their olympic basketball team is better than ours

10/19/2005 5:58:40 PM

i got to see our women's team kick the crap out of their team to win the gold medal for women's basketball at the 2000 olympics. people gave us so much shit walking out of the arena haha...i loved it.

10/19/2005 6:05:34 PM

more stuff plz

i leave Sunday


anybody ever been to Singapore?

10/25/2005 11:46:27 PM

ok, it wasn't quite in parramatta, closer to sydney, right where the motorway begins as you're heading out toward the blue mountains

aha...

http://www.outbacksteakhouse.com/ourlocations/int_australia.asp

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btw, blue mountains weren't all that...about as impressive at the blue ridge, except with more cliffs and different wildlife

[Edited on October 26, 2005 at 12:05 AM. Reason : +]

10/26/2005 12:04:11 AM

that big red rock in the middle of the dessert is actually an alien base.

10/26/2005 12:08:02 AM

I went to the Blue Mountains by myself several times and loved them. I just hiked all over the place. It was cozy.

10/26/2005 7:04:09 AM

anybody know of a good online map to use for Australia?

10/26/2005 10:20:18 AM

I would honestly say buy one...especially if you are traveling there, and the Foder's guides are always the best...

10/26/2005 10:29:53 AM

i need to know how far the hotel is from the office i need to be at...i'll google when i get a chance

10/26/2005 10:38:40 AM

Cairns is a resort city on the weastern side.

[Edited on October 27, 2005 at 11:58 AM. Reason : confirmed eastern side.]

10/27/2005 11:55:09 AM

can't wait to try the shiraz



[Edited on October 27, 2005 at 6:28 PM. Reason : v]

10/27/2005 6:01:27 PM

You can probably afford it with your student loans...

10/27/2005 6:03:31 PM

goo' day MATE!!!

10/27/2005 6:20:49 PM

been here since Monday night, hotel is on Darling Harbour

mostly work and little play so far, but Saturday is a free day

11/3/2005 5:42:04 AM

Both times I've been to the Reef we went to Fitzroy Island. http://www.ozhorizons.com.au/qld/cairns/fitzroy/fi.htm

Unfortunately they've decided they can make more money by building bigger things... so no accomodations for a while, and it'll be all... different. I *liked* the little bunkhouses!

http://www.greenislandresort.com.au/ is another island near there. Both of these are a fairly short boat ride away from Cairns.

As to wildlife, yeah, Australia has some ridiculously poisonous animals, but you ought to be fine as long as you heed any warnings posted... My dad and I both saw stonefish (fish that sit on the bottom and have spines that can pierce through a tennis shoe and get you with some nasty toxin) so watch where you step on the bottom, they blend in far too well. Watch where you step on dry land, too -- I had the bad luck to step on a snake while on Fitzroy Island... scared me silly, I think I scared the poor snake silly, it didn't bite me but instead bashed its head against my foot (was wearing sandals). I bolted back into the room screaming "Snake! Foot! Snake! Foot!" until it was finally established that though I was freaked out, I had not been bitten. Turned out it was a young green tree snake. No poisonous snakes on Fitzroy. *whew*

If you want a somewhat informative and very amusing read about Australia, try "In a Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson.

And yeah, you probably won't like Vegemite. I like the stuff, keep a jar of it at my apartment and eat it every few weeks... but that's probably because I got started on it when I was 2.

11/3/2005 8:24:36 AM

ahahahahaah i just bought a jar of vegemite

11/4/2005 7:05:30 AM

Read In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. He just randomly travels around and writes about all the interesting stuff he finds, and his books are always filled with tons of behind the scenes information that he researches on politics, history, religion, and all manner of interesting crap.

A great book by one of my favorite authors, it pretty much single-handedly convinced me to go to Australia.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767903862/002-7747847-8447233?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance

11/4/2005 9:24:31 AM

i don't know if anybody else has posted this or not.

i know that australia is a country.

11/4/2005 10:34:31 AM