Pictures - Freycinet National Park Weekend - Updated 5th May

Stopping for lunch on the way back to Honeymoon Bay (it is a 3 hours walk and all we had to eat was "corned beef with cereal")

Walking along the beach On arrival at the extremely windy Hazards Beach, we found 2 german girls
After packing up from Wineglass Bay, we made the 30 miknute journey across the peninsula, to Hazards beach. The picture is of me in a tree
After making the 2 hour walk down from the lookout point, and then across the beach, we found an ideal place for our three man tent. We slept in it for one night and this picture is taken in the morning
Juan going for an early morning jog in full support of Real Madrid
Wineglass Bay in the morning
Juan, Ben and Tim in front of Wineglass Bay
Ben, Juan and The Man sitting on a rock!
Panoramic Photograph of Wineglass Bay
After a very tough walk up, with full backpacks, we arrived at the Wineglass Bay viewing point
On friday of week 8, the rest of the team went back to Launceston, but we got dropped off at Freycinet National Park. We would spend the weekend trekking around Wineglass Bay and Coles Bay

Pictures - Week 8 - Bicheno - Updated 29th April

Fearlessly holding a dangerous tiger snake (not really scared, the sun was in my eyes)
A joey and its mother
Digging holes in the ground for signposts
The kangaroos taking some time off as it gets hot in Bicheno
Me and Juan taking some time off as its gets hot in Bicheno
The koalas awake for a few hours
Wombats playing follow the leader
These very cute wombats are just like huge hamsters
A pademelon with a baby in its pouch
A Tasmanian devil sheltering from the rain
Kangaroo creeping up for more food. This hungry one will make a few tasty roo steaks one day!
Animals at feeding time
Drunk wallaby holds onto the ground
Jan, Florian and the curious Kangaroos and Wallabies

Me and Ben amongst wallabies and swans
On arrival at Natureworld in Bicheno

Catch-Up Time

I believe the last thing i wrote about was Week 4 in Zeehan, and that was a great week, but since then, i've spent too much time trying to put photos up on the blog. I've put many photos up on photobucket, but they are heavily compressed and therefore don't look that good. Anyway, i need somewhere to put photos up and the blog is the easiest place.

Now onto Week 5 then.

This week we would be down in Hobart doing some conservation work in various areas, and we were going to stay in the CVA volunteer house. Jim was once again at the helm of the CVA van and pointed out many sights and places on our way down there. As well as me, there was Ben, Tom, Jan, Florian and a new guy called Leo, who was Australian, and would inevitably convince us about the goodness of Australian apples. First of all there was a small town call Bagdad, and then a nice area called the Walls of Jerusalem, very historic names i think you'll agree. When we got to Hobart, we started work at the Truganini Reserve, which is named after the last full Aborginal in Tasmania. We spent a couple of hours making flower beds look nicer and then we went to the pub for a well earned...soft drink, in order to meet up with Jim's daughter. Later on that evening, Jim's daughter Linda, invited us over to her house for a barbecue and drinks. The house looked good, the food was tasty and the plasma screen was huge, but we didn't care about all that because Team America was on. We laughted a lot, and then some more -- that film is definately funnier the second time you watch it. On Tuesday we worked with Kingborough council to clear a path near Bruny Island. A bloke from the council had a chainsaw and literally logged the whole forest area, while our job was to take the branches away. It became quite laborious but Jim took us to the Australian Antarctic Building after work, and we dressed up like explorers. Pictures were taken.

Wednesday would prove to be a tough day in some ways, but a memorable one in others. We were at Sandfly working with Kingborough council again, but this time we were cutting down trees. Armed with saws we got started on removing pine trees from a large area of woodland. There were scores of pine trees, but each one felled made a better noise than the one before. By the end of the day, i managed about 10 on my own, and another 8 or 9 as a group. Attacking wide trees alone wasn't easy and thus we took turns in sawing. Considering that we are all now experts in destruction, this project was definately one of our favourite ones. That day we had lunch with some Green Corps who were working nearby on a large cricket oval. They aren't as strong as us lads from CVA so they were given the job of painting instead. It was however good to get talking to a few aussie girls, one of whom made quite an impression. I believe she told Leo that she wanted to be a geisha. Which is crazy considering that she's australian. We all had a ni*ce evening. On Thursday we worked with school kids while some of us were still hungover, and then on friday it rained. It was a shame that it was raining because our task for the day was the entire removal of Pussy Willow and Crack Willow. A good thing about friday though was that we convinced the boss of the council to get us a sort of reward for all our hard work [sic] and so he bought us 5 different packs of Tim-Tams, which are probably the best thing to come out of Australia since Boag's beer, Neighbours, and Kylie, of course. They are basically superior penguin bars and i'm sure i'll bring back a few for tasting purposes. On the way back to Launceston we had a lot of fun discussing the many wonders of Australian apples with Leo. Friday night was St Patricks Day -- We arrived back from Hobart to find Jun-Pei, Kazunobu and Juan -- Two Japanese guys and a Spaniard. Jun-Pei would now be known as Sean Penn, and Kazunobu would be known as Casanova because those names are easier to say. On Saturday we woke up and met up Leo again because he was about to leave for Bendigo. He was a good laugh and we're gonna hopefully meet up with him again in Melbourne.

