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Halesy's Global Adventure - the Surf Trip of a Lifetime - masses of photos from Halesy's travels and reports of good places to stay, surfing beaches and much, much more .....

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Halesy's Global Adventure
- the Surf Trip of a Lifetime




..... Halesy left behind him England, Saunton Sands, Cfer, Wedge and a great many friends, when he flew out to Miami at the start of his Global Adventure at the beginning of 2002     (see index)

He's just arrived home! - the last few trip reports will be on line soon and meanwhile we've added masses of new photos to previous reports - see bottom of page for links to Picture Libraries.


The story continues...............
MAROOCHYDORE - UNDERWATER WORLD - BRISBANE - GLOBETREKKERS - BOTANICAL GARDENS - SOUTH BANK PARKLANDS - SURFERS PARADISE - SUNSHINE BEACH - BURLEIGH - KIRRA - GREENMOUNT - SNAPPER - DURANBAH - BYRON BAY - ARTS FACTORY BACKPACKERS LODGE


NEWS # 065


Hi everyone!

Mon the 30th and I leave Noosa early and head for Brisbane. I drive to the wharf at Maroochydore and find Underwater World, the largest oceanarium in the Southern Hemisphere. It costs about seven pounds and houses a huge selection of fish. However, two minutes into my visit, the power goes off, plunging the whole place into total darkness. I escape for lunch and return an hour later to continue my visit. I walk through an arch-shaped tunnel as loads of rays and sharks swim above me. After another hour, I continue my journey.

I head straight into Brisbane City Centre, only coming to a stop when I arrive at Globetrekkers, my hostel for the night, located in New Farm. The roads are extremely well signposted and I have no trouble finding the place. It's only four pounds a night to park my car in the compound at the back and use all the facilities, a bargain. I meet up with Crystal, a girl I'd met previously in Mission Beach and we catch up over a few beers.

I spend Tuesday exploring Brisbane on foot and visit the Botanical Gardens. I walk through the South Bank Parklands and there is a beach style outdoor swimming pool, complete with sand and sunbathers! Eventually, I head back to the hostel, via Chinatown, the setting for several Jackie Chan movies.

Wednesday and I'm on the move south again. I aim to get to the twin town of Coolangatta/Tweed Heads, on the Queensland/New South Wales border. I follow the road through Surfers Paradise, a monstrosity made up of tower block apartments, and stop at Nev surfboards in Sunshine Beach, before moving on to Burleigh, Kirra, Greenmount, Snapper and Duranbah. These are some of the most famous places in Australian surfing, though the swell has other ideas and it's one to two foot slop!

I am not tempted to go in and decide to continue south, to Byron Bay, before stopping for the night. I decide to stay at the Arts Factory Backpackers Lodge but have no ideas as to where it is. As luck would have it, the hostal bus passes me, just as I arrive in Byron. I follow it and soon arrive at the Backpackers.

My plan is to stay in Byron for a couple of days and then head south. As it transpires, I stay for nearly three weeks! It's that sort of place and is like no other hostel I've ever been to. For a start, it's huge and has the capacity to sleep five hundred people! That said, you wouldn't know it from living here. The hostel is arranged around a central courtyard which encloses a swimming pool.

There are about two hundred beds in conventional dorms/doubles and then teepees, a canvas pentagon, an island with several permanent canvas lodges and even a converted double decker bus. There is also a large campsite and some van parking. Because the place is so well laid out, it never feels too busy, except in the kitchen, at dinner time! When I arrive, the hostel is packed and I get one of the last beds but they can only offer me one night's accommodation. Unconcerned, I chill out for the evening.

Seeya,

Halesy



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