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Well its 10pm 22Jun 2006. This years journey is set to begin in under 12 hours. At present I have just finished packing. It is looking to be a good trip. I’ve already organised with one person to meet them for lunch on saturday. I have also started talking to another person who is on the trip (a fellow aussie).

I am really looking forward to the trip but I am quite nervous in regards to tommorrow (friday). I am meant to go on a bridgeclimb at 4pm tommorrow but the forecast is rain. Now normally i’d be ok with that “pfft rain whatever.” But some of you know i am a massive clutz. I fall over myself often and have been known to fall up steps! I am worried that in the rain at night i will lose my footing and end up hurting myself BEFORE I even get on holidays. So if its raining tommorrow. I’m cancelling. I know it sounds like a cop out but im worried about my own safety.

What I am looking forward to tommorrow is seeing Megan again. Been a while and its good to get to see her again! Saturday will be a full day with catching up with megan fully in the morning, doing a bit of shopping (hello tripod) and then Lunch with some fellow travellers. Then contiki pre tour meeting on saturday afternoon before dinner with my sister.

Should be a few days before i post again (probably saturday if not monday or tuesday). I will definately keep this site updated as I am going and will also keep a journal going while I am away.

Anyway time for some sleep 😀

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How hard can it be to get a shot of one plane. I have for ages been trying to get a shot of the Thai airways aircraft. It only comes in 3 days a week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. All days i generally work. So thats hurdle number 1. Finding a day off that i can get down to the airport to get a shot of it has become pretty hard. Then problem number 2. Thai are currently repainting their fleet and only HALF of the aircraft flying into Brisbane have been repainted. So that means of the 3 flights a week i have a 50% chance i’m going to get one of the new looking aircraft.

So i take on this challenge today. I check the usual www.bne.com.au board for arrivals and departures today and notice that its gonna be early. But then i also notice that the Garuda flight is going to be mega later (about an hour). So i think “better get moving now then.”

Off to the airport i toddle. Get out there fix the camera up ready get it all ready to go and i can see a nice big aircraft on approach from the south and i’m thinking “Garuda must of picked up some time” as it was approaching. I’m standing there all alone on this pad in the middle of the airport on my ladder… looking like an idiot as i see this nice big aircraft on approach.. white body.. blue tail.. two engines.. looks a bit big for an A330 but its gotta be Garuda…. WRONG

ZK-OKE! Air New Zealands newst 777-200. I was like WHAT A DAY! If i can get the Thai new colours i’ll be having the best day ever. So right behind OKE is the Garuda A330… Looks pretty good… Then I can see the Thai A330 off the in distance.. praying that its new colours and hoping that the camera is set up right. Its coming closer… White body… Purple strip running down the length of the body……. DAMN! Old Colours 🙁

So now i have to try and find another time to go down to the airport and get one of the new colour aircraft. Probably also the last time i’ll get a chance to go spotting till i get back when its time for the YBBN BBQ.

pretty tired at the moment 🙁

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So only 7 days to go… this time next sunday i will be meeting a bus full of people for probably the first time and getting to know them over the next 14 days.

I can’t wait. I only have to work 3 days this week (Tues,Wed,Thurs) and then Friday morning im off. Bit hard to try and work out what is going on over the weekend at the moment. I might have some spare time i might not. Who god damn knows!!!

I still have a few bits and pieces to get. Anaconda has a sale at the moment so want to pick up a new pen light for my photography stuff and they come in handy while your on tour. I found that out last time.

I’m really looking forward to meeting new people as well as the 3 days on long island. I haven’t been to the whitsundays in ages and Long Island is the only island i have never been to. So all should be good 😀

Anyway i have some cleaning to do as well as go out and get a few things….

more info to come including the itinerary.

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I’m sorry. I have been denying this site for a while… i’ve been working so much lately. Brother is gone thank god and life is back to normal. I have been working so much lately that i almost ran myself into the ground. I was so depressed and out of it yesterday that i snapped a couple of the girls at work and i didn’t mean to.

But life has been very stressful i’m just so glad i have a weekend off and a long weekend to boot. So far today just been doing nothing at all really. Just lazing about. Burning a heap of DVD’s at the moment which keeps me going. Not sure what i’m going to do for rest of weekend, i really dont. Me being lazy though… wont be much.

I intend on doing some things that I haven’t done in a while, weather permitting, such as going spotting at the airport, play a heap of BF2 (maybe even buy Armoured Fury). Maybe do some baking as well and just relax!

This wednesday is gonna be a big one! Its origin night and that means… BEER!. A long night of serving beer to thousands of people. But on a better note holidays are two weeks away and I can’t wait. It’s gonna be busy but it will be a fantastic time. It will be a good time to get away, try and be myself and meet new people. I will try and update as I go along but there is no guarantee. I will keep a travel journal while im away as usual, which will go online when i get back.

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Well i have 14 hours of hell at the moment. My brother is in town. He is in transit from Berlin to Darwin. Stupid me gets an RDO on the same day he is here :/ I’d rather be at work at the moment.

Its been a wierd week.. only worked 3 days, Angela off to Europe on Sunday, my holiday is all booked, paid and ticketed so all ready to go, Club Croc Cruise last night so got to meet a heap of new people including a brand new girl joining our team fresh out of intake training.

