Turtle Way
Tannum Sands QLD 4680, Australia
(Latitude = -23.9466, Longitude = 151.3754)
(Altitude = 8 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-23.946568,151.375427
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Friday, December 31, 2010
My location : Tannum Sands Beach
Turtle Way
Tannum Sands QLD 4680, Australia
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
My location : Yappoon
30 Anzac Parade
Yeppoon QLD 4703, Australia
(Latitude = -23.1322, Longitude = 150.7499)
(Altitude = 3 m)
(Accuracy = 30 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-23.132221,150.749924
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My location : Rockhampron
43A East St
Rockhampton City QLD 4700, Australia
(Latitude = -23.3759, Longitude = 150.5131)
(Altitude = 12 m)
(Accuracy = 5 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-23.375885,150.513092
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
My location : Lookout Gladstone
Round Hill Lookout
West Gladstone QLD 4680, Australia
(Latitude = -23.8682, Longitude = 151.2550)
(Altitude = 110 m)
(Accuracy = 5 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-23.868189,151.255035
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas 2010
HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND AWESOME NEW YEAR !!!!!!! Christmas Eve 2010 !
From Moonee Beach we made it to South Ballina and the next day dodged weather..thanks to the rain radar on Bevins iPhone, the $29 phone I got to replace the one lying very lonely somewhere on the Pacific Highway, doesn't have such fancy trappings. We stopped at a MCDonalds along the way..starting to become a habit but hey it had a basement to park bikes under whilst waiting for the rain to go over before continuing onto Byron Bay..whew now it that was hot and absolutely teeming with people. Onward to friends Shane and partner Kylie in Mudgeeraba arriving with seconds to spare when just as we had pulled into their garage the heavens opened with THE most earthshattering, earsplitting electrical storm and big big rain,..was all over in 45 minutes. Had a lovely couple of days catching up with them and Brandon(11 years) and wee one, Xander(11 months) and stalking the local malls..Robina and Pacific Fair at Surfers Paradise. Had a look up Q1 tower at Surfers, awesome views, its just 5.5 metres shorter than Aucklands SkyTower..got bit nostalgic seeing signs..2500k's to Wellington and its direction and 2700 to Auckland
Now here we both are in Gladstone, Queensland for Christmas, at my cousin Lara and her husband Bevan (not to be confused with Bevin) and 2 young lads Ben and Joel, and my cousin Michelle ..Lara's mum and dad Barry are here too all the way from Dunedin so its great to be with family.
Its shaping up to be a hot wet one ..its already very hot and humid but so far the rain has stayed away, though there was a thunderstorm first night we were here, there may be possibility of cyclone heading this way, so at least we may be hot in the rumpus room under the house but dry and not in our tent if weather goes all pear shaped on us.
We got here last Wednesday after a very wet ride up…we were totally meaning to be here on the Tuesday, but it turned out to be one of those learning curve days with no damage done. We headed off from our friends Shane and Kylie's at Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast with about 600 odd k's to ride..no worries we thought, so after a time on the motorway I took the lead and rode for about 2& ½ hours to Gympie where a stop at McDonalds was had ..well it has great aircon, free wifi, Macafe for me and burger and thickshakes for Bevin and the parking is always so easy on the bikes. After leaving Gympie Bevin takes the lead after making me turn around and follow him..why? cos Tom Tom (navigator) with Yoda being the master..decided to take us on a shortcut..more like a wee trip to the dark side thanks Yoda. So here we are taking a shortcut out back of beyond..great little road, hmmm gets a we bit narrower and then whadya know its 6 k's worth of dirt road, then a wee river crossing and then it's one great big farm with Brahman cattle roaming free..they didn't care much for the bikes invading their personal space J Next we know the fuel lights are starting to flash and so then a quick calculation is done to see where the closest gas station is…oh dear, 100 k's one way and 64 k's back the way we have come neither looks good, so back we went and we at least now know when our camels run out of fuel..Bevin's ran out at 525k's and 300 metres short of reaching the gas station..how incredibly lucky was that? Mine had enough to get there apparently cos my back tyre is slightly larger and therefore I can go a bit further…now doesn't that sound like a Bevinism to you?? Anyhow mine was refuelled and bought back enough fuel for his to get there and refuel also. So now we have backtracked we still have another 350k's to go and its getting late..oh and it seems to get darker earlier as they don't have daylight saving up here. We rode for another 100 k's odd till at Gin Gin it was dark..riding at home you would not think twice really but we have been warned time and time again not to here due to Kangaroos, wombats etc crossing roads on dusk, and after Bevin smacked into a pothole cos too hard to see it was decided it might be a clever move to stop. That was reinforced when a truckie came running across to see if we were looking for a friend, a fellow biker as a motorbike had just had a serious accident not far behind us, no we were not looking for a friend, merely trying to find somewhere to stay for the night but again very friendly locals put us onto a caravanpark/truckstop and 24 hour diner..that killed all our birds with one stone..got a cabin for the night with aircon, just as well as it was sauna central haha. Sat and had dinner with some truckies and got the lowdown on the area.Walked out of diner and I said to Bevin oh look at all the wee birds..ok did not have my glasses on..turned out to be heaps of the renowned cane toads..I thought they were cute despite being poisonous pesties(No I didn't kiss any I wasn't allowed in case I might have found a better riding partner haha). In the morning it was tipping it down so geared up and rode off into the wettest day we have had here..at least you could kinda see all the potholes filled with water now..they have heaps of potholes up this area. One said 'Caution Potholes next 110 k's' choice!!
