12/13 March 2009 - NZ: The End of the Road (Sort Of).
On Thu 12th March myself and Helena bid farewell to our friends Fink, Sarah and Bert and got on the early morning bus from Queenstown to Christchurch.
I only had a couple of days before catching my flight to Brisbane, so I didn't do all that much except potter really. Visited some tasty little craft markets selling jade and wood carvings, played table football in the Base hostel, ate some half decent cheap Thai food and went to an excellent and uber-inspiring Rita Angus exhibition at the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Helena left on Fri 13th to fly to Auckland and then continue on her travels into S.E. Asia. It was sad to see her go, she had become a great friend and one of a handful of people I knew I'd stay in contact with once this whole Round the World adventure was done. New Zealand wouldn't have been the same without the H-Bomber.
Later that afternoon I got a message from Bert that he had arrived in town, so we met up for a pizza and set out to find a karaoke bar. Along the way we bumped into Sinead, Elaine and Rachel three Dubliners who had been on the Stray bus with us throughout the North Island. They'd gone their own way in a hire car from Abel Tasman onwards, so there was plenty to catch up on and we sunk a few in the hostel before heading out.
I needed to get up at 4am for my Brisbane flight, so was intent on having a fairly quiet one. Predictably that soon went out of the window and by 1am I was still in the bar singing Kinks tunes and riding a bucking bronco (not at the same time, sadly).
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14 -19 March 2009 - Back to Brisbane, Australia
And so in the very early hours of Sat 14th March I returned to the big island of Australia to spend 5 glorious days in Brisbane with CB. On the plane over I was happy as a pig in shit. I had had an amazing 3 weeks in what was now one of my favourite countries, I had investigated a possible job opportunity back home which looked likely for May and now I was about to be met at the airport by someone that tied my stomach in knots in the best possible way. Wonderful.
Over the 5 days hanging out in Bris my favourite bits were going to a tribal-themed birthday party, eating dinner at nana and pop Burge's place, playing Cranium at Sam and Ines, driving up the Gold Coast to Ettamogah Pub, and standing on top of Mount Coo-Tha at night overlooking the city, talking about plans, schemes and dreams.
As for the rest of it, you can mind your own business. But here's some pics...
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Listening:
Sugar 'If I Could Change Your Mind'
Sigur Ros 'Takk'
Bon Iver 'Wolves'
Bill Hicks 'Australia'
Chris Bell 'You And Your Sister'
The Kin 'Rise and Fall'
David Gray 'A New Day at Midnight'
Watched:
The Biggest Loser
Megadeth VH1 Behind the Music
Summer Heights High
I'm Not There (overrated Dylan movie)
Watchmen (looks beautiful but a bit too much weird glowing blue cock for my liking. The comic was much better)
Lars and the Real Girl (disappointing)
Chasing Liberty (sappy fun)
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