Apparently the airline I took from Melbourne to Cairns had infected chicken wraps on board. They had some disease called listeria. Which is gross. I just got an email from the airline with a warning ( Read more... )

Just realized that its Tro's b'day (hey, they can do g'day so I can do b'day... though it sounds like... bidet... O.o) today, so happy b'day Tro. I know this is early for you because the internet is a wonderfully instantaneous thing and I'm, for you, in the future. I wish you... um... ring tailed lemurs. And leadbeater possums. Look 'em up, ( Read more... )

Ugh... I'm tired. I don't know if I'll update at all before I get home unless something really inspires me to. On the road again ( Read more... )

So yeah. Got back into Melbourne. Sleeping on the couch at the House in Brunswick. HiB, I should call it. Kate's keen on getting me back to America so I can send her packages, because Tae gets packages from her stepdad in Missouri all the time, hahaha. Started watching Dollhouse last night. Also ended up in a Indian protest on Sunday whilst ( Read more... )

Anyway, Kate rented some movies yesterday and so we watched "Futurama: The Beast with a Thousand Backs", and later the remake of "Sleuth" with old Michael Caine, not young Michael Caine, but that doesn't matter because he's a badass either way. Here's the horrifying part: I found Jude Law likeable in a good-actor sort of way and, dear GOD, ( Read more... )

Ugh, this is so irritating: http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000390.shtmlRead more... )

I am currently under siege by an army of moths...

And here's the farm I'm staying at:

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Australia is one of those countries that you really need to make multiple trips to in order to see everything. After weighing my options and calculating funds, I've decided that my outback-middle-of-Oz route was not going to fly. So I just booked a flight to Cairns and am going to check out the fishies at the GBR instead of trekking through the ( Read more... )

Okay, I just realized, as we were rolling in from the plantation, that the cockatiel/toos I mentioned yesterday are kind of like the Canadian geese back home. It's late fall, here, they're sort of flying northish (warmer), and they fly in the v-shape. Except, where I expect to hear honking, I hear parroting ( Read more... )

A massive flock of (some sort of) black cockatoo/tiel frlew overhead being very loud and obnoxious a little while ago. I thought Yko and Alex would like to know that, yes, they are considered a nuisance here in Australia.

Also, I scooped cow poop today.

That is all.
-The Captain