Ipswich, Australia - 24th October 2009
By: misterteapot
Hitched a ride? Naaaaaah... misterteapot KIDNAPPED me!
He dragged me all around south-east Queensland and photographed me in some horrendous places!
Now he's got me down here in rainy Coffs Harbour, on the mid-north coast of New South Wales!
We left Ipswich Sunday 25 October 2009 and arrived Coffs Harbour Monday 27 October 2009.
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Posted Oct 26, 2009, 11:43 pm
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Ipswich, Australia - 24th October 2009
By: misterteapot
Saturday 24 October 2009
Today I travelled from Ipswich to Brisbane by train, to go to a Postcrossing Meetup. Along the way from Roma Street Railway Station in Brisbane to Cafe "21" at the end of the Queen Street Mall, the teapot collected 4 more creatures to join us for morning tea... they are Karen Koala, Percy Platypus, Eustace Echidna and Wally Wombat. This photograph shows glenasena, misterteapot and us enjoying a break from preparing postcards before the Meetup. Karen the Koala is very shy and is hiding behind teapot's latte...
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Posted Nov 8, 2009, 2:57 am Last edited Nov 9, 2009, 12:22 am by misterteapot
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Brisbane, Australia - 24th October 2009
By: misterteapot
Saturday 24 October 2009
Here I am at the Postcrossing Meetup, held in "D'Amici's" Restaurant at South Bank... you can see the rest of the Meetup Fauna here with me. The two strange looking birds are pens, a gift from Finnish postcrosser Huppu68 to crizle and glenasena...
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Posted Nov 8, 2009, 3:10 am Last edited May 31, 2010, 4:41 am by misterteapot
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Brisbane, Australia - 24th October 2009
By: misterteapot
Saturday 24 October 2009
This next photograph shows what crizle had for her lunch... she didn't share
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Posted Nov 8, 2009, 3:12 am Last edited Nov 8, 2009, 3:13 am by misterteapot
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Brisbane, Australia - 24th October 2009
By: misterteapot
Saturday 24 October 2009
This next photograph shows what the teapot had for his afternoon tea... it is called an affogato, a shot of espresso coffee poured over a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. teapot has had this wonderful beverage in places all over the World (including several times here before at "D'Amici's"), but this is the first time he has ever seen it served in a cocktail glass
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Posted Nov 8, 2009, 3:17 am Last edited May 31, 2010, 4:41 am by misterteapot
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Ipswich Qld, Australia - 25th October 2009
By: misterteapot
Here I am scanning some maps to work out a route to get from Ipswich to Coffs Harbour... (Sunday 25 October 2009) We travelled from Ipswich to Beaudesert, via Canungra to Nerang, where we stayed overnight in a Motel... Nerang is on the Nerang River, near to the famous Gold Coast of SE Queensland.
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Posted Feb 9, 2010, 11:26 pm Last edited Feb 9, 2010, 11:29 pm by misterteapot
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Springwood National Park Qld, Australia - 26th October 2009
By: misterteapot
Next morning we travelled to Springwood National Park, in the Gold Coast Hinterland, SE Queensland... this next photo shows me having an early morning snack of Davidson's Plums (a native rain-forest tree; they are edible and contain very high amounts of vitamin C) and the berries from the Lilli Pilli tree (another native tree; these berries make wonderful jam)... then you can see me sitting on the sign leading towards the "Natural Bridge" (also known as the "Natural Arch"), one of the attractions in the park... the next photo shows me sitting on the safety rail near the Bridge (look how big the Davidson's Plums are here!)... then there is a picture of me with the sign telling people not to go into the cave under the Bridge, because it is not allowed for ToyVoyagers to go into the Glow-worm and Bat Cave... the last photograph shows me with a postcard from the "Natural Bridge".
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Posted Feb 9, 2010, 11:42 pm Last edited Jun 3, 2010, 1:48 am by misterteapot
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Various, Australia - 26th October 2009
By: misterteapot
The next day (26'10'2010) we headed off for Coffs Harbour, down through the Numinbah Valley. The first two photographs shows me on the signs that delineate the border between Queensland and New South Wales (I thought I had made a mistake with my route when I saw the sign "No Through Road" on the NSW border sign... but teapot told me that the sign was put there to keep the cane toads out of New South Wales... people from Queensland are called "Cane Toads" - there I am sitting on the fence post below the sign).
