ok a little catch up

so we got in to Mooloolaba. sort of a small ish town but its got a fair amount going on. got into the only hostel in the town and spent 1 night. we then went to the campsite down the road thats pretty much on the beach! so after getting set up we headed for the beach! wow i think my body really hates camping! every time we head for the tent it gives me a cold/cough thing! so spent the next day flat on a bench in the kitchen area as it was to hot to be in the stupid tent! well it saved us money but i really dont think that its worth it!
the next day we went on a tour and had a nice walk in the rain forest, saw some amazing mountains and had a swim in a river by a really pretty waterfall! after we went to a beautiful little village and had a few little samples of amazing wine! all in all a really nice day out!

so now we move to Noosa
so everyone left first thing on friday leaving me all alone! had a really nice day chilling out on the beach and wondering around! then in the evening teamed up with the 3 bloke in my dorm for a little pool which i kicked arse (thank god)!
so today i got up and got on a bus all on my own and headed to Emundi market! got on a bus and everything! found a really lovely pendent and bought it as a reminder that im very brave when i want to be!

ooo something that rather funny..... so we havent really had any rain in the day since we left Sydney so they go off for the 3 day safari and the first eve they away it pisses down! not just pissed it down thats a little light but man i have never see rain like that before!
im very glad i didnt go! cant think of much worse than camping and then the mother of all storms on the first night!

so thats pretty much it. not as in depth as others but hey im to poor to spent hours on the internet!

hope all is well!

lots of love charlie xxxxxx

We are in Brisbane

Got into brisbane today about 11ish, only here for one night but its quite nice. had a nap having gone to try and find a doctor for medical for our diving certificate. apparently doctors are lazy and only do them mon-fri.

thought would upload a few teasers of oz...

good times!

um um um so to day we went to wet and wild world!! yep we are 10 again!!!
loads of water rides and everyone walking around in there swim wear!! or some just in pants and a t shirt!! madness!!
we bought a summer pass which works out soooo much cheaper even though we are only here for a couple more days!! we have cut Brisbane down to give us more time at the many theme parks here!!

so we got the summer pass which lets us go to two different parks we choose wet and wild and movie world! so exciting!! anyway so two parks unlimited access!! yep we are just that sad!!!
so for the next 3 days we are hitting up the parks!! going twice to each one!

we went to the beach yesterday afternoon about 3ish to have a little walk and it was in shadow!!! the whole beach pretty much! mad! skyscrapers everywhere!! never seen anything like it! shame really but it does mean i can lie on the beach all warm and not have to worry to much about burning to a crisp!

so we are moving onto Brisbane on the 23 for a night cos why not really then onto Mooloolaba!! ace name

kisses charlie and shaun

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and so we move again!!!

left Byron Bay along with the others behind! yep me and mr shaun and his gammy leg have left freyr and mark in a campsite with a soggy tent!!!

Surfers Paradise is rather warm and got lots of tall buildings!!! prob sounds weird but in Byron no buildings go above tree level!!! madness and no mc donalds but thats no bad thing!!

anyho we have gone into queensland and have thus changed time!! so we now 10 hours ahead of you not 11!!
so we have got into the hostel and wondered around about to buy a load of fruit and veg as my waist line is beginning to expand thanks to the crap i keep eating!!!
think we are then going to hit the beach but we have been told the odd horror story from a couple of girls we met a few nights ago that the jelly fishes bite here!!!(sting really!!)

the boggy boards are free from our hostel so maybe i will take one of those to protect me!!

we prob going to move hostels tomorrow to one nearer town as we a little far to walk in the heat as we dont seem to be able to get our act together in the mornings but maybe that will change now that there is less of us to get organised :)

there loads of theme parks but they soooooooo expensive so think we will give them a miss


ooooooo and we got a pool so think i gonna play in that as well!!

anyho short and sweet just like me!!!! :)

love you all miss you loads

kisses charlie and gammy shaun


ahhhhh forgot to say how he got his new nick name i shall let him tell the tale but mine is so much better story!

me freyr and bendle tried to snorkel a ship wreck that is just off coast in byron bay. quite big waves so wasn't easy, little better for me as i have fins. freyr said to climb the mast coz people were doing it earlier and cool pic... i forgot i had fins on so they hindered my climbing and whilst hanging off the mast a big wave hit me slapping my leg against it!! thought it stung a bit but thought was k. got out blood over my leg :( :( just lots of scratches from barnacles but hands cut too :(. bled a considerable amount.

and in the morning we went to a quarry jumping from the cliff edges 18metres and no injuries!!!!! lots of adrenaline though!

charlie's birthday blog!!!!

so got up at 5am!!!!!!!
it was worth it! watched the sun rise over the ocean at the lighthouse! wow the only down was that it was a bit cloudy!

we then got back to the hostel and has beans on toast for breakfast!!! yep im turning in to mark and talking about food!!!!

we then headed to Byron Bay dive center for 9am for our snorkeling trip! got kitted out with a wetsuit and a set of fins for me as we have the rest. the manager/owner not sure what he is but he is my fav person for the day! he offered me a free underwater cover for our camera but we already have on so he gave me a free t shirt!!!! its rather cool got the logo and stuff on it and a really pretty blue color!!!
so the snorkeling was sooooo much fun! saw turtles, sharks!!!!! and so many fish! we were in the water for 50mins and i loved every min of it! got a little cold at points but think it was because i was staying still for ages watching the fish!

