Wikid Fish & Chip Shop on the Sunshine Coast

Address: 6/144 Brisbane Rd, Mooloolaba, Qld 4557 Australia
Ph: (07) 5444 4819
Offer: 10% discount on all food orders over $20 for all wikid Wicked Campers customers
Website: Pretty sure they don’t have one.

What would you expect to find on Australia’s Sunshine Coast?

You’re probably thinking…

“I would expect to find Sunshine… and maybe a bit of Coast…”

Well, if that’s you then give yourself and person next to you a pat on the back - you’re absolutely not wrong! The Sunny Coast has both in abundance so why not treat yourself to a day at the beach in Mooloolaba?

Bumming it up at the beach can be hungry work so you’ll need to think about food. As any true blue Aussie will tell you, there’s only two valid options for lunch after a morning spent relaxing at the beach (or getting pile-driven by waves… watch out for those sand bars!):

Midday Breakfast Menu for Surfing Backpackers

• Pies and Sausage Rolls, and/or
• Fish and Chips.

While we’re not saying that bakery fresh goodness is not totally awesome, today’s recommendation is for you to stock up on starch and get some Wikid Hot Chips in your guts.

Wikid is a fish & chip shop in Mooloolaba located on Brisbane Rd. In other words, they’re really, really close to the beach! An interesting point to note about Wikid is how they chose their name. You see, one half of the husband and wife team who own and operate the shop actually goes by the name of Wiki, so slap a ‘d’ on the end of that and you’ve got yourself a Wikid name for a fish and chip shop!

Gorge yourself on hot chips

Fight off those hangover pangs with a battered sav or chiko roll. Tell Steve and Wiki you heard about Wikid on www.WickedFriends.com and they’ll slice 10% off your order of over $20!

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Kangaroos. They’re nasty little buggers… have a geeze at this vid - it’s like they’re battlin’ out a gangland turf war…

Boxing Kangaroo Video on Youtube

Mad propz to jezzamiabullfrog for capturing this awesome footage!

If you cuddle a koala then you might catch the clap but fuck with a kangaroo and you’ll get a bitch slap.

Kangaroos can kick the absolute crap out of humans and they like nothing better than rolling (hopping, actually) with their mob (aka troop), shaking eucalyptus trees and intimidating their wimpy wallaby cousins. These critters turn into Bouncing Death Monsters when provoked so poking them with a stick is heartily discouraged.

If you couldn’t tell from the youtube vid, kangaroos “box” by balancing on their beefcake tails and kicking really, really hard into the belly and groin of their opponent. Consider that their legs have evolved for jumping and are incredibly powerful, such activity can make for a very sore belly and groin. The common backpacker’s belly and groin usually hurts enough after a night on the turps (i.e. days ending in ‘day’) so they sure as shit shouldn’t be looking to tussle with a kangaroo anytime this experience of a lifetime.

Yeah sure, kangaroos are cute in a wiry, dogfaced sort of way but remember, Kangaroos are a menace to drivers, especially at night! They’ll hop safely away from your Wicked campervan when they see you coming but the headlights from your rental camper will cast a shadow in front them as you get closer to them. This scares the living shit out of them! Rather than pick a fight with their own shadow, kangaroos moronically prefer to fling themselves in front of your most excellent vehicle just in time to cop the full brunt of your Recreational Velocity.

The WORST Thing You Can Do Whilst Backpacking in Australia Is SWERVE to avoid hitting a kangaroo or any other animal!!

To put it in simple English:

“Just run the fuckers over!”

To be a little more precise, hit the brakes and maintain your direction.
Don’t feel bad about running them down… we’ve got shitloads of ‘em!

Likely outcome of running down a suicidal ratbag kangaroo

• Minor vehicle damage, and
• one dead roo

Likely outcome of swerving to avoid boofhead kangaroos

• van rolls four times down a steep hill and crashes into a gumnut tree, and
• up to three dead backpackers.

At least you saved the Kangaroo’s life…

Do you think the little mongrels appreciate it? Not a bloody chance! If they could talk and use phones these skeevy little bastards would call a tow truck company in order to get the finders fee (hint: you can profit from witnessing motor vehicle accidents in Australia) before they called the ambulance (if at all… grubs!). The National Emergency phone number in Australia is 000 as in Zero, Zero, Zero as in Triple Oh… dial that that number when you risk the lives of the friends and hitchhiking strangers in your van by swerving to avoid a kangaroo and you need the Police, Fire & Ambulance services to come by and scoop you up.

