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well this is only dot points which i noted to sum up my time over east earlier this year
they do not share much, but i thought id include them anyhow.
looking foward to upkeeping this journal more when i get around to some serious travelling!

some photos may be found on
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=33090353&albumId=869120

- plane trip at 00.50, stop in Sydney [lack of sleeep]
- dripping taps [Brisbane has water rations..]
- friendly apartment owners
- long drives [mostly illegal, too]
- spunky hire cars [Ford Falcon XR6, Mits Magna 280]
- Australia's best gelato [indeed not my dad's]
- different towns [Sydney, Brisbane, Caloundra, Eumundi, Noosa, Coolum, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Surfers Paradise, Springbrook, Robina, Carrara]
- bargain markets
- wine [6 bottles, 4 beers + liqueurs for 8 drinkers..]
- cucumbers from Remo
- family arguments [brotherly love..]
- countless brochures
- feeling like a tourist
- photos
- acting like a tourist [how sad]
- mountains, hills, beaches [nice contrasts]
- Italian people [too many]
- 6-hour lunch [3 rounds of coffee??]
- no Busselton [it needs to grow, though]
- 4 gelatos in 3 days [and I actually had to pay! shock]
- pancakes for breakfast [half burnt too..]
- muscly surfers [yalling up is better though]
- restaurants- plenty of good food
- bargain shopping [asians grrrrrrrrrrr]
- upper-class shopping [see pics]
- directions around, maps [arguments x3]
- starbucks coffee [everywhere]
- spa, pool
- boat cruise around canals [cake]
- villas + penthouses
- multi million dollar biatches [Billabong owner, 36: retired of 4 years. Worth $170 mil!]
- lots of people [44 new residents every day in Surfers!]
- skyscrapers [world's tallest residential building built by Remo]
- water bottles
- Dreamworld
- Reno [second cousin]
- Indian food [India Today]
- foxtel
- carparks
- asian shops [business, people..]
- keys
- dear Mr President [Pink]