Life is pretty wierd though for me. My mind is mixed between looking for someone new, finding love out their in the world or waiting. Waiting for a certain person to return. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know how i feel. I am so confused.

On a more positive note my holiday is 100% organised. Tickets have arrived. I’m starting to get bits and pieces organised in the little time off i have. I have a bag ready to go, nice and new. Its an older model Black Wolf “travel duffle.” It pretty much means that its a duffle bag with wheels and its pretty awesome 😀

Also picked up today like a quick dry towel which compacts down nice and small. Something that will save me from carrying a huge massive beach towel everywhere. Also picked up a tiny travel umbrella which i havent had an umbrella in like months and this one will pack down nice and small for me to take to work and stuff and leave in my work bag which is good. Also picked up a travel document wallet. Didn’t really need it but it was $9 and it looks cool.. so why not 😀

I have to go to lunch at Sizzler today with my family 🙁 fun…………

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guess its not all bad… he did just give me a Patriots Hat. Something ive waited forever for.

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People in this day and age with money will pay for anything i think. Its my day off today so i’ve been watching a bit of tv. Predominantly Lifestyle Food and Discovery Travel and Living. One of my favourite shows at the moment is Thirsty Traveller. I mean where else can you make a show just based on alcohol. But the show is normally pretty good. But today was a show dedicated to Iceberg Vodka. People in Cananda (typical) go out into the open ocean looking for icebergs and pick up the floaty bits to make vodka with, and then sell it for a lot of money…. DUH IDIOTS! Why would you buy something thats been floating in the ocean.

But at the moment im watching a show on Lifestyle food called Miami After Midnight. Its all about the clubs and restuarants in Miami Florida. They serve entress for $85 and people pay for them. Clubs pumping at 1am ON A MONDAY NIGHT! People have to much money for this sort of thing. Although there are some good things about this show. All the fantastic cocktails and food. A desert of Warm Coffee Cake served with espresso beans and crushed oreos with a scoop of vanilla bean icecream YUM!

Now im hungry 🙁

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Thats right folks. This is how you become a modern home based Pirate, no fancy pirate clothes necessary (although if your into that sort of thing… go right ahead).

1. Find yourself some suckers internet connection. Steal it.
2. Using his internet connection download illegal movies from your program of choice.
3. Profit?

Ok being a bit more serious. It’s very easy these days to do the whole illegal thing. I mean how hard is it to type into google and find somewhere to download things illegally. Getting movies, games, music all the more easy. Why not buy a DVD burner, go to your local blockbuster or video store of choice and burning a rented dvd. Why not go to somewhere like Bali or Thailand and come home with hundreds of illegal DVD’s which have all been done with cameras in someones store.

Yes i own a DVD burner, yes i have a fast internet connection. Yes i have an mp3 player. These three things dont make me a pirate.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

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So last weekend saw this years Wholesaler Challenge between Sunlover and Qantas Hols. It is always usaully a big rivalry with plenty of good hearted fun and sillyness. This year was no different. With 12 of us from Sunlover and 9 from Qantas we had a great weekend at Movieworld and the Paradise Resort Gold Coast. We spend the time fooling around on the rides, drinking having a fantastic time. Also got to go see Tempo Rouge at the casino. But the best part of the weekend… WE WON!!!

We finally took the trophy back from Qantas and that means that we can now claim the trophy (its being presented on 09Jun). It was a great weekend, plenty of goodies including our prizes of a nights free accommodation and two tickets to the Australian Outback Spectacular (i get to go again yay!).

I’ve decided to take my friend Morgan when she gets back from the UK. I have to use them up before Christmas so morgan if your reading this COME HOME NOW! 😛

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So after months of back and forth, trying to make decisions, not sure what to do, I have finally made a decision. On the 23rd of June i jet off south to Sydney for 2 nights staying at the Vibe Hotel Goulbourn Street. While im there i have a bridgeclimb at night and then who knows what im doing the other day. Then on the 25th of June it’s off to Cairns with Contiki. 14 days of new faces, new friends and the Qld Coast, stopping at Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast, Fraser Island, Whitsundays and finishing in Cairns.

I look forward to the whole road trip as I have not done a road trip up the Qld Coast or even between Sydney and Brisbane since i was in primary school over 12 years ago!

This should be a good couple of weeks and i’m really looking forward to it. But tommorrow it’s the Wholesaler Challenge between Sunlover and Qantas. I hope it will be good, last year was so much fun.

So think good thoughts and time to kick some Qantas butt!

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Well today i decided i would actually join the console revolution. I bought a PSP. Some people might start thinking im a bit of a nerd or that im wasting my money but there is reasoning. It is pretty much a portable entertainment system. Not only can i play games and listen to mp3s but i can also watch movies using an UMD (universal media disc) and also surf the web!

I mainly bought it for when im travelling i will still have access to things that will keep me amused and also watch some good movies. As for what movies are on psp so far i have Mr and Mrs Smith, but have been looking online and found that EZYdvd are selling some really great movies for $10 each. I’m going to order a couple soon including King Kong and Serenity which are both gonna be $10 each so cant wait for that… being able to watch Serenity on the way to work 😀

At the moment i only have 1 game for it (Ridge Racer) but soon i should be able to get a Nintendo 64 emulator for my psp which means i can play some old classic games like Super Mario 64, Donkey Kong Country and even Mortal Combat. But it should be good to have this for when im bored. Anyway im on early shift tommorrow.