Koalas and kangaroos
Ahhhhhh isn’t he soooooo cute!!!!!!!! I wanna take one home!
Que boniiiiiiiiiiito!!!!!!!! Quiero llevarme uno!
We visited the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary on the outskirts of Brisbane.
Home to some 130 or so Koala bears, lots of kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, emus, dingos, snakes and lizards, as well as parrots and bats and lots of other native wildlife!
Fuimos a Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary en las afueras de Brisbane.
Es casa para unos 130 Koalas, muchos kangurus, wallabies, wombats, emus, dingos, serpientes y lagartos, como loros, murcielagos y mucho mas fauna nativo!
We got a chance to hold a koala…. aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh:
Tuvimos la occasion de abrazar a un koala…aaaaaaaahhhhh:
There were lots of kangaroos in a field, and you can feed them, so in we went armed with bagloads of kangaroo feed, they loved it, and we did too, they way they look at you, they’re just as cute as the koalas!
Hubo mogollon de kangurus en un campo, se podia darles de comer, asi que entramos armados de comida gde kangurus, lo encantaron, y nosotros tambien. Como te miran, igual de bonito que los koalas!
The whole gang with the kangurus:
Todo nosotros netidos con los kangurus:
A sleepy kangaroo, it was pretty hot!!!
Un kanguru dormido, hizo mucho calor!!!
Leon feeding the kangaroos:
Leon dando de comer a los kangurus:
Whatchya lookin’ at?
Tu que miras?
Ahh and this is the South Bank beach in Brisbane city centre, cool or what, and it’s free in too, you think they’d put something like that in the middle of O’Connell St in Dublin???
Eso es la playa artificial Playa South Bank en el centro de Brisbane, que chuli, no? Y entrada gratis tambien. Te crees que algun dia pondran algo asi en el centro de O’Connel St en Dublin???
brisbane beach
Hello everybody I am an Emu!
Hola a todos… yo soy un Emu y me voy a comer la camara !!
Next step is Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast on Saturday. From what we’ve heard it’s the Aussie version of Benidorm or Torremolinos!!!! Should be interesting…!
Siguiente paso es a Surfers Paradise en el Gold Coast (Costa de Oro). De lo que hemos oido es la version australiano de Benidorm o Torremolinos!!! A ver…!
Kisses for everyone and Happy Reyes to those in Spain!
Besos pa todos y Feliz Reyes a los en Espana!
James & Quene
James & Quene
qUENE: EL KOALITA Y TU ESTAIS PARA COMEROS. eN SENTIDO FIGURADO CLARO. Porque no se como sabra ese presssioso animalito. Ya han llegado los Reyes Magos, y adivina , a mi me han traido un fraquito de colonia y un jersey pressssioso. y tambien una tarrina de DVD’s . Besos.
Dear Leon,
you are now such a grown-up boy !
You look wonderful in the pictures… I think your lenght is 5 metres more than in summer ! You will be taller than James, even taller than the Chinese Vase !
Today is the morning that the Magic Kings bring presents to the family. And there’s left for you a huge box of love and caring.
And for mum, all the aunties and uncles, your grannies, and all the people you love.
m=º-º=m ..ooOO ( Happy day, sweet Leon! )
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Beatriz, guapa !
Presiosa !
Ole el salero y la alegría de las mujeres bonitas !
Te quiero !
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Did you have one of those Koala casseroles? mmmm, tasty.
To QUENE:
Con el fin de ir preparando un posible intercambio de Beatriz con Rebeca , la hermana de James , convendria que hables con los que estan por alli ahora, y de paso que te den el E’mail suyo de contacto en Irlanda para coordinar , y nos lo mandas a traves de E’mail a casa. Hay que ir pensando en los billetes y fechas convenientes para ambas familias.
Besos de todos los georgeous para los otros georgeous.
Hey guys!
Sorry for not signing up sooner, I have been lurknig and looking at your photos!
They’re amazing, and you guys look so happy and natural. In your element!
Keep up the good work, when are you due back in Ireland?
Al.
Koalas and kangaroos,you are in Australla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quene, el último trabajo que me ha salido es de traductora de cuentos de terror, aghhh, y no sé cosas. Os las voy enviando a James y a ti para que me ayudeis? Hay expresiones que no sé cómo traducir, ni con diccionario.
Besos, esto es demencial…
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Alrite Lads!
Photos are beautiful!
Just looking at the blue skies makes me want to pack my bags right now!
But I can’t complain as I have just enjoyed 10 days in the sun and will soon be enjoying another 10 if flights to Jakarta and Singapore come through for me before the Chinese New Year (at the end of January).