REMEMBER: It is better to kickbox a kangaroo with your kombi than it is to careen off a cliff in a campervan!

You can find kangaroos and other animals at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast or at Australia Zoo in Beerwah near the Sunshine Coast

Here’s another video of kangaroo’s boxing. It’s a bit lame compared to the first one but if you check out Youtube’s related videos you’ll probably find some sweet ones.

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Forster Dive Centre - Scuba Diving and Snorkeling

Address: 11-13 Little St, Forster NSW 2428, Australia
Ph: (02) 6555 4477 or 0416 168 542 (mobile)
Offer: $50 off dive courses including Learn to dive, 10% off already certified divers, 10% off Swim with Dolphins cruise for customers of Wicked Campers
Website: Forster Dive Centre

The Forster Dive Centre can show you the best dive locations on the Mid North Coast of NSW. With a full range of scuba diving equipment available for hire and located right on the waterfront, boat trips and dive charters around Forster and Seal Rocks areas are easily accessible and thoroughly enjoyable!

The Forster Dive Centre crew even have their very own boat by the name of “Dive Cat”. The boat can carry up to 12 divers plus a Divemaster and Skipper. Every dive trip is accompanied by a fully trained Divemaster or Instructor.

Learn to Scuba Dive at Forster Dive Centre Diving School

Whether you’re a beginner trying out scuba diving for the first time or you’re at a professional / Divemaster level, the Forster Dive Centre offers a wide range of dive courses to suit your needs. Successful completion of all course portions leads to an internationally recognised certification.
They keep their classes small so you can rest assured you’ll get the individual care and attention you deserve.

Scuba Diving Locations near Forster / Tuncurry

There’s at least 20 or more spots around Forster for scuba dive and snorkeling enthusiasts to go diving, with more being discovered all the time. We’ve only listed a few here - check out Forster Dive Centre’s Dive Sites page for more locations.

The Pinnacles: 24-41 metres.
Word has it that this spot is a beauty for diving, snorkeling and fishing. Expect to see schools of Pelagic Fish, Yellow Fin Tuna, Kingfish and Marlin. If you’re lucky enough you might even get a glimpse of a Grey Nurse Shark or Large Crayfish. Please note: If you’re still learning to dive scuba then you might want to try something else as this is an advanced dive.

Latitude Reef: 10-18 metres.
Although there are many spots to go snorkeling in Forster, the Latitude Reef diving location is easily Forster’s most popular dive site. This is the place to find friendly Moray Eels and Blue Groper looking to mooch off divers for a free lunch. Wobbegong and the odd Grey Nurse Shark find shelter in the numerous rocky gutters sheltering Port Jackson. Butterfly Cod, Turtles and numerous varieties of other fish also call Latitude Reef home.

Bennetts Head Bommie: 5-11 metres.
This reef is located below the lookout at Forster and a key feature of this dive is the cave in the outer side of the reef you can swim through. Keep an eye out for Anemone, Nudibranch, Kelp beds, large Bull Rays as well as Port Jackson & Wobbie Bommie. A good second dive.

Seal Rocks Scuba Diving Locations

Little Seal Rocks: 20-30 Metres
This is a great spot for scuba and snorkelling with a dazzling array of fish life, swim throughs, big boulders, colourful corals (soft and hard) and sponges. Giant Bull Rays and large black Cod have also been known to hang out here. Highly recommended.

Big Seal Rock: 10 –30 metres
Sharks, more sharks and a buttload of pelagic fish can be found here most times of the year. Excitement plus for the adrenal gland abusers.

S.S. Satara: 42 Metres,
Measuring up at 125 metres long and 45 metres deep, the Satara is the East Coast’s largest diveable wreck - Available by special arrangement and for experienced divers only! You must hold at least Advanced Certification, Deep diver Certification (or equivalent) and have logged deep dives recently.

