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Another Change Of Plans! - Thursday 31st May 2001
Just to let everyone know of another change in my travel plans. Nathan has had to bail out of Indonesia because his work at HSBC has come up a week earlier than he had hoped - damned shame. So now I’m taking the east coast of Oz at a more leisurely pace and, having checked out the situation in Indonesia just now on the web, aren’t too sure whether or not it’s necessarily the best place to go right now - may be best to leave it ’til next year instead.
Anyway - leaving Brisbane tomorrow and then on Saturday I hope to be falling through the sky at phenomenal speeds - even faster than I was today on a free-fall ride at Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast here.
Then, on Monday I’ll be doing a 3 day canoeing trip with a girl from the hostel - Michelle - who’s job Corrina will be continuing as she’s now leaving after being there for about half a year.
Back To South East Asia?! - Wednesday 30th May 2001
Well, about a week ago I heard that Nathan (Nat) (see posse page) has decided to trek half way round the world for a month seeing as uni is finishing for the summer - so we’re currenlty planning to do a bit of travelling together for that time, most likely in Indonesia which’ll be great because I really want to get back into the whole south east Asia thing.
Oh, and I’ve got bored of Brisbane now. Been here for four weeks and although the social atmosphere is great, it’s getting cold and there’s very little to do - didn’t find a job (or at least not the kind I wanted) and ended up being geeky for about a week instead, doing websites and stuff like that.
So here’s the current plan: Go to Dreamworld on the Gold Coast with my sister tomorrow, then leave Brisbane at the weekend (becoming a lone traveller again, leaving Corrina behind to manage the hostel) and do a three day canoeing trip in Noosa. Then, off to Frazer Island for a few days, before possibly doing a dive on the Great Barrier Reef and then jumping onto a bus up to Cairns, from where I’ll fly to Jakarta and meet Nat.
Spend a month doing Indonesia, then I don’t really know what yet! Possibly fly home, or possibly go to Hawaii or America or Mexico or a mixture of the three.
A Memento of Brisbane - Wednesday 16th May 2001
Before I say anything I’ve just gotta put a film recommendation out: Memento - watch it. I already have… twice, and it’s bloody amazing! If you like The Usual Suspects, Arlington Road, Conspiracy Theory and films like that then this is definitely for you. If you just want to watch a film and laugh and then go home… forget it.
Well, I’m still in Brisbane and I’m pretty much loving it here. I’m not actually doing all that much at all, but it just feels like uni - loads of young people in the hostel (mainly all post-uni) and then doing sod all most the time - I try and go swimming most days, and I did a bit of work for a land surveyor the other day, but apart from that, I’m not really doing much at all really. But it is fun!
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