Last couple of days has found us sweating profusely doing last minute bits, now its Christmas Eve and Australias Carols by candlelight entertainment is on and am now feeling the pinch at not being at home, but am thinking of you all
Have a great one everyone..take care, much love from the Kiwi's Down Under x x
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Bevin & Felicity Lealand iPhone
+61412205936
http://bikersfromdownunder-lealand.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
My location : Gladstone Lara's
155 Philip St
West Gladstone QLD 4680, Australia
(Latitude = -23.8715, Longitude = 151.2492)
(Altitude = 37 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-23.871498,151.249207
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My location : Gin gin truck stop
2 Mulgrave St
Gin Gin QLD 4671, Australia
(Latitude = -24.9824, Longitude = 151.9509)
(Altitude = 52 m)
(Accuracy = 30 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-24.982441,151.950943
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Fwd: COPPER WIRE
found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the
conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more
than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Brit's, in the weeks that followed, an American
archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story
published in the New York Times: "American archaeologists, finding
traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors
already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years
earlier than the British".
One week later, the New Zealand Herald, reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his backyard in Onerahi, Bill Paku
a self-taught archaeologist and avid Motorhomer reported that he
found absolutely bugger all. Paku has therefore concluded that 250 years
ago, New Zealand had already gone wireless."
Just makes you bloody proud to be a Kiwi!!!
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Kiwis bikers from downunder GPS Position
Hi
Here is were we are at the moment just for interest at the Q 1 Tower on a sunny day think we got lucky
B&F
My current location :
Laycock St 30 Surfers Paradise Queensland 4217 Australia
My location : Q building
12-28 Clifford St
Surfers Paradise QLD 4217, Australia
(Latitude = -28.0061, Longitude = 153.4297)
(Altitude = 7 m)
(Accuracy = 30 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-28.006113,153.429703
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
My location : Home QLD ;~) major storm
20 Ensor St
Mudgeeraba QLD 4213, Australia
(Latitude = -28.1015, Longitude = 153.3751)
(Altitude = 61 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-28.101540,153.375092
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My location : Tropical Byron bay OMG its so busy
2 Jonson St
Byron Bay New South Wales 2481, Australia
(Latitude = -28.6408, Longitude = 153.6137)
(Altitude = 9 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-28.640821,153.613708
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Kiwis down under check-in 16th December 2010
Kiwis down under check-in 16th December 2010
Crikey old St Nick is just about to descend on us in just over a week and looks like I haven't updated this in 2 weeks..soooo looking back there have been some highs and lows. We continued on with our stay in Sydney doing such things as riding the ferry into the city from Manly, wandered round Paddy's Market and the city. We got to spend a wonderful afternoon catching up with friends Carmel and Ross from home who were over in Sydney for another Eagles Concert. Another day saw us heading to Bondi for a dip at this famous beach. There was a visit out to Parramatta to visit Mary Morgan (sister of Lloyd's) who is a doctor specializing in emergency care in Helicopter retrieval, she took us to the HIRT base in Parramatta where the helicopter operation is run from, was very interesting, fingers and toes crossed she never has to attend to us! Another day out on the bike took us to Palm Beach and boy did we see some expensive real estate there and saw Summer Bay(where the teen soap Home and Away is filmed…go on admit it you do know it J) The finale in Sydney was the Linkin Park concert at Acer Arena out at the Olympic Village and it was totally awesome! Last Sunday saw us leaving our wonderful Host Family, Robin, Gillian and Luca with whom we had an awesome stay and headed up to Newcastle and over to the camping ground at Stockton..had a swim there..not for the faint hearted as water temps were anything but warm. Wandered down the breakwater that has many plaques to various ships lost on the sand bars over the years, great talking to local fishermen & an awesome sunset too. From Newcastle (Stockton) we went up the coast to Nelsons Bay and its lighthouse, the coast up here is littered with inland harbours all very pretty then followed coast through Pacific Palms to Forster. Pretty hot and steamy and hungry so a picnic and a cooling dip in the saltwater pool (most of the beaches seem to have these pools at one end of the beach, a safer area for children maybe or is it that they are mostly wildlife free too?) Found a very nice tropical campground here..in middle of the night round 4am heard all these things flying round making noises like monkeys, turns out they were large fruit bats feeding in the fruit in the palms above our tent.
