Monday, 3rd May 2010 - Labour Day

Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. The majority of countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1, and it is popularly known as May Day and International Workers' Day, while some celebrate on the first Monday of September.




The celebration of Labour Day has its origins in the Eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.



Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state and territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first Monday in October in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Labour Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the Northern Territory, it is the first Monday in May.

Saturday, 1st May 2010 - SPEEDING FINE

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So not happy. Got an email from my Dad. When I hired a car in Victoria, months ago, it appears I did 9kmp, yes only 9kmp over the limit and they have fined me $149. How disgusting is that. I am not happy in the slightest. I only hope it does not I get points added to my UK licence.

Thursday, 29th April 2010 - Glee

So Claire told me about Glee ages ago and very kindly sent me some of their music. This week I managed to catch up. I hired Glee Season 1. Having not seen it before I had no idea what to expect. But I loved it. It was great. It was like High School Musical but only better. Loved it. Caught up with the whole of Season 1 ready for Season 2 premier tonight. Get in! ! !

Tuesday, 6th April 2010 - The Girl with Dragon Tattoo

I finished girl with the Dragon Tattoo with morning. It was great. Only took me two weeks to read it. I went straight out and searched Brisbane for the cheapest copy of the next book in the Millennium Trilogy. Then I discovered that the cinema around the corner from me was showing the movie adaptation of the book.


Well was I disappointed? Yes. It was in Swedish or something like that. With subtitles. If that was not bad enough they missed out loads of important stuff from the book. Seriously not impressed.

Saturday, 3rd March 2010 - Mortan Island

Mortan Island is just off the coast of Brisbane. You have to get the MICAT to the island. We booed ourselves on an adventure tour. We started off with jumping into out wetsuites and going for a guided snorkel tour of the wrecks in water of sunken ships. These act a reef for sea life. It was great. There was loads to see. We was given bread to feed the fish. I got scared. There was loads of them and they was in a frenzy. Lol. I kept dropping the bread.


I managed to see two Sting Rays swimming along the bottom of the sea floor. That was really great. There was a turtle swimming about but I missed seeing that, sadly.



After the snorkeling we went inland for some 4WD'ing. It was bumpy but we was in a massive coach so was not too bad.



To end we went to 'The Desert'. A massive sand plain with some massive dunes. We jumped on some wooden sheets and projected ourselves down the dunes. It was really good, but scary. I got a mouthful of sand. In fact sand got everywhere. But still was a really good day. After that we headed back to Brisbane.

Thursday, 1st April 2010 - Nine

So I booked some tickets to see nine (a movie) outdoors in Brisbane's south bank. Oh what a bad bad bad idea. First off. The movie was a real flop. It was so boring. Then it started to absolutely throw it down. I got soaked and thought that was excuse enough to go, despite being only ½ way through the movie.

Thursday, 1st April 2010 - White Water World

Between Brisbane and the Gold Coast is a cluster of theme parks. One of them is White Water World. I have been desperate to go since I heard about the park. Months ago. Today I got to go. It was great. They had loads of rides that literally made you just laugh out loud. There was the Green Room which was my personal fav. You get into a blow up dingy and are ejected into a massive funnel. It was really scary because you think you are going to come out. Really really great.

Tuesday, 30th March 2010 - Bye Jucy Lucy

We had to say goodbye to the camper today. It was a sad sad moment. I felt totally lost without the camper. It was back to public transport and walk. Pants.

Monday, 29th March 2010 - Colundra

We discovered Colundra. The place was beautiful. The sun was just setting and really picturesque. After finding somewhere to stay I went to check out the pool. Pool. Hardly. It was about the size of a bath and to top it off it was freezing. Literally they should scrap calling it a pool and refer to it as a plunge pool.

Monday, 29th March 2010 - Australia Zoo

There was no way I was going past Australia Zoo and not going in again. I loved it just as much this time as I did the first. I even lined up and got to feed the elephants. Steve had a picture taken with a Koala. The weather held out and was really nice. We decided not to head back up to Noosa but to find somewhere between Noosa and Brisbane.

Saturday, 27th March 2010 - Flick in the Sticks – Mama Mia

The campsite gave us a run down of the local events going on while we was in Noosa. One was flick in the sticks. The Australian's love their movies and enjoy them no more than when outside.


So off we went to see 'Mamma Mia' in the sticks. I had not seen Mamma Mia before and really did not know what to expect. But I was pleasantly surprised.

Saturday, 27th March 2010 - Feeding Dolphins at Tin Can Bay

They have been feeding dolphins at Tin Can Bay for over 50 years. Now feeding dolphins in the wild is not allowed and if Rangers see you it leads to a fine. However, Tin Can Bay is an exception. About 50 odd years ago an injured Dolphin turned up outside a riverside Cafe in Tin Can Bay. It was badly injured. The people their thought it would die but managed to nurse it back to health and feed it.

The Dolphin survived and went to live in the River. Ever since then every morning between 7am-10am the Dolphin and some or all his familly come and get some food every morning. They only receive a tiny proportion of their required daily intake, so are by no means dependent on it.

It was great to be in the water with the dolphins. They looked so cute. Great to see dolphins that close up. The fact that they are wild dolphins makes it even more special. Steve fed the dolphins some fish. It was a really great experience and well worth having to get up and out of bed at 6 am.

Friday, 26th March 2010 - Fraser Island

I loved Fraser Island when I went last year in December. So it as not hard work to decide to go again. Because time was limited we only had a day to spend on the Island. I managed to find a really good tour. In a Hummer. Now I love Hummers. Basically they are US Army vehicles. They have been re-designed slightly to general use.


Now from the outside the cars are really kewl. But they are so bulky. The doors are still super reinforced, I doubt even a missile could penetrate through them. But that just means they feel really small inside. So they are massive cars, but inside they feel like a Mini. Anyway enough about the Hummer.



The guided tour was kewl. There was just four of us in the Hummer. Some old couple from the UK Bob and Carol or something similar to that.



It has rained a lot since I was last on Fraser and that makes it a smoother drive. The rain compacts the sand and makes it easier to drive on. But it was still really bumpy. We started of at Eli Creek and walked down the Creek. The creek is rain water that has filtered through the sand for about 100 years. Crystal clear.



From there we headed along to the wreck of the Meheno, the Pinnacles. After that we went to a view point over looking the sand dunes and had some lunch and beer. After lunch we went to the magical Lake Mackenzie. It as glorious day, sun was shinning and it was great to dive and mess around in the crystal clear water.



Sadly that was all we had time for and could of coped with. We was shattered. Still we got back to Harvey Bay and then headed further down south to Tin Can Bay.