Apologies for the lack of new posts lately - we have been to Brisbane, Coolangatta, Murwillumbah, Mooloolaba and now Rainbow Beach. Unfortunately, Australia is a perfect example of the inverse relationship between free/reliable Internet access and the technical development of a country. Turkey, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Uruguay - every hostel and cheap pension has free, usable wifi. Australia? Accomodations either don't have wifi or - more likely - charge you $8+/hour for it. Our blogging is predicated on free Internet access at the places we stay, so blame the profiteering Australian innkeepers!
When we finally get better Internet access, we'll try to catch up. Fingers crossed it will be over Christmas. Quick highlights of what we've been up to:
- river exploration of downtown Brisbane, for cheap
- surf lessons for Chad; getting-knocked-over-by-dumping-waves education for Sarah
- driving a manual transmission car on the left side of the road
- feeling excessively old among the beach hostel crowds
- lightning storms over the caldera near Mt Warning
- acclimatizing to high humidity, in preparation for Cairns
- proud that the new Port Mann bridge had taken over from the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge as (reportedly) the widest in the world; embarrassed that falling ice from the new Port Mann is injuring people and ruining cars
- touring a North America-style Christmas light display in a beachside trailer park in shorts and t-shirts
We can report that the world did NOT end on the 21st. So a merry Christmas to all from down under!
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