Next morning packed up(getting oh so weary of ..out by 10am)took ourselves off to Australia's National Motorbike Museum at Nabiac,which had a very impressive 800 odd motorbikes..at least 10 of which Bevin(remember this is a museum haha) has ridden and many more he'd always dreamed of owning, if you love bikes this a place you'd not want to miss. We hauled in to Port Macquarie, sad couldn't find a café to serve us a coffee near the beach so hit the road..rest of day did a big sad downhill slide when my iphone did the same off my bike somewhere on Pacific Highway bout 40 k's South of Macksville..after a brief look had to move fast as rain storm hit us, we reached Sawtell(just South of Coffs Harbour)..well I can tell you morale was at a low ebb that night.. we never bothered to get any food so 2 Salmon sandwiches for Bevin and 2 handfuls of trailmix for me and it was lights out. So next morning(yesterday) decided to go back and have a look..about 8k's I walked and no joy, just heat exhaustion. Oh he was working..research I think it's called(translation.. how to get another ifone to my cousin Lara's in the least possible time)..to be fair he did ride down road briefly to give me the much needed water bottle. Stopped at a MacDonalds for further rehydration..then trundled on up to Coffs Harbour, bought another cheap phone for the interim, bought some food (another night of trailmix wasn't lookin so inviting and on another locals advice found a pretty camp at Moonee Beach North of Coffs Harbour, pretty tiring day for some, one would ask why the one that had been on her feet literally half the day in heat, dehydrating and getting scorched was the one cooking tea to revive the one that had been in the rest area minding the bikes?
Here we are tonight in South Ballina, we've spent the day dodging rain storms, after leaving Moonee Beach..the iphone (Bevin's) has a handy application in Oz weather called a rain radar in real time, so headed undercover at a MacDonalds in Grafton to wait out the worst of it..and leach on their free wifi
Walked to the beach tonight and sat watching an electrical storm further down coast
Think from now on it aint gona be drought we are looking at..the wet season is upon us.
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Bevin & Felicity Lealand iPhone
+61412205936
http://bikersfromdownunder-lealand.blogspot.com/
Kiwis bikers from downunder GPS Position
Hi
Here is were we are at the moment just for interest getting a few miles under the belt and getting close to Brisbane after that up north more to Gladstone for Xmas
B&F
My current location :
S Ballina Beach Rd 440 South Ballina New South Wales 2478 Australia
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
My location : Camping ground day before we hi Brisbane
440 S Ballina Beach Rd
South Ballina New South Wales 2478, Australia
(Latitude = -28.8852, Longitude = 153.5679)
(Altitude = 8 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-28.885187,153.567871
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My location : Anorher pit stop lovey day now
7680 Pacific Hwy
Tabbimoble New South Wales 2472, Australia
(Latitude = -29.1940, Longitude = 153.2735)
(Altitude = 29 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-29.193962,153.273529
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My location : Ulmarra pit stop
6 Coldstream St
Ulmarra New South Wales 2462, Australia
(Latitude = -29.6312, Longitude = 153.0281)
(Altitude = 8 m)
(Accuracy = 5 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-29.631220,153.028137
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My location : Hiding from the rain in Macdonals
1A Spring St
South Grafton New South Wales 2460, Australia
(Latitude = -29.7067, Longitude = 152.9420)
(Altitude = 4 m)
(Accuracy = 30 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-29.706736,152.942017
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My location : Wow very cool again Tropical
50 Moonee Beach Rd
Moonee Beach New South Wales 2450, Australia
(Latitude = -30.2104, Longitude = 153.1577)
(Altitude = 9 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-30.210382,153.157669
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
My location
26 William St
Port Macquarie New South Wales 2444, Australia
(Latitude = -31.4300, Longitude = 152.9201)
(Altitude = 7 m)
(Accuracy = 5 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-31.429974,152.920059
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My location : Motorbike museum
29 Clarkson St
Nabiac New South Wales 2312, Australia
(Latitude = -32.0949, Longitude = 152.3833)
(Altitude = 12 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-32.094872,152.383347
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
My location : Tropical paradise
40 North St
Forster New South Wales 2428, Australia
(Latitude = -32.1790, Longitude = 152.5153)
(Altitude = 14 m)
(Accuracy = 5 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-32.179008,152.515335
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My location : Lighthouse
Nelson Bay Lighthouse
Nelson Bay New South Wales 2315, Australia
(Latitude = -32.7103, Longitude = 152.1615)
(Altitude = 19 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-32.710266,152.161514
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My location : Nelson bay NSW
13-45 122
Nelson Bay New South Wales 2315, Australia
(Latitude = -32.7194, Longitude = 152.1470)
(Altitude = 11 m)
(Accuracy = 10 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-32.719425,152.146988
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My location : Stockton
King St
Stockton New South Wales 2295, Australia
(Latitude = -32.9138, Longitude = 151.7975)
(Accuracy = 5 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-32.913769,151.797455
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
My location
50-76 Wharf Rd
Newcastle East New South Wales 2300, Australia
(Latitude = -32.9245, Longitude = 151.7879)
(Altitude = 2 m)
(Accuracy = 30 m)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=-32.924469,151.787872
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