The hitchhike down brings us to the old German incestual town of Laidley, where the sun is hot and the thunderstorms ferocious. Home is a caravan, furnished with the bare necessities, but we soon had it looking like India had thrown up on it. Morning in Laidley brought the Rainbow Lorikeets singing and chirping while dusk meant the bats gregariously moved through the clouds of the setting sun. Frugal living meant a diet of noodles and banana pancakes, entertainm...

The place with everything and nothing aside from the few beautiful beaches that we frequently visited. The town where they filmed "Australia", stars such as Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman previously walking these very streets that we crawl back from in the early hours of Saturday morning from the not so grand Grandview across the road from our military style hostel that was frequently visited by the omnipresent cleaner by day spy by night. The hostel was a far cr...

Maroochydore, in the Sunshine Coast. Black swan the meaning but Pelicans are what we see most. We were here to pick strawberries. Twist was the farm. Early morning rise as we pile in the van. Working in the outdoor sun, where we would catch our tan. Bending, lifting, kneeling When no ones looking the strawberries we're stealing. The hostel was home, for now at least. A break from Brad the militant beast. In the hostel we smoked, drank and waited for sho...