We had close-to-end-of-term tests here in December and right now we are just finishing off 4 days of end-of-term exams! They really work the students here! You wanna see the homework that the students had over the Christmas and New Year holidays – tonnes (though half the buggers didn’t do it)!!
Anyway as a result I haven’t had much time to show the kids the pics or talk about your travels! Though I know a few still check the site in their spare time. Though only Hei (Alan) has been brave enough to keep posting comments; short though they are!
We did have a Christmas party before we broke in December! I gave out the postcards as Christmas gifts from J&C, don’t worry I made up the shortage with some small gifts of my own! We also had a look at pics on your site briefly at that time.
We’ll post some group comments later when we get a chance!
In the meantime keep on enjoying your travels. Sure looks like you are! And let me know when you are taking your next diving trip – you never know we could hook up together for that! Me, I’m gonna try to dive again as soon as possible. Probably Chinese New Year?
That’s all lads….
Quene, elio te escribió un mensaje, pero no sé dónde está metido.
Oye, que si has tenido problemas con el cargador de batería de la cámara digital, para aconsejarle a una amiga qué tipo de cámara llevarse a Honduras, si con cargador o con pilas. Ya me dices, besob !
Quene
insitimos en que nos facilites via E’mail, los correspondientes E’mails de los padres de James o de Colm o de la otra hermana, o los de los tres, por si falla algun enlace, para ir coordinando el intercambio de Rebeca y Beatriz.
Facturamos a Beatriz en el aeropuerto con direccion a Dublin para que Bea este alli Quince dias para estar con Rebeca , luego se vienen las dos a Madrid, para estar otros quince dias juntas , y luego llevamos a Rebeca hasta el aeropuerto y la facturamos.
Esa creo que es la idea que comentamos en Dublin. Creo que convendria ir coordinando fechas para sacar los billetes con tiempo
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Hi Everyone, we’re here in Manly, just outside Sydney visiting my cousin Nadine and her family, just been to the beach, nice spot indeed!!!
Bea,
Quene se pondra en contacto contigo con la direccion de Janis para lo del intercambio.
Calenco,
Leon says Hi, along with Jack and Aaron, Nadine’s little boys, they’re all the best of friends and having a great time! Janis and Leon fly back tonight, really been great having them here, and they really dont want to go back!!!!!
Lo de la camera, esta muy buena, y utilice pilas normales, mejor recargables tambien!
Hi Al,
glad you got around to viewing (and posting a comment!) We’re having a ball! Only 9 months left 🙁 We get back to Dublin in October this year. Just hope time doesn’t fly too fast!
Hei,
glad you like the Koalas and Kangaroos!!!! Say hi to all your class mates from us in Australia!
Ruari,
those Koalas are a protected species, so no casseroles for us, but I’ve heard kangaroo meat is tasty!
Hi Larry,
from your previous post sounds like you had a great time in Thailand! And your upcoming trip sounds good too! Hope all the guys did well in their exams. Our next diving trip is goping to be in the Great Barrier Reef around early February, gotta be done, so if you feel like popping over, I’m sure it’ll be a great dive trip! Enjoy the Chinese New Year, what date does that fall? Might try and keep an eye out for some celebrations here!
Take it easy folks and keep up with the posts!
J & Q
Cuchi, y qué marca es tu cámara, para que se haga una idea de marcas, precios, esas cosas…
Estoy con mareo existencial por lo de Alma. Te envié la foto al mail. ¿De dónde vengo? ¿quién soy? ¿A dónde voy?… Voy a presentarme voluntaria para actuar con los Monty Phyton.
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HELLO EVERYBODY AROUND THIS LOVELY WORLD !!!
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yo, whats u mad pack of yahhoo’ss!!! Love the pictures, they look grest, leon looks like he’s having a great time, the mad egg!!!!!!!! yeh it really loooks great, hope u all have more good times, make sure u tell mel, janis and leon we said hi!!!
Bye bye, uz crazy cats!!!!!
Jay & emma!
Chinese New Year holidays; from 27th Jan through 5th Feb – happy days! Two sets of New Year hols within a month of each other! Where-would-you-get-it? haha 🙂
My camera is Canon Powershot S215 is big and heavy , but is not letting me down , it takes all sorts of photographs no matter how poor the light is … in Pingyao (China) the light was to strong and the photos with the girls in the cafe had to much light.. but apart for this is great… is goes with me wherever I go , even mad nights..
To janis and Leon ,
I hope you had a nice flight , we miss yous already…
Larry we are planning the other half of the trip.. I feel sad already because we are having such a great time , that we don;t want to come back to “normal life” .
We will let you know when we are going to be .. would like to be in Sydney for the Chinese New Year celebrations (as the chinese comunity here is massive)
But then we will be running out of time for the East coast ( from Cairns back to Sydney at the end of Feb.) Also White Stripes and Franz Ferdinand are playing here the 26 … but we will be in Darwin .. 🙁 … we can’t have it all….
