The 1000 Day Holiday

Well I have now secured a new Job.

Professional Services/Account Manager for a large Network Management company.
No recruiters were used/harmed/paid in the scoring of this job.

Looks like I will be getting around a bit as well. I will be covering Australia/NZ.

Moby & Teeth girls adventures into the land of hip hop have begun.

It was really good fun, unco-ordinated footwork and arm flailing. But just you wait for us to break out the synchronised dance moves

Now we just need matching trackys and sweat bands.

Well today my holiday oficially ends. I am now clean shaven and wearing a suit.

Lets see if I can survive a day at the office without topping myself!

Caught up w shane before he headed back to NZ this morning, and met Saffron, the new flattie. Nanouk cooked up a wicked 3 course meal.

Entree:
Portobello Mushrooms grilled with Blue cheese, honey, red capsicum, Pecan nut, pepper

Main:
Green Curry.

Desert:
Dutch Trifle – Basically the same as kiwi trifle except they use Sponge Fingers which are harder than kiwi sponge. almost like a biscuit.

Dropped into Port MacQuarie for lunch, didn’t see anything enticing to stay so moved on to the great lakes. I can see why the KitePower roadtrip spent many days at lake wallis. It is HUGE! I would love for some wind tomorrow. Either there on in the surf I dont care.

Went for a swim at Boomerang Bay. Was going to go to the spit @ Smiths but was running low on petrol and put of on the long gravel road access. Maybe good in a Southerly…

Will head to Jimmys/ Hawks Nest if no luck. Not far to go now to be back in Sydney, but no rush.

Cant believe my holiday is coming to an end. Looks like a new job offer is coming my way. Very interesting.

Had lunch Sunday in Coffs Harbour. Nothing beats half a kilo of prawns

then headed inland as suggested in my book. To Dorrigo to do the rainforrest canopy walk. Now this sounds amazing. its a boardwalk up in the canopy. we arrived looking foward to it. However what is not said is that its only ~50m long! (this is ~60km from the highway). This was a bit of a let down, however the drive up there is quite nice, and would be fantastic on a bike.

We carried on to Dangar Falls, and had a very chily swim underneath it. Quite enjoyable and woke us up a bit.

Would have liked to see the ??other?? falls on the road to armidale, as apparently the tallest in Aussie @ 220m however couldnt find it on the map, and it was a 160km road.

Headed back for the coast. Stayed in Uranga. Very small place with a large river mouth and nice surf beach. However again no wind.

Well, I got a bit addicted to the lifestyle in byron. I was staying above the dive centre. they had some very comfy hammocks, and a few of the dive group were staying on so it was a great atmosphere.

Left Byron on Saturday (DOH -since Shihad were playing that night…) picked up Nanouk (another from the dive course) and headed south.
Dropped into Maclean. Man this town is from way back! crazy old style. The Supermarket even had a visitors book! A local reccommended where to camp… Camped at Sanson heads? (need to check this) great little spot way off the beaten track. river mouth and great little beach. Just a pity no wind to be seen anywhere!

Well Im now an Open Water diver. Had dives at Julian Rocks. Great fun & some awesome sharks etc. Supposedly shoul be heading back in the Direction of Sydney now. But I dont want to go!

Well staying at Koalas Noosa this time. quite a good spot. only the YHA is closer to hastings st.

had a big nite. was a funk band playing in the Koala bar, then off to the Rolling Rock. Not very busy I guess since it was a sunday its soo crazy that they have a cover charge, and wont give you a glass of water even when youre buying rounds of shots!

what a load of bollocks!
but fun was had. And it looks like Im going to be out of luck for wind again today. Maybe Ill learn to surf. Off to Brisbane tonight I think.

Since I was in the area, and it seemed that therewas never going to be any wind I decided to do a day trip to Fraser Island.

I was blown away. Totally not what I was expecting. The island is amazing. A freak of nature. I went with Fraser Ventures. who use a 52 seat 4wd bus. The ‘roads’ on fraser are sand tracks not very wide, and never straight so the ride itself was great. But to see such diverse flora (rainforest etc) on a island made up of sand was crazy. The lake we visited which was acidic was cool. Pity I don’t have any hair to gain the benefits. Its like a good conditioner apparently.
The sand was 100% silica. 0.2mm which means you could use it for cleaning your jewelery etc.

I also did a flight from the beach over the island. taking off on an uneven beach in a small plane was V cool. it also meant i got to see the sand blows. Which is how the island continues to grow. When there is a storm/high wind sand is picked up and dumped over the existing hills onto the interior of the island. completely burying parts of forest. they look kinda like glaciers, except they are sand