We travelled through some beautiful countryside and visited many little towns along the way. Unfortunately teapot's camera had "died" at the postcrossing Meetup, so there aren't many photographs of this wonderful trip. The pictures you see here are courtesy of our travelling companion (postcrosser glenasena).
One of the places we visited was Nimbin, and I went to the Nimbin Hemp Embassy to present my credentials. Then I played the bongo in the Embassy, to see if I would qualify for the Nimbin Youth Orchestra (I always thought the bongo was part of the percussion section of the orchestra, but teapot assured me it is a wind instrument that you suck but don't blow).
When it was lunchtime we went to a bakery and teapot bought me this icon of Australian cuisine... a genuine meat pie! Delicious! Some people put a lot of tomato sauce on their pie, but teapot said I should eat it without any sauce, because I am saucy enough already! While we were there a huge motorbike arrived and the owner (who was riding his way around Australia) told me I could have a little drive of it. I couldn't reach the throttle, my arms are waaaaaaay too short!
Later that afternoon we stopped at Kyogle for afternoon tea, and I had another delicious icon of Aussie cuisine... the truly wonderful "Cream Horn". It is made of flaky pastry in a cone shape (just like a waffle ice-cream cone) and filled with freshly whipped real cream, with a shot of strawberry jam added. This particular bakery makes the real thing, filled with real cream, (not like most bakeries who use that dreadful confectioners cream made of who-knows-what)!
We finally made it to Coffs Harbour, and I settled into the teapot's little flat out near Park Beach
I hope you enjoy these pictures
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Posted Jun 1, 2010, 1:43 am Last edited Jun 1, 2010, 1:46 am by misterteapot
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Karangi Dam NSW, Australia - 22nd November 2009
By: misterteapot
Hi hi everybody
Today I went for a picnic to Karangi Dam, the storage reservoir for Coffs Harbour's water supply.
http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/www/html/508-karangi-dam.asp
It was a very hot day, and we were the only visitors to the picnic area, which consists of ONE table with bench seats attached. We had our lunch in the shade of some beautiful trees on the side of the road nearby.
The first photograph shows me on the gate that gives entry to the dam wall (ToyVoyagers aren't allowed to go through the gate, but I could have slipped through easily!)
The next photograph shows me on top of the box that is supposed to hold a "lifebuoy", to be used in case I fell into the water. There was no glass to break, there was no lifebuoy! So, I went on lifeguard duty for a while, just in case anybody fell into the water... nobody did... nobody came
The next photograph shows me hanging around one of the bridge's we had to cross to get home... where I am staying is surrounded by rivers and creeks... I don't know how to pronounce this river's name! Or the bridge name! Strange people these Aussies... they give funny names to things!
The last photograph shows me sitting on the barrier put across the road to stop people from driving into the Orara River! During the big floods that were in this area earlier this year the bridge across the river here got washed away!
teapot's street address is now "South Island Loop Road" (we moved out here from the city last November)... this doesn't mean that there is a "North Island Loop Road"! What it means is that Island Loop Road is exactly that, a Loop Road that goes around an island created by the Orara River, and teapot lives on the southern portion of the road, so, "South Island Loop Road"... simple!
Because the road was cut here, we had to drive home the long way, via North Island Loop Road
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Posted Jun 3, 2010, 1:27 am Last edited Jun 3, 2010, 1:50 am by misterteapot
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Coffs Harbour Jetty Park, Australia - 25th December 2009
By: misterteapot
Today I went to Christmas lunch with a some friends. We went to a beautiful park near the Coffs Harbour Jetty and Marina. There weren't many people there when we arrived, but by lunchtime the park was full to overflowing. The traditional Christmas cooked lunch is not so common now in Australia, and the majority of people will have a barbecue, or a picnic, or seafood and salad (of course some people still do the roasted chicken/turkey, ham, baked potatoes, roasted pumpkin, with sauces and gravies, and all sorts of other foods).
