Leaving Australia

Hey

I thought I'd make one last post before I leave Australia for the East Indies. I'm in Sydney now finishing up a few things (like buying souvenirs) before I fly out for Singapore.

The Main train Station in Melbourne

I've been quite busy since I last wrote. After Noosa we headed up north to Hervey Bay. The sole reason for visiting this torusit over run town was it that it was the departing point for our next adventure; a 4x4 adventure. We booked into the Hostel and met the other 8 members of our group. All of which were of the female persuasion (not as good as you might think). After fighting over the food shopping and taking a shower long enough to hold me over for 3 days I crawled into bed for a good hard sleep.

The following morning was possibly the most stressful day of my life. Up at 6:00am we had to make all the preperations for our upcoming 3Day 2 Night journey. We loaded the truck, filled out paper work and watched the funniest safety video ever made. Somehow I was selected as the primary driver for our vehicle. Thrust behind the wheel of the mamoth Toyota Land Crusier, that looked like it was desigined to takle the Dakar, I had to safely drive the car over to the docks and onto the Ferry. After the 30min boat ride I was finally able to start having some fun. I got to drive the first leg of our off road adventure on the rainforest covered sand dune known as Frasser Island. The trip went off more or less with out a hitch and was full of beautiful senery coupled with a heavy dose of percarious driving and palatable adventure.

After the excitment on Fraser Island I hitched a ride with two Dutch girls to the sleepy town of 1770. The town probably barely clears a thousand permanent residence, which made it an ideal location to relax. I spent my first doing chores. The second day I was thrust behind the wheel of another Land Cruiser and had to take a truckload of unsuspecting Backpacers on a tour of the town. The after was spent cruising the sourounding coutry side on scooters.

Most recently I was in Airley Beach the lauching point for yet another adventure. This time it was 2 days and nights living on a sailing boat, island hopping in the breath taking Whitsunday islands. Plenty of awesome snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, the highligh of which was petting a fish the size of a BMX bike. After some great times out at sea I hopped on a plane to my current local Sydney.

Next time you hear from me (if at all) I'll be in the far off land of South East Asia. I can't wait to get home and trade stories with everone.

Whitsundays Beach (Rated as one of the Top 10 beaches in the world)

- Drew

Lazy Daze

Hey

Well when I last spoke to you (my dedicated readers) I was in Melbourne. Well I spent a few days there which to be frank weren't all that great. Melbourne is known for it's unpredictible weather and when we were there it was quite unpleasant. Mel was OK but I would liken it to a smaller Tornoto. Theres lots of cultural venues to peruse and fashion there is big. The markets were fun but nothing too radical.

After Melbourne I flew to New Castle a small town North of Sydney. The only reason I went there was because the flight was so cheap and I needed to go that way. After spending a long day there I went up to Surfers Paradise to meet Josh and Tyler. Surfers is easily th most expensive place on the east coast. It's a developed area along a 70km beach, designed to suck up tourist's money.

After to days and too much money we went up to Brisbane the Queensland Capital. Brisbane was nice but nothing too special. It was a good spot to catch up on some chores. After a night I litterally can't remember we hopped on a bus and made our way to Noosa where I am now.

Our first day here we went Kayaking and I attempted surfing the next. That pretty much brings you up to speed.

As for the next while I'll be going further north until the 20th when I'm flying back to Sydney. From there I'm flying into Singapore. The plan is to make my way up to Thailand and travel around there for a while. I Fly back to Aus on the 20th of August and then back to Toronto on the 21st.

Well keep reading and posting comments. Miss you guys.

-Drew