After all my hassle with health I spent some final days recovering at my friends steve and sharons place and finally took off again last Friday. The aim was to head towards Rockhampton hitching all the way. It only took an hour before my first lift picked me up and took me from Hervey Bay to the Bruce Hwy. ( that's the main hwy running north/south along Queensland from Brisbane to Cairns. My second lift took another hour and that lift dropped me at the turn of...

My second day on the island passed pretty uneventfully lazing by the side of the pool, staring at the beautiful surroundings (which included the 20 somethings in their bikini's) and thinking about what I was going to do next. The plan was to hitch to lake Mackenzie a fresh water lake in the middle of the island that had beautiful white sand and a range of light and dark blue water. I went to bed early and was up the next morning at 6am. I had all my gear inclu...

I arrived at Fraser Island yesterday morning set up my new tent and headed to the public RESORT (have a look at the photos in under the photo tab above ) So I relaxed in my deck chair by the side of the pool, received my drinks from the beautiful resort girls and swam and ate. Near sunset I went to the beach to take photos but unfortunately there were too many clouds and couldn't get a good shot but my attempt anyway is also with the other "Fraser Island" photo...

I arrived at my mate Steves place just outside Hervey Bay on Sunday 10/10/10 and was there untill this morning Wednesday 13/10/10. I've had a great time catching up with Steve and Sharon ( his wife and also a good friend) and their Kids Nickki. Joe, Holly and Callum. I also got to spend some time getting ready to go to Fraser Island not to mention doing some washing and drying all my stuff after the disaster on Saturday night. And I got to sleep in a real bed!...

DISASTER So I left my mate Michael's place in Brisbane early Friday afternoon and got on a train headed north, I had thought I would head to Nambour as it was a couple of hours north and also had markets on Saturday so I would be able to perform. I arrived in Nambour around 4pm in the afternoon and even though the clouds looked menaceing there was only a light drizzel of rain. Usually when I get to a town I haven't been to before I look for a place to set up m...