General Pictures - Last Updated 19th April

Bridport - Juan
Carlos at work in Bridport (picking out sea spurge)
Carlos, Juan, Jan, Ben, Tom
Bridport Action Shots - Me
Bridport Action Shots - Me
Bridport Action Shots - Jan
Bridport Action Shots - Ben
Me and the Columbian
The sea at Bridport
Bridport in B&W
Bridport in B&W
Chilling out in front of the fire as the nights get colder
Ben going for a new look at Chickenfeed - bargains with a smile
Saying our farewells to Jim at the Wok & Grill (he left for China)
All at work, loading weeds and trees onto a flat bed
Weeding out bone-seed at Swan Bay

Week 7 - Swan Bay
Tim quickly took advantage of the free Boag's
The Spaniard couldn't find a glass
I pulled the pump for a joke, and out came free beer lol
110 Million Milli-litres of Boags in that tank. OH YEAH
The Boag's Brewery - second to Guinness
Juan brought down to size by Tom, and a football
Sean Penn, Tom, Casanova, Me, Ben, King Juan
The monkeys at city park, and us
The monkeys again, picking stuff out of each other
Custom-made noodles at the Noodle Box. Udon noodles, chicken and tofu in teriyaki sauce
Tim chillin in our tv/dining/living/farting/burping room
Ben at the BBQ cookin up some steaks
Making the spaghetti with my eyes closed
Tim and his classic garlic mushrooms - mmm... champignones init
Week 6 - Working at Nabowla, Carlos thinks he has found a leech

The Japanese Macaques at City Park - i have 2 coming back to the UK with me
Graham, Ben, Vicky, Jim
It was good food and Boag's at Paul's
Rod, Graham's wife, Graham, Ben, Tom having our BBQ at Paul's house after golf
Jim, Rod, Tim, Ben, Paul
Playing Golf at Grindelwald - the Swiss Village in Tasmania. (Tom, Ben, CVA Regional Manager Paul)
Having our Pizza Hut pizzas in the park. $4.95 each. Thats about 2pounds sterling for a large pizza :). Tassie is so cheap.
Florian, Ben, Me, Jan, Tim, Sean Penn (Joon-Pei)
Taking a picture in a unique way
Tom drinking from the "Forsaken Bottle"
Jan's 21st. Juan can't describe how happy he is for Jan
Tom, Juan, and Casanova (Kazunobu). The new spanish guy (Juan) has just made us a true Spanish Omelette
Can you spot the eye?
Preparation for curry night
Jim got his van stuck and had to get it towed as we waited. A big blow for Tasmania's greatest driver
Regional Manager Paul's new car
Working with Rod for a day, at Skemps Reserve
Relaxing beside Cataract Gorge - great Launceston weather
Ethel the Frog at the saloon bar
Tom enjoying the coronary taco - this guy has a stomach of steel
Music and boating at Royal Park
Enjoying our hard-earned Tim-Tams
Leo the apple man Kiss chase It was cold while they were stuck in the clouds Looking over Tasmania's capital Up at Mt Wellington in Hobart Florian entertaining the girls at Irish Murphy's The view from the CVA house in Hobart I cooked this meal haha! Its blue rice with flattened rissoles We spent wednesday sawing down pine trees - this one took under 10 minutes
Fun at the Australian Antarctic Division
The Australian Antarctic Division
They were a little heavy
Taking a break at Kingborough
A little town called Bagdad - a place like home, on the way to Hobart
Local wildlife !!
Week 5 - Working hard in Hobart - The Truganini Reserve
Out for nearly an hour, tom had "stepped on a duck" - farted :)
Cataract Gorge bridge
Flower got us wallaby steaks and crayfish! Yum
Ben, Tom, Me, Fergus, .., Jim, Joe, Jan, Florian, Cristin
Having lunch at Strahan - Hats have never really suited Fergus
Ben, Tim, German girl, Jan, Me, Fergus, Carlos, Joe, Florian
Week 4 - Going to Zeehan - Thats Cradle Mountain and my fingers
Nice...
Carlos was a tight squeeze
Going for a spin
Week 3 - Duch Reach Point, walking track - The old car wreck
All facing the same direction, and ready to fire
A nice evening at the local (that is 40 minutes away)
The remains were found later that day
They stayed like this for less than 5 seconds


Gordon Ramsey himself
Steak night! Stuff that legends are made of
1 minute later
X-Rated
Gilligan's Island
Inquisitive tassie devils

Tasmanian Devils 'R Cool
These are probably canaries, but i wasn't listening
Parrots at the wildlife park
The whole gang, taking another break
Having a go at brush strimming

Ben beginning the tradition of wednesday curry night
Our room, with beds and everything
Great Aussie wit


Week 2 - Swan Point - Working hard, digging holes
The biggest, deadliest spider on earth (not really, but it was big)
Tim's goatie just keeps on growing
The McOz burger tastes great Ben, HJ, Me, MJ, Mariko
Cutting and pasting, and destroying
Florian, Jan, Jim, Ben and Tom working hard not to pose

The view at Georgetown


Week 1 - Georgetown - Cutting down my first tree
Trying to get the timers on our cameras to work! (Take 4)

Jan, Florian, Jim, Mariko, Ben, Tom, Suzy, Mi Jin, Juan, HJ, Carlos (DOM JOLY)

Its a steep 3 km walk home
Cataract Gorge Suspension Bridge







Cataract Gorge



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