http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