so we wondered about and got some stuff for a bbq and some GOON! (fake wine) was a nice night!!

so now we have moved out of our nice comfy hostel and into the camp site with the others. we leave Byron bay on monday and we head for surfers paradise!!! fun fun fun

love u all kisses
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Byron Bay

so we got back on the bus after seeing the Big Banana was pretty big but some say not big enough but hey such is life i was happy!

so after a easy journey we got to surf camp!! spot x is its real name! it was mad!!! after rather a lot to drink some drunken fun we hit the sack for some much needed sleep!
so got woken up a 8 and headed for breakfast which was pretty good fry up! nice!!!
got all sun screened up and a talk on how and how not to be cool! lol yes that was our intro to surfing no joke!!
so we got given our boards and headed out for the beach
we spent a little time playing around on the beach getting some help on what to do and what not to do
went rather well if you ask me and i stood up like 6 times out of about 15 and only cocked it up twice! so proud of myself!!!!
lets just say surf camp is well cool!!!


we got to Byron and it is pricey to stay but really nice!!!
we took a nice bike ride up the the light house and saw some turtles in the water and dolphins!!! wow its sooooo amazing!!
today we got the surf boards back out and hit the water! i got in some good time chilling out on the water but was worried about getting in others way so wasnt so productive! such is life!!!

so my bday tomorrow the big 22!!!! so in honor of that we are getting up at 5am to get on a bus to watch the sunrise! then we getting on a boat and heading out to a island to snorkel with the turtles and dolphins!! fun fun fun!
well ill let you know tomorrow!!!

hope you enjoying the snow!!! i got heat stroke!
missing you all!!!

love charlie and shaun
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Coffs Harbour

hello all, how's the snow?
so we have got ourselves some snorkelling gear, shaun bought fins as well to compensate for charlie being a stronger swimmer than him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The beach which is about 15seconds walk from our hotel/motel room door, has very large (>6') waves and a ridculous rip so not so swimmy there but good for fishing. Therefore we have to snorkel further along, there is a nice little bay which turns into a river further up which we did yeasterday and saw some cool stuff. Today we are going around a nature reserve which has coral reef so should be exciting. Shaun having never been snokelling before has just about got the jist of it and is no longer swallowing salt water!

so starting from the beginning we got off the bus and found it a little tricky to find somewhere to stay but we managed to find a motel. we had to share a 5 bed room with another couple inc freyr and mark so 6 people in 5 beds..... was warm! we decided to stay at our Hoey Moey for the remander of our time in Coffs Harbour as it is cheap and really close to the beach!
we postponed our PADI until we are closer to the reef we are thinking of Magnetic Islands for our big swim!
we are getting through our 1l sun screen like it is water! how is the snow working out for ya?

ok so have fun and will update as soon as pos!

mwah

leaving sydney

Tomorrow we leave sydney at 6.30am. off to coffs harbour, about a 10hr journey :( but on the upside within the week we should be starting our PADI scuba course... Visited the blue mountains yesterday and although the weather wasn't brilliant we did get some good pictures and saw some amazing views.

short and sweet got to go no internet.

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ok so lots have happened since we last wrote! feel rather guilty at keeping you in the dark!

we had a brief stop in Canberra. was nice but nothing special about it! saw the parliment building and got to walk around it so that was cool! shaun also bought a hat! very pleased with himself!
ok so Sydeny....

our first whole day was manly spent sorting out our bags and the lads sitting in mc donalds! no that was the morning in the afternoon we went to see the opera house, sydney harbour bridge and the botanical gardens! very pretty and got a few good pics! we then went to a slightly dodgy place for dinner as it was free thanks to oz experience! was ok food and an all you can eat salad bar so cant complain!
me and shaun then got on the ferry to Manly as we didnt have a bed for the night! spent the night sleeping on the beach which was really nice but the sky was clear so with a good view of the stars came cold! got woken up at 5am by a tractor raking the sand!
we foung freyr and mark back on mainland and went on a few fery trips for the sake of it as we have a pass! went to the museum in darling harbour and saw some really cool boats and a submarine but no one wanted to go on them so i had to pass! dam losers not wanting to part with their money!
another night spent on the beach but this night freyr ans mark shared our fate!
new years eve:
went to the zoo but shaun being tight pocketed as he is refused to come so we lift him on manly!
zoo was cool! loads of animals in someway better than Singapore but in others not as good!

we spent the night on the beach where the zoo is as the garden we were going to be was full to the brim and the beach has such a good view of the bridge and opera house it was hard to resist!
it was fab! the 9pm display was good and lasted about 10 mins then the midnight was.... no words! shaun did a video so we will post it somewhere at some point! there wont be a better display!
new years day was spent on Bondi beach! shaun decided he knew best and fell asleep on the beach without sun tan lotion on! well he looks silly! with a line of white across his belly where his arms were folded! again pics will follow!

so that has pretty much brought you up to date! i have spent 4 nights on a beach 1 of wich we put up the tent! i smell and really want vegetables so badly but other than that we are good!

today we have decided to rent a car to drive up into the blue mountains! cheaper than the train ans gives us somewhere to our bags! mr mark has been given the job of driver! i think i will have to map read but that is a better job in my opinion! fun fun fun!!!

hope you all has a great christmas and new year

lots of love charlie and a lobster red shaun!!
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