Talk to yous in a while , we have to find Trailfinders here in the city to change our flights for the Australia, New Zealand and South America part of the trip..
Sol,
Espero que nos estes siguiendo desde Argentina (escribenos un coment para que salga la banderita 😉 … besos para todos .
Alguien sabe si Szu Ying ha salido de cuentas ya? y si son gemelos o no?
Besos como quesos pa to’@s
One of the teachers just tried to explain the Chinese calendar to me and traditions associated with the Chinese New Year – it’s complicated!
Basically, New Year’s Day has a similar feel to Christmas as we know it – a family occasion. They even buy toys for the kids! It is also a day for married couples to give red packets to the young ones. They put money in the red packets – but apparently not a lot of money! I was happy to hear that my boss will probably give me a red packet, but not so happy when I heard that it will be ‘filled’ with either 10 or 20HK$ (1 or 2 euro)!
They’re probably won’t be a countdown as we know it, though the teacher did say that younger people do ‘go out’ on New Year’s Eve. However ‘going out’ is more likely to mean a walk-in-the-park or perhaps a Karaoke night where they’ll sing songs with friends in a booth; not western-style getting hammered on beers and sambuka shots and first-one-pist is on the mike! This year there is no December 30th in the Chinese calendar, so New Year’s Eve is Decenber 29th! Here’s a run-down on what happens over the course of the New Year celebrations (our calendar dates are in brackets):
December 28 (Jan-27) – literally ‘Clean The House’ Day
December 29 (Jan-28) – New Year’s Eve
January 1 (Jan-29) – New Year’s Day (everybody goes to a flower market apparently, with family)
January 3 (Jan-31) – loosely ‘Do Not Visit Your Family Day’ becasue you will fall out
That’s what I got from our conversation! Hope it helps.
Errors and Omissions Expected!
Correction:
December 29 (Jan-28) – New Year’s Eve (everybody goes to a flower market with family)
January 1 (Jan-29) – New Year’s Day (red packet day and family dinner)
Larry ,
Thanks for the explanation …I will love to be in Sydney for the Chinese new year but we will delay the whole trip around Oz..
There is a book that I am eating now , call Mao’s last dancer.. is beautiful and talks about chinese traditions and all… and how a peasant kid survived in a poor family in the 50’s in a small town in China (a bit like Angela’s ashes but without the alcoholic father)
If you have the chance read it ..
Talk to you soon
Hi
I am very happy in Chinese New Year! Because I can do many funny things in Chinese New Year , like flower mark , watch fireworks…… Before Chinese New Year we also hare to clean our home. And we hare eat some thing to celebrate Chinese New Year , We grandparent will make a rice cake give us to eat It is very yummy
Finally the most important in Chinese New Year is luck money. If someone they are marry already they will give some luck money to the children. I can give a thousand luck money ever year.
Hi
I am very happy in the Chinese New Year.In the Chinese New Year,I went to the Harbour to saw the fireworks.The fireworks are very beautiful.I went to the flower market to saw some flowers.In the flower market,there have many flowers.My uncle& my family are gave some lucky money to me and my brother.We are very happy.We are want ever year give some lucky money with me&my brother.My mum had to maked a rice cake.The rice cake is very yummy.I had to visited my cousin.My cousin lives in Macau.My cousin is very interesting.He gave some joke with my family.
yo u guys,fotos of d turtles and frogs r great!!!Is the camper comfy?how much for the 3 wks cos we are thinking of gettin one when we hit seattle in july and head upto vancouver,cant wait.Still its the best way to see everything,seen them in brochures,seem to be cheap enough!!Did u contact Rob on that number,if you want i will ring him first,im sure he will welcome ye the good aul irish way and put ye up for your stay.let us know how u get on.
All here in the mad house send their regards,and boy racer luke and beautifull Ann!!Should get a few browny points for that,take care,hugs and kisses,big bro!!
Hello Bigbro + Ann..
The campervan was $2000 for 4 weeks .. + petrol.. around $300 .. we were calculating and is as expensive as travelling on the bus and then sleeping in hostals .. but with this you are free to come and go and you don’t need to unpack your bags and carry the bags everysingle day..
It has fridge, sink and lots of space , cooker (you can save a bit if you cook) ..
I recomend you should check prices ..it will be beautiful from Seattle to Vancouver..I hope you can post a comment form there so we have more flags in the comments .. 🙂
Say hello to the rest of the family… !!
See yas!
Great shots! Loved the emu one.
i think they r soooooooooooooooooooo cute thanks bonnie
i realy like that koala it looks very cuite