Comments | sarahdownundah: Cool caves and even cooler water

sarahdownundah

Cool caves and even cooler water

Nov 29, 2008 07:18

On the morning of Friday the 21st, I took the free hostel shuttle to the Brisbane transit centre to catch my train to Rockhampton... my first time ever on a long-distance train (it so happens that this very train company had a terrible mishap a week later, in which a train collided with a semi truck and killed both conductors). A fellow traveller ( Read more... )

funny quotes, train, rock, photo post, boating, d&d, snorkelling, ocean, hostels

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anonymous November 29 2008, 16:08:36 UTC

Shirley asked if you were keeping up the same speed in Australia....
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sarahdownundah November 29 2008, 23:26:32 UTC

Hahaha!

el_corbinism November 29 2008, 20:01:43 UTC

I know, I kept trying to think of things to say as I went through this (The photos are amazing, I wanna go to a beach)

Then I saw the last line and just kind of blinked a few times.

You. Skydiving. Well, at least you brought your camera :D

sarahdownundah November 29 2008, 23:25:21 UTC

Yeah, me! Who would've thought? I said I was going to do some extreme sports on my trip, but I didn't think it would be so soon, and the craziest one first!

Not allowed cameras though. :( They want you to buy their expensive ($100-$250) photos and videos that they take, and I was too stubborn for that.

el_corbinism November 29 2008, 23:46:49 UTC

Considering that you are pretty much a proffesional photographer I can understand that.

sarahdownundah November 30 2008, 00:06:20 UTC

They didn't know that, though... I think it's more to do with the consequences if you drop your camera while falling at 200km/h! Their cameras are DSLRs with fisheye lenses mounted as helmet cams, and their video cameras are handycams strapped to their wrists. The cool thing I found out is that you can actually have a job as a skydiving photographer... like you get to specialize in it and jump for free all the time. How cool is that?

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k7point5 November 29 2008, 21:26:45 UTC

I love the colour of the water! gorgeous!!

sarahdownundah November 29 2008, 23:26:03 UTC

The funny thing is, the water ITSELF is still clear. ;p

Enjoyed the new post . . . anonymous November 30 2008, 17:40:19 UTC

I REALLY, REALLY want to go to Australia now!! Not this week though, Charlie is in Mexico and I'm Chore Girl. There are 19 critters - 18 boys/girls and 1 hinney names Whatsit!!
Can't wait for the next installment of Sarah Down Undah!!
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Re: Enjoyed the new post . . . sarahdownundah December 1 2008, 01:23:01 UTC

Working on another as we speak, though I probably won't finish it til tonight, which will be your morning. ;)

The cost of a round trip flight to Australia is not that far off from a week-long vacation in Mexico, you know!

When did we get a hinney?

siobheanne December 6 2008, 20:55:51 UTC

Yay Whitsundays/Whitehaven! By far my favourite part of our trip (we did a 4 day sailing/diving cruise with Tallarook). For some reason we neglected to take our stinger suits to the beach with us, so I didn't swim there but the view was nice enough to make up for that :)

sarahdownundah December 7 2008, 03:52:30 UTC

[Oops, wrong account so I'm deleting and reposting, hehe]

Gorgeous eh? Definitely one of the highlights of my trip so far, too. :)