Underwater Photography with Forster Scuba Dive Centre

The water around Forster has an impressive clarity most of the year which makes observing and photographing the marine life an unforgettable experience. The main attractions are the Grey Nurse Sharks that can be seen all year round. Seal Rocks is world renowned for its wall to wall Grey Nurse Sharks and amazing underwater terrain.

Check out Forster Dive Centre’s photo gallery.

Go cruising and swim with dolphins in Forster all year round!

For more information about course fees, packages, etc. please contact Forster Dive Centre through their website or call them on (02) 6555 4477 or mobile 0416 168 542.

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Horse Riding and Cow Milking at Myella Farmstay

Address: Baralaba, QLD, Australia
Ph: (07) 4998 1290
Offer: 10% discount when booked direct
Website: Myella Farm Stay

OK… You’re travelling around oz in your Wicked Rental Camper and so far so good. You’ve boozed up with your fellow backpackers in some of the major Australian cities and you’ve even managed to make friends with a few of the local city slickers. You’re having a great time enjoying the multicultural, cosmopolitan atmosphere when it dawns on you…

…Something’s missing…

So you ask yourself:

“Where are the real Aussies hiding? You know, the ocker outback types with their akubra hats and other stereotypical Australian idiosyncrasies that the Paul Hogan’s and Steve Irwin’s lead me to believe Australia was chock full of? Where is the Australia I saw on TV?!”

Good question! Y’see, most Aussies generally don’t spend a whole lot of time wrestling crocs, riding kangaroos or milking deadly poisonous snakes for fun and profit. Yes, that’s right, it was all a marketing stunt… most Aussies are, in fact, about as boring as batshit!

Feeling ripped off? Can’t blame ya but please… DO NOT DESPAIR YET!

You CAN still get your ocker on in Oz and from the extensive research we’ve performed (virtually nil) we’ve concluded that Myella Farm Stay is a damn fine place to get a taste of authentic Aussie outback farm life.

As they state on the Myella website:

You will leave Stiff, Sore and Dirty…But Happy!

[insert grubby sexual innuendo here] Oh, come on…

What and Where is Myella Farm?

Myella Farm is a fair dinkum Australian cattle station situated on 2600 acres of pure Aussie outback land, roughly 125km south of Rockhampton. Owned and operated by the Eather family, Peter and Olive play host to about 300 Brahman-cross cattle and droves of backpackers every year. They’re still not sure which group is better behaved or smells worse.

Driving times to get to Myella vary depending on where you’re coming from (duh) and are as follows;

• Driving from Rockhampton: 1.5 hrs
• Driving from Hervey Bay: 5.5 hrs
• Driving from Airlie Beach: 7 hrs

Things to do at Myella Farmstay

Horse Riding

Ride through the wide-open fields of Myella on horses that are loved and cared for. If you are a beginner or an experienced rider there will be a horse to suit you.
More about horseriding at Myella…

Motorbike Riding

You have the freedom to discover the beauty of the bush while you ride along the marked tracks. The bikes are available after lunch or instead of horse riding. Guests use the bikes to gather the horses from the 100 acre paddocks.
More about Myella motorbike riding…

4WD Farm Tours

Tour the farm in the 4WD where every tour is a little different. There are many options with the tour and it can focus on wildlife, fauna and flora, conservation, farming practices, the farms history and the life cycle and instincts of cattle. The landscape if often likened to an African scene but with kangaroos, cattle and bottle trees!
More about the Myella 4WD Farm Tour…

Cow Milking

How many places in the world do farmers allow you to milk their cows, have you ever wondered why? The slower you are the less milk you get and the likely hood of the cow getting sick. The Eather’s have a few systems in place to prevent such problems but you’ll have to visit the Myella website to find out more about Cow Milking…

There’s heaps of other stuff to do at Myella Farm Stay, such as;

• play with orphaned baby kangaroos (joeys)
• enjoy home cooked meals around the campfire
• dip your thumbnail in tar and bust out some ill bush poetry

Milk a cow? Got a Youtube video of that?

Yep… Turn the sound up and savour the squelch of the squirt!

If you think that’s gross then it’s best you don’t watch this video of human assisted horse mating that YouTube decided was “related” to the cow milking vid. Not for the squeamish! Trust me when I say that at Myella, you ride the horses and milk the cows - not the other way around!!

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