Wales and entered the sunshine state, Queensland. Tom & George, 2 English guys we met in Byron Bay joined … Continue reading