The first photograph shows me fighting off a huge dragon that came to eat all our food! teapot said it is called a "blue-tongued lizard" but it sure looks like a dragon to me!
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Eastern-Blue-tongue-Lizard
The next photo shows me sitting in the (almost empty!) container that teapot brought some cinnamon rolls in that he had made for our morning tea (traditional Finnish recipe).
Then there is a photo of me having a rest with another strange creature that was at the gathering... he/she is sitting awful close!
You can also see me eating my Christmas pudding, with brandy custard... the cardboard box in the background has my drinking water in it :P
The last photograph shows me and the Purple People Eater having a little doze in the Christmas tree... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Posted Jun 7, 2010, 2:16 am Last edited Jun 7, 2010, 2:27 am by misterteapot
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Various, Australia - 17th January 2010
By: misterteapot
Today teapot took me for a tour by road. We drove up towards Grafton and then diverted onto Armidale road towards Dorrigo. We had our morning tea in the town park at Nymboida. You can see me in the first photograph sitting among the goodies
The next photograph shows me near the Jack Feeney Memorial Tallowwood tree, just outside Dorrigo. This tree is huge! It is 57m tall!
In the afternoon we went to see the beautiful Dangar Falls...
On the way home we called in to see the abandoned Railway Station at Ulong, on the (now closed) Glenreagh to Dorrigo Railway line... one photograph shows me sitting in the 'bus that once met the trains to take the people up to the town of Ulong. Another shows me sitting in the air-conditioned carriages that they used on this line... and some others around the railway yard.
It was a lovely sunny day and I really enjoyed my trip
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Posted Jun 9, 2010, 2:19 am Last edited Jun 16, 2010, 12:34 am by misterteapot
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Upper Orara NSW, Australia - 15th June 2010
By: misterteapot
Here I am looking after the cows while they have their lunch
teapot's house is right in the middle of a HUGE dairy farm and the girls often come up to the paddocks that circle the house and yard. These are all Jersey cows... they give lots of rich creamy milk.
Upper Orara is in a high rainfall area, caused by the mountains that surround the district (that's why the grass is so long and green)... we are actually in the Orara Valley.
There are a lot more girls than this in the herd! The others are off in another paddock somewhere else
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Posted Jun 16, 2010, 12:32 am Last edited Jun 16, 2010, 12:38 am by misterteapot
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Upper Orara NSW, Australia - 17th June 2010
By: misterteapot
LIFE MISSION
teapot likes to read two or three books simultaneously, and this photograph shows me with the three books being read now.
The big book I am sitting on is a biography of Dennis Potter by Humphrey Carpenter...
Hardback: 672 pages
Publisher: faber and faber (1998)
Language: English
ISBN: 0 571 17685 2
The book on the left is a novel, "The Rule of Four", by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason...
Paperback: 527 pages
Publisher: arrow books (2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0 09 945195 6
The book on the right is an autobiographical series of short stories, "Footloose in Australia", by Patsy Adam-Smith...
Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: Rigby (1977)
Language: English
ISBN: 0 7270 0272 4
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Posted Jun 17, 2010, 12:45 am Last edited Jun 17, 2010, 12:52 am by misterteapot
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Upper Orara NSW, Australia - 19th June 2010
By: misterteapot
The first photograph shows Mrs Rednecked pademelon with her baby (called a "joey") having breakfast in our back yard early this morning... the second photograph is a better view of them over my head... they are looking straight at me!
http://www.rootourism.com/fsheet66.htm
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Posted Jun 20, 2010, 2:46 am Last edited Jun 20, 2010, 2:48 am by misterteapot
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Houlahans Bridge Upper Orara NSW, Australia - 20th June 2010
By: misterteapot
Do you remember this first photograph? It was taken on 22 November last year... I was just hanging around Houlahans Bridge and enjoying the breeze... well, the second photograph, taken today (20'06'2010) shows me on the same signpost (that's ME! Sitting on the sign between RIVER and BRIDGE), but with the NEW Houlahans Bridge under construction in the background... and then a photo showing the new bridge more clearly... it is to be officially opened sometime this month.
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Posted Jun 20, 2010, 2:54 am Last edited Jul 4, 2010, 1:49 am by misterteapot
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