Posted by
Anny Chih on September 1, 2009 at 3:05 pm.
Wicked Campers is sponsoring my month-long trip around Queensland (many Thanks!) by loaning me this decked-out 4WD van. Cool eh?
Posted by
Anny Chih on August 30, 2009 at 8:44 pm.
Australia has great coffee, but there are a few differences in terminology here that I think are noteworthy for a North American coffee lover:
In North America, a “regular” or “black” coffee means a cup of drip coffee. In Australia, a “regular” is usually a “flat white” (think latte but without the 1/4 foam) and a “black” is usually a “long black.”
Around 2004, Starbucks changed all of their coffee machines in Canada from the traditional manual hand-held espresso machines to the fully automated monsters. Since then, they haven’t been able to produce a real “long black.” A long black is a black coffee made through the espresso machine where the water goes through one scoop of grinds until you tell it to stop. Because the automatic monsters will only allow you to produce one shot per scoop, if you order a “long black” at a Canadian Starbucks you’ll either get several espresso shots that fill up the cup (if the barista is really nice), or an Americano (a couple shots of espresso with hot water). If this has changed, please let me know.
Posted by
Anny Chih on August 23, 2009 at 12:27 am.
One of the things I definitely wanted to do while in Mooloolaba, was visit Underwater World. According to my Lonely Planet Queensland guidebook, it’s supposed to be “the largest tropical oceanarium in the southern hemisphere” and I remembered that their website looked really good (though looking back on it now, I can’t find that cool interactive map I thought they had).
Posted by
Anny Chih on August 22, 2009 at 11:00 am.
When my boss told me he had an apartment in Mooloolaba, in my head I pictured a normal apartment like the kind you or I would live in. It probably should’ve rung a bell in my head when Sara told me there would be a cleaning service but I pictured a cute old couple who happened to live in my fictional apartment building that offered cleaning services to the other residents when they were away.