Back to Brisbane
Well, it's nice to be back in Sunny Queensland, Australia. Matt met me a the aeropuerto as soon as I cleared customs at the international arrivals area. It was great to see him, and feel like this big adventure is officially begun. Well, it will really begin when we head out for Hong Kong on Wednesday.
So I took off from LA on Wednesday night and arrived here in Brisbane, with a quick stop in Auckland New Zealand, at 8am on Friday morning. Not sure where Thursday was, but I was somewhere over the dark pacific chatting up the British nurse sitting next to me. Both flights were pretty nice, good food and service on Air New Zealand. Got settled into Matt's brothers place in the suburb of Brisbane, Oxley, showered up and took a nice nap. Woke up from the nap having absolutely no idea where I was, a feeling I'm happily getting used to. Hopped a train into downtown Brisbane and met up with Matt and some of his mates from work at a pub. We had a late night, but a great time catching up with a bunch of folks I went to school with down here. Saturday morning we got up bright and early for a day of hiking.
Matt had assembled an international crew to climb Mt. Beerwah, on the Sunshine coast just an hour drive north of Brisbane. We had 3 aussies, a Dutchman, and two German girls. And of course me the American. It was a super windy day, and the climb did have some tough rock scrambles to be made, but no technical climbing. We packed a huge lunch and headed off. Enjoy some pics:
So I took off from LA on Wednesday night and arrived here in Brisbane, with a quick stop in Auckland New Zealand, at 8am on Friday morning. Not sure where Thursday was, but I was somewhere over the dark pacific chatting up the British nurse sitting next to me. Both flights were pretty nice, good food and service on Air New Zealand. Got settled into Matt's brothers place in the suburb of Brisbane, Oxley, showered up and took a nice nap. Woke up from the nap having absolutely no idea where I was, a feeling I'm happily getting used to. Hopped a train into downtown Brisbane and met up with Matt and some of his mates from work at a pub. We had a late night, but a great time catching up with a bunch of folks I went to school with down here. Saturday morning we got up bright and early for a day of hiking.
Matt had assembled an international crew to climb Mt. Beerwah, on the Sunshine coast just an hour drive north of Brisbane. We had 3 aussies, a Dutchman, and two German girls. And of course me the American. It was a super windy day, and the climb did have some tough rock scrambles to be made, but no technical climbing. We packed a huge lunch and headed off. Enjoy some pics:
Matt and I
Summit! I was pretty windy up here, but a truly beautiful day.
I was trying to climb inside the caves, the rock was really flaky, not all that great for climbing.
After the hike was cruised back into Brisbane, and went shopping for some food for the evenings party. Matt had a bunch of friends over for a little jam session, it was lots of fun. They had the barbie going and made tons of food. It was a great first day and a half in Australia, I was completely exhausted from the hike, jetlag, and a couple of beers.
Today, I'm meeting up with my good friend Emily and some of her roommates for a night out, it's guaranteed to be a great time. Hope all's well back home.
posted by Patrick Moloney at
9:53 PM
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Mates, thanks for the call it was a nice dose of perspective minutes before showtime. Great to hear your voice Tommy, call again sometime. Godspeed pat, I'll be checking this thing regularly.
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Anonymous, at September 18, 2005 8:17 PM
Pat, glad you got there safely. Soryy I missed your send off last week end. Tell Tommy "hi" from us and tell him that we now watch Footie and think of him. Your picts are great and we'll check in often. Love, W
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Anonymous, at September 19, 2005 4:39 PM
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