20/5/09 Hey guys Today Brisbane had the worst storms in 100 years and the worst flooding since 1974. Anyway, I bragged last year about our place being spared by a flood but we’ve just gone underwater so I jinxed myself. I got home at 3.30pm after a street near work got flooded. By 5pm...
Brisbane Storms
22/11/08 Hey there dudes and dudettes So a few years ago when we were doing renovations, we decided to build some retaining walls and raise up our land, which I remember at the time was VERY expensive and we had ummmed and ahhhhed about whether it was worth it or not… Well… HOLY CRAP...
Ced’s Lamearse Snowboarding Accident In Austria
5/4/08 Gruss Gott to all you snow bunnies and wacko spackos Well, we are currently in Innsbruck, Austria which is the famous winter Olympics town in the Austrian Tyrolean Alps, and yesterday in the ski village of Kuttai, I had one of the most spastic, lamearse, limb threatening snowboarding accidents EVER!!! Now I had...
Fahrten Around Eastern Europe
2/4/08 Gruss Gott to all you movers, groovers and other furry animals Well I am currently in sitting in a crappy hotel in Munich in a cranky pants mood since today we rented a car to drive through the Bavarian Alps to go up to Zugspitze the highest mountain in Germany… but all...
Men Behaving Badly In Poland
23/3/08 Dzien Dobry and Wisowy Swiat (happy easter) to all you Polish sausages and Sour Krauts Well, as a completely rude shock to the system after bumming around stinking hot Africa last week, I am currently on a Eastern European road trip with 2 mates John Greco and John Cebula, and freezing my...
Charged By Gorillas In The Mist In Rwanda
16/3/08 Moraho to all you Muzungus and Magilla Gorillas Well, we are currently sitting in the Bourbon Coffee shop in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda and Man… I have to say, after Ethiopia and Tanzania, we really like Rwanda! The people are absolutely lovely, there is almost no hassles, begging or scams, and...
No Gnus Is Bad Gnus In The Serengetti, Tanzania
11/3/08 Jambo to all you crazy cats and hungry hungry hippos Well, we are currently in Arusha Town in Tanzania after finishing a 7 day camping safari, and hopefully tonight I’ll be able to get a good night’s sleep, since for the last few nights Avril has been pestering me to get up...
Ced Has A Whinge In Addis Ababa
3/3/08 Salaam to all you funky chickens Well, we are currently back in Addis Ababa after bumming around Northern Ethiopia and I’ve got to say… it’s really nice to be back in a big city, since travelling around the north of Ethiopia was actually quite tiring due to the amount of hassles we encountered....
A GRAVE Place To Take Dump In Lalibela, Ethiopia
28/2/08 Salaam Well, we are currently sitting sipping macchiatos surrounded by Jacarandas and Olive trees in the Seven Olives Hotel in the famous village of Lalibela on the Historial Circuit in Northern Ethiopia… And Man… today I did one of the most sacreligious things EVER!!! Now firstly, I’ll have to paint a picture of...
Ethiopia & The Bull Jumping Ceremony Of The Hamer Tribe
26/2/08 Ashamaa to all you crazy cats and jumpy bulls Well, we are now back in Addis Ababa after our FANTASTIC journey through the South Omo Valley, and all we can say is that this trip has been one of the most AMAZINGLY cultural experiences that we have ever had… on par with even...
Down And Dirty With The Dasanech Tribe In Ethiopia
24/2/2008 Tenayistillign to all you comfortable western world folk Well we are finishing up our trip around the Omo region in south Ethiopia and yesterday we got back from one of the most desolate villages we have ever seen. Yesterday morning our guide grabbed a kid who stuck us on a freakily...
Mursi Girls Who Give Lip In Ethiopia
22/2/08 Tenayistillign to all you friends, family and other furry animals Well we are currently in a small village called Jinka in the South Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia and HOLY SMOKES we’ve totally gone TRIBAL since, so far Ethiopia has blown us away with how interesting it is! Man… Ethiopia is...