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8th
of September, Botanical Gardens, Arriving in Brisbane
My last day in Sydney, which I spend mostly at the Royal
Botanical Gardens. It was a sunny day and walking around
in a green surrounding was, for my opinion, the best thing
I could possibly do.
One of my favourite spots in the park was a walk that
explains the history of Sydney.It showed the history of
the white people in Sydney and on the other hand the Aboriginal
point of few. For example: James Cook discovered Australia
in 1770, the Aboriginal comment related to this note:
They (white people) say he discovered Australia, but we
never lost it!
By the way, did you know that more then 700 convicts where
among the first settlers which arrived in Sydney? I finally
left Sydney at 6:30 p.m. to go to Brisbane, after eight
wonderful days, with lots of great impressions.
 9th of September, Brisbane
Days in Bris-Vegas, or the story ofhow I
saved some bucks in accommodation, thanks to my mate Severin
who currently studies in Brisbane. I arrived in Brisbane on the 8th of August, and after
my first night, which I spent at a Irish pub in 'Garden
City'(a shopping and entertainment centre). Brisbane got
it's second name (Bris-Vegas) because of it's active nightlife.
Active nightlife...
On
the 9th of August, my friend showed me around Brisbane
and it's most important sights which included a the city
hall and a ferry ride on the Brisbane river. If you have
some time in Brisbane, visit the New Farm Park , a very
nice spot to relax and have BBQ or something like that.
Later that day we visited the final ceremonies of the
Goodwill Games, a major sport event in Brisbane. This
included a INXS concert (the rest of the group with a
new singer) and a huge fireworks. Good fun and best of
all, for free.
10th
of September, Campus
I spend a couple of hours in front of a PC University,
to keep up with my writing for Worldsurface and to send
some emails to my friends, which hadn't heard from me
for a while.
11th of September, Brisbane to Hervey Bay
Half of the day on the bus, listening to Travis - The invisible
band, my favourit CD on this trip... I guess most of the
people don't know Hervey Bay, but if I mention Fraser Island,
probably everyone will sayAhhhh
- biggest sand-island of the world! Right, and Hervey Bay
is the place you arrive at if you want to explore Fraser
Island. Hervey Bay itself doesn’t offer a lot, a bit
of beach, a bit of nightlife, but nothing real important.
The real impressive happening in Hervey Bay takes place
between about 6:00 and 8:30 pm. Thousands of "fruit
bats" huge and scary-looking animals occupy the sky.
12th of September,
I don't feel in the mood to write about what happened in
Brisbane, instead I decided to share my day at Harvey Bay,
Fraser Island.The day started very early, at 4:00 am. I
didn't had a clue at this time about what had happened just
a couple of hours before on the other side of the world.I
first got the news on the boat, and thought the tour guide
made a very sick joke. But I wasn't sure... He was too serious,
too much details, so I took my binoculars and looked at
the TV-screen of another boat across the pier. I saw a fire-fighters
and started to believe the story of our tour guide.Yet,
it was hard to believe.
We then started our tour to watch one of the most beautiful
an peaceful creatures in the world, whales, to be exact
'hunchback whales, the fifth largest animal in the world.The
first whale I saw was jumping out of the water, a very powerful
moment. We later watched a group of four whales and followed
them about 2 hours before we had to go back.
The five hours on the boat went by very fast, we all talked
about the possibility of the story the tour guide told us,
if this could be true.
All my fears came true when we finally got back to the harbour
and I first walked into a restaurant which had the TV set
switched on. I had planed to rent a bike that day, to go
around Hervey Bay, but that was impossible for me. Instead
I spend the whole day at the hostel, following the shocking
news from New York. I have a relative in New York, and of
course the whole Worldsurface crew, which I knew work at
Wall Street.
It was a big relive to read that the whole worldsurface
team was doing well, and I feel very sorry for all those,
who
where on the planes, in the World Trade Centre or at the
Pentagon. Thanks for updating the page and sharing your
thoughts, even during such a horrible event!
Hervey Bay was a very quiet and strange place that day,
everybody was talking about what had happened that day,
and a taxidriver told me it was the most quiet day for him
ever since. It's hard to believe what happened, I know that
the world has changed that morning, it's never going to
be the same again.
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