Dav Down Under

Ive set up this blog site so you can see what im up to, where i am and meet the people ive met. Currently travelling through Southeast Asia. Had an amazing time last year travelling Australias East coast, working here and there to fund the partying! Shall be home to sunny Scotland early May, with debts to pay and tales to tell! I will try to keep the blog updated as much as possible. Feel free to comment on my pictures, as i will get back to you. Please enjoy! Dav

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Hello, how are you all.

Still in Cairns but leave for Brisbane in a few days for two weeks of banter!!!! No real banter im afraid, just the usual array of drunken antics like cutting my forehead and nose jumping into a pool from the first floor. oops.

Just read Neil's blog. Thay are having to fruitpick untill November. Ha ha, that will be wank. Get it up em!!!

Not others news, just happy.

Dx

Monday, September 25, 2006

Monday mornings are great eh?!?!

Well they are when you are in sunny Cairns. It hit 34'c apparently the other day, and forcast for 29 today, so it aint all bad.

A relatively quiet weekend, was out boozing it after the Celtic win over the scum, ending up in a club. All good except the music was very hardcore. In fact my ears are still ringinginging. Joe loved it though, as did the Flying Dutchman Leo- "that was the best club music i have heard in Australia" Are you having a laugh??

Any banter from back home? The emails have been very quiet. Get it snorted.

Untill we speak again, i bid a fiendish fairwell.

Peace Dx

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Oh my word. I have just returned from jumping out of a plane at 14,000 feet, and lived to tell the tale. By far the best thing I have ever done in a jump suit. Absolutely amazing. The rush as you tumble to earth, the shear force of the air on your face, the height and the fact its a piece of nylon stopping immanent death!!!

Still buzzing. About to watch the DVD of the whole thing so that will be good. Or bad, depending on whether it looks like I am about to relieve myself, while hanging out of the plane.

So now its some lunch, then an afternoon of white water rafting. I can see myself moving here to persue a life of adventure sports. Diving, surfing, skydiving, rafting..... What more would I want??? Oh and the gorgeous weather. I am hooked line and sinker.

Anyways better go and lay down in a darkened room to calm down.

Peace and parties. Dav x

Monday, September 18, 2006

So hello again from myself.
We made it to Cairns and with time to spare. The plan was to get up here with two weeks to go, sell the car and party. So we got here 4 days early, and began the process of trying to sell the beloved Casio. To our astonishment the whole process took 3 hours!!! We made up a poster to put in hostels, put them up in hostels at 1pm and by 3pm it was sold. $2000 of the german couples finest. We definately made a steal as we bought the car for $650. So a cheeky profit after expenses and everyones a winner. Thank ghod as i was running low on beer tokens.

So on thursday we go Skydiving and grade 5 white water rafting. Should be bonkers. Cant wait.

Then its just a slow walk till my folks arrive on the 3rd of October. Just think when they get here it will have been 8 months since i left Inversneck. Seems like yesterday.

Not much other news to report. Just having a top time at the moment, so untill that changes i have zero complaints. I have posted some Fraser Island, Whitsunday, and general banter pictures so please enjoy a la bablemon.

Hope you are all well, Davido

Sunday, September 17, 2006

So this guy would have no bother eating people.

A frozen shark at a Shark Museum exhabition thing.

Night falls over the Whitsundays.

The Whitsunday Islands at night.

Just before my first Scuba diving adventure on the Great Barrier Reef.

Joe, Dana and Nessy Three Hats.

Lots of Stingrays and small sharks to chase about in this lagoon on Whitehaven beach.

Beautiful view over Whithaven.

Whitehaven Beach, the Whitsundays. Paradise.

Never seen such a gay photo in my life. Look at teh affro on Colin. What a legend.

A toast to good times.

Little and large.

Conor struggling with a sticky one.

The whole group of legends.

The return of team Ireland. Lee, Mark and (English) Joe, ha ha.

Lake Wabbie on Fraser. Mental Emerald coloured pool.

"Jeff, stop touching me willy!"

Myself, Ziggy before the drinking games.

Shells on a piece of driftwood. Just call me David Bailey.

View from Indian Heads. Alot of sharks use this area for breeding. NO SWIMMING!

A wild Dingo!!!

Our Jeep on Fraser Island. This thing will be used and abused alot over the coming days!!!

By day at the Mahino wrecks.

Team Cream at the Mahino wrecks.

Team Scotland at the Mahino wrecks.

Thats someones tent underneath Colin.

