Goodbye Asia, G’day Oz!
by Sile Australia, Bali, Cairns, Campervan, Expensive, Journey, meat pie Add commentsHello all, Just a very quick one.
We left Bali of the 18th of June, and to be honest, we would have loved to have stayed a little longer! We flew from Bali to Darwin and the in-flight meal was … wait for it … MEAT PIE! It was honestly the best airplane food I’ve ever had, and an awesome introduction to Australia!
Bruce got stopped by immigration, I was very excited and was hoping that we may be taken into the interrogation room! It was due to his terrorist style beard … and the small matter of a drink driving charge a few years back. But within a few mins we were out and hanging around the airport for 4 hours waiting for a flight to Cairns.
We got ot our hostel and went straight out on the Campervan hunt … nightmare! We’ve walked the whole of Cairns about 6 times now. But, yesterday we finally got the keys to our very own van! The only slight issue is the fact that it’s bright red, but other than that its a very “good runner”.
Oz is very expensive, it’s hit us a little harder than we thought it would. We even think it’s more expensive that London!
The hostel experience was interesting , I couldn’t do it for much longer though. Very noisy and not much going on. Although we met a few decent guys there … and some VERY racist Americans too!!
We’re off to Port Douglas, just north of Cairns, tomorrow morning. It’s meant to be very beautiful so looking forward to getting the van on the road.
We’ll get the rest of our pictures up shortly, can’t wait to show all of you our van!
Love and you all
xx
June 25th, 2008 at 10:42 am
haha, meat pie!
Glad you got through Oz immigration OK. Campervan sounds cool, looking forward to seeing the pics!
I bet you can’t wait to get out on the open road… they’re probably a little stricter on the rules of the road compared to some of the countries you’ve been to recently… maybe
June 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
good luck in down under you two! i’m glad ur still alive after the dangerous streets of asia. nice anorak pix. get some aborigine lingo on the go. maybe some kangaroo burgers too! bonza.
June 26th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Hey Shee and Bruce!
Glad you made it to Oz safe and sound. I can’t wait to see the pics of the campervan!
Looking forward to hearing all your exciting shannigans in Oz!
loads of love
Kate xxx
June 27th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Hah! Told ya drongos that Oz was gonna be expensive!! Streuth cobbers, you was lucky to get that old red van me mate was trying to offload, poor bugger thought he’d never find a daft pommie to buy it!!…..Meat pie? thats pretty Occa mate, remember, EVERYTHING in Oz is poisonous except the huntsman spider, they just frighten the bejesus outa ya as they run at ya!! Be cool, dont shag any Abbo’s, Linz
June 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
So brucie binlarden got a tug from the oz feds then, why am i not surprised ! Sound like things are going well, heard from white the other day, said you where heading up to townsville to see him, tell him i say hello. Good to speak the other day, don’t leave it so long next time . Karla say hello and will speak soon. Laters,…….
July 14th, 2008 at 10:46 am
F1 on the beach…… classic smithlaaaa