This weekend we headed south for some cute and/or commercial villages, and some surf & turf. We ascended some 500m to Mt.Tamborine, where the village had a definite cute overload. Then down we descended, toward's the Ms' friends' party in Slweepy Hollow.
On the way we visited the rather over-the-top Party and Shopping Central known as Surfer's Paradise, which looks like a cross between Las Vegas and Miami:

As the sun set before we got there, some rather spooky rural roads were travelled in darkness. The party was a hoot and a half, with very good 'dutch-oven' lamb and chicken roast on open fire etc.


The second day we went snorkeling and diving in Byron Bay, the easternmost point of the Continent! I saw some wonderful schools of fishesh, a couple of stingrays, and a couple of little sharks. A good time indeed.

Tomorrow I'll be starting my bicyckle journey up north, hopefully all goes well!

Qld

DOWN UNDER PT. THE FIRST

Sydney

Brisbane

...arrived in Brisbane safe and sound. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for my trunk. They lost track of it momentarily in London, but were able to deliver it to Wensworth Residence a mere 30 hrs after my arrival.
W & the Ms. had rented a carriage for the day, so we drove around town for a bit. In the evening we enjoyed some local Bubbly in the Mt. Coo-Tha Botanical Gardens. Here W makes friends with an Ibis:

W & Ms. inspecting the Putting Greene at the Uni.

And here's asummary of my Mt. Coo-tha Expedition: quite a climb up to the observation area (about 2,5km distance), then quite a looong downhill on the other side. The brakes proved their worth :)

That's it for now; more to follow!
Good luck & godspeed.
Paddlewick, Esq.

Dear Ladies & Gentlemen,
I shall journey "Down Under" for a few weeks of R&R and bicyckling in The Colonies. I'll try to update this Blogge a couple of times per week, as my circumstances and constitution allows. I'm also hoping that Jeeves can keep track of my ... track, so to say, in form of an Electronick Map (or somesuch) and Photographics (Jeeves knows these things better). So keep an eye on this space and wish me luck!

Yours truly etc,
W.P. Paddlewick, the Society Antipodean Bicyckling Expedition Organizer