tommygunns; the adventures & memoirs: June 2006

Monday, June 26, 2006

Young Endeavour Mk II~ready to board

We caught up with the rest of the oldies for lunch at ants cafe on the marina. Some more newbies Ryan, Andrew, Adam, Chantelle, Rinny and Sasha. We finally board the boat. Continue the story at:
Young Endeavour V10/06
I decided to dedicate an entire blog to the adventures on board using a more old school theme.
Or for those more navigation inclined I have created a quikmap (an implementation of the googlemaps api) of the voyage: YE V10/06
You can go to each blog post by clicking the pins.You can play with a smaller version below (still working on a way of opening the selected blog post in a new window):

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Young Endeavour Mk II: Bumming around Mackay

A truck driver arrived at the hostel today from Cairns. Last time we planned on getting from Cairns to Mackay and only made it half way. I'm taking the fact that he made it as a good omen for us completing it all the way this time. Mick joined our merry clan of returnees. We hired some old mountain bikes and rode to the beach. The tide goes out like a kilometer and you walk over the mud with hundreds of soldier crabs. (Mick has some cool photos of these will link to them when they go online). We had a few furious rounds of hacky sack: Mick doing a never to be seen again handstand flip kick and Anna perfecting the scissor stall. We then proceed to the pre-dinner beers with chips and gravy (the waiter being so smashed he was crashing into tables). Had Thai Banquet with Heather, Frankie, Jacqui and Kurt followed by post dinner beers which carry on into the night.

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Young Endeavour Mk II: Melbourne~Brisbane~Mackay

Woke up then walked to the Skybus 1 hour before my scheduled flight(this only works if you live 1 block from Spencer Street). Arrive at the Virgin terminal to a baggage check-in queue over 100m long. Seems there was killer fog in Sydney no planes in or out. I touch down in rainy Brisbane carrying nothing but a sleeping bag to be greeted with the news that my connecting flight to Mackay will be delayed 5 hours. Immeadiately I call up Kerr-unit and jump on the Airport to CBD train. Thanks to Kerr-unit I had a lovely couple of hours seeing the sights with a local (photos shortly). Met 2 ex youth crew on my flight to Mackay: Voisey and Vanessa. Get to this weird backpacker house to be greeted by oldies Jesse and Anna and newbie Ben(AKA Bambi). That night we went to pizza hut the works (haven't done that since year 7). I crash exhausted from my second 4 AM start in a row.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Most successful Socceroos ever.

Caught the Roos vs the Cros outside Fedaralie square with Ayresie this morning. The atmosphere was amazing. I fully recommend people get out there to watch a match. As has been the case thus far it was a nailbiter but that just made the post match celebrations all the sweeter. Joining the rest of the Aussie fans spilling out onto Swanston street was possibly the best part. The mood carried over into the CDB that morning with heaps of people donning a socceroos scarf as part of work attire. Any semblence of Green and Gold was the only prerequesite required to start up conversations with complete strangers.

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Western Port Bay adventure and Jez's google maps word press photo gallery mashup.

Photo courtesy of Gez's collection
Had an awesomely serendipitous day of adventure on the high seas. We hired a boat from Yaringa and cruised around Western Port Bay. Ate burgers, saw seals, did the eagle rock and just plain had a great time. The crew of HMAS Tino performed wonderfully. Check out Gerards shots from the day and be sure to explore the rest of the photos on the gallery using his awesome google maps mashup. Top work bro.
Here's Gerards corroborating blog entry (with a few more details)

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Jeff and Fraeuleines going away party

Pete & I + Fraeuleines
Originally uploaded by tommygunns.

So everybody is heading north for the winter. Had a send off at the European Bier Cafe. Getting there was half the fun with Tony Hawk air skateboarding and an appearance by Optimus Prime.