The last week, which was also my last week at work for this year, has been more or less without anything special happening.
I took the Friday of and went to Gold Coast... quite nice and worth to see it once, especially when there is something going on, otherwise it's just another beach. And there are better ones to visit then this, especially due to the fact, that the beach is covered in the skyscrapers shadows after 4pm... Who had that brilliant idea?
To sum it up, Gold Coast seems to be more like a little Santa Monica or Venice Beach, but much smaller and less exciting.
Yesterday I've attended one more match of Brisbane Roar, this time against Central Coast and Brisbane lost 2:1. This is also another record for Roar. The other game I watched was the record for the longest winning streak in Australian sports history, but since then, they lost every match and with last nights' they leveled the teams record for most consecutive losses in history. Well, not sure if that is a record you want to break...
Anyways, my luggage is ready, cause tomorrow I'll be flying to Tasmania, where I'll spend the next week and thereafter it's time to go to Sydney for New Years!
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Sunday, 11 December 2011
New Job, New Party, Same Weather
Since this week I'm working in a new department and have to design maps for carbon offset areas. Much more interesting than what I've done before.
Therefore we went onside on Wednesday. The worst day we could choose with pouring rain. And as the newbie, I was walking through head-high grasses to get GPS-Data. Sounds worse than it actually was. Much better than sitting in the office all the time, so I really enjoyed that outdoor work.
Besides that we also hat our Christmas Party on Thursday, which included some Minigolf and a Bar Night afterwards. Quite funny, even if most people didn't take the game to serious and were more focused on drinking.
Nothing really special happened over the weekend, mostly stay at home and studied, as this might have been the best option considering the weather. Just today I went to the library as they were screening 'The Dark Knight'. This is a quite good feature, they are having free screenings each Sunday there.
Well, that's about it folks... Next week will be the last week at work for this year and then it's finally time to travel around!
Therefore we went onside on Wednesday. The worst day we could choose with pouring rain. And as the newbie, I was walking through head-high grasses to get GPS-Data. Sounds worse than it actually was. Much better than sitting in the office all the time, so I really enjoyed that outdoor work.
Besides that we also hat our Christmas Party on Thursday, which included some Minigolf and a Bar Night afterwards. Quite funny, even if most people didn't take the game to serious and were more focused on drinking.
Nothing really special happened over the weekend, mostly stay at home and studied, as this might have been the best option considering the weather. Just today I went to the library as they were screening 'The Dark Knight'. This is a quite good feature, they are having free screenings each Sunday there.
Well, that's about it folks... Next week will be the last week at work for this year and then it's finally time to travel around!
Sunday, 4 December 2011
The Australian Wildlife - A Start
Friday was my day off work and I took the chance to go to the 'Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary'. Before I start to tell you what you can do and see there, I just have to say, that this was the most amazing thing I did in Australia so far.
'Lone Pine' is the oldest and biggest Koala Sanctuary in the World with more than 130 Koalas. But it's more like a little zoo, as one can find other animals there, like the Tasmanian Devil, Kangaroos, Platypus, Parrots, etc. The area itself is at a very nice location next to the River, so one has actually the chance t get there by a cruise (which costs extra).
During the day, there are plenty of shows, like feedings, Meet & Greets with keepers and animals. As they are specialized in Koalas there is an opportunity throughout the day to hold a Koala and have a picture taken with him (costs extra again, 16$). Thought about doing that, but didn't, because there is actually another chance to get into touch with a Koala. They have Koala presentations twice a day and after that, one gets the chance to pet on. Koalas are the fluffiest things I've ever touched in life.
The talks and feedings of the Platypus and Tasmanian Devil are also very interesting, so is the Bird of Prey show, where birds actually fly just centimeters over your head, literally.
But the Sanctuary is also famous for its Kangaroo enclosure, where everybody can just walk in, hang out and feed them. This is pretty awesome, as the Kangaroos are pretty laid back you can really chill out next to them. This also gives great photo-opportunities, an example is under the post. One can also buy a bag of Kangaroo-Food for 2$. If you wanna take good pictures with them, I recommend doing that, as this is the chance to really interest them in you and your camera ;-)
I spend the whole day there, but if you don't have that much time, you can basically see it all in 2-3 hours, but if you have the time, take it and enjoy the animals, espicially that Kangaroo enclosure, it's just fun to sit on the grass and be surrounded by them.
'Lone Pine' is the oldest and biggest Koala Sanctuary in the World with more than 130 Koalas. But it's more like a little zoo, as one can find other animals there, like the Tasmanian Devil, Kangaroos, Platypus, Parrots, etc. The area itself is at a very nice location next to the River, so one has actually the chance t get there by a cruise (which costs extra).
During the day, there are plenty of shows, like feedings, Meet & Greets with keepers and animals. As they are specialized in Koalas there is an opportunity throughout the day to hold a Koala and have a picture taken with him (costs extra again, 16$). Thought about doing that, but didn't, because there is actually another chance to get into touch with a Koala. They have Koala presentations twice a day and after that, one gets the chance to pet on. Koalas are the fluffiest things I've ever touched in life.
The talks and feedings of the Platypus and Tasmanian Devil are also very interesting, so is the Bird of Prey show, where birds actually fly just centimeters over your head, literally.
But the Sanctuary is also famous for its Kangaroo enclosure, where everybody can just walk in, hang out and feed them. This is pretty awesome, as the Kangaroos are pretty laid back you can really chill out next to them. This also gives great photo-opportunities, an example is under the post. One can also buy a bag of Kangaroo-Food for 2$. If you wanna take good pictures with them, I recommend doing that, as this is the chance to really interest them in you and your camera ;-)
I spend the whole day there, but if you don't have that much time, you can basically see it all in 2-3 hours, but if you have the time, take it and enjoy the animals, espicially that Kangaroo enclosure, it's just fun to sit on the grass and be surrounded by them.
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