If you kinda squint, and drink 5 litres of wine, you may notice a small resemblence to the Charlies Angels.

Colin, Emily, Some random freak-show, Sara, Ryan, Terry and Dana. Let the drinking comence.

Chicken pox results in spots, fever and comical facial expressions!

Not sober!

Notice sand on forehead!

Going in for the kiss Dana??? Joe will not be chuffed.

Couple of casualties here!

Spilt your goon joe?

Joe seems to be enjoying himself!!!

Nice tongue action from the german guy Ziggy.

Colin on the goon.

A jelly fish on the beach.

The Mahino wreck as the sun disappears.

View along Fraser Island at dusk.

Colin at the Mahino wreck site.

Mahino wreck.

The Mahino Wreck at dusk

The gang on Fraser Island, left to right, me (unshaven for two weeks, nice), Colin, Ryan,Sara, Emily, Pube Head, Ziggy, Terry, Joe and Dana.

Lake MacKenzie on Fraser Island

A massive aguana lizard climing a tree to feed on eggs.

Joe, Dana and Colin on Rainbow Beach.

Views from Rainbow Beach

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Good day to those who are bored enough to enjoy another bout of my incriptically boring jibber.

At this moment in time i am on Magnetic Island, sounds exotic eh, with Colin, Dana and Joe, and those cheeky little scamps the Irish. We came over here with the promise of it being a party island. It is'nt. It is very reaxed, with SFA to do apart from walks and to our pleasure play golf. So play golf we shall!!!

Leave here later today, over the sea to Townsville. From there we will head north, stop in Mission Beach, cue Mission Impossible theme tune, then up to Cairns. So our Aussie journey is all but over. Boo hoo!

My folks will be here in less than three weeks, so i did what i had though i would never have done. I got my hair-cut!!!!! Believe me it was a bit of a shock when i looked in the mirror. But at least i look semi-respectable. (if only they could do something about my mind, im not normal.)

I had hoped to have the Fraser Island and Whitsundays photo's up by now, but this PC doesn't have options to upload. Will defo get them up within the next week, so keep looking my site up!!!

I hear the boys back home have settled in ok. Any news about work lads?? Probably best putting work off till the last minute, because its a spiral to depression. Or so i hear. Best of luck to you legends.

Better go find myself something to do, or more likely go play golf. Fore!!

Your in constant love and affection, Davido Galliano

Friday, September 08, 2006

Hello people.

So Im still in Airlie Beach, having recently returned from a fantastic 3 days sailing the beautiful Whitsundays. I cannot describe how beautiful it really was. Blue waters of every shade, crystal clear waters, pure white sand and unbelievable marine life. Seen stingrays, ghod bless Steve Irwin, sharks, every colour of fish possible and of course the beautiful, majestic coral. Went to Whitehaven beach, words cant describe its beauty. Did a bit of scuba diving and snorkeling, well into it now. So all in all a fantastic few days!!!

When we got back it was a night of International drinking banter. Us Scots, the Irish, Dutch, Germans, French and Australians!!!! Airlie Beach did not know what had hit it. A very good night had by all, leading to a few sore heads in the morning. Every action.......Reaction.

So the plan at the moment is to head north to Mission Beach and do a skydive, visit Magnetic Island, hit Cairns for some white water rafting, a bungy jump, crocodile tour and visit Cape Tribulation. Busy and expensive times, but well worth it.

Hopefully sell our car soon, that will get us some cash for the October arrival of my folks, brother, his fiance and of course Wendy. Cant wait. Then it will be time to leave sunny Australia for the crazy land of Asia. So its all go!!!

Anyways I had better go sort things out. Hope to hear from you all soon, email me, davgallacher@hotmail.com or leave a comment on my blog.

Keep it gansta, hail hail, Dav.x

Sunday, September 03, 2006

First thing first, i apologise for having not updated in over a week. or two. oops sorry.

i have managed to pack alot in since my bout of chicken pox. i left bundaberg heading for Rainbow beach, the minute i left i felt amazing. we stayed on rainbow for one night then went on the fraser island trip. best three days. it got better when i got back to find our irish friends had just arrived. wont go into details of what happened on fraser, cant really be arsed typing, but will share the stories when i get home for christmas.

from there we have been travelling up teh coast. drinking, partying etc..... at airlie now, about to do the whitsundays. shall be good.

anywyas, sorry im being lazy. but will put pics of fraser and the whitsundays up when i get back next week. peace Dav