Posted in Australia on Sep 24th, 2005 No Comments »
Last Sunday we went up to the Coolum Kite Festival. It was quite a site! These were not your ordinary Ben Franklin kites – these were huge 3-dimensional constructions! There was a huge octopus, stingray, spaceship, and various other fun shapes. Kind of like a balloon festival without all the hot air. Pictures have been [...]
Posted in Australia on Sep 19th, 2005 No Comments »
Arrrrr! Ahoy, you scurvy dogs! It’s time again for International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Shiver me timbers. Point yer ships to here fer more info: Avast!
Posted in Australia on Sep 17th, 2005 No Comments »
More NZ comments One fun evening we had in New Zealand was in Otorohanga. It was Saturday night and Colette, Howard, and I went to the pub (it’s a really small town on the way to the glowworm caves) for a beer, some munchies, and watch the New Zealand All Blacks play the South African [...]
Posted in Australia on Sep 3rd, 2005 No Comments »
Well, it’s been a busy month! Colette’s parents were down here for most of August so we’ve been running around playing tour guides. We went to the Australia Zoo, the Eumundi Markets, Underwater World, a dinner cruise on the Brisbane River on a genuine paddle wheel (the Kookaburra Queen), wine tasting in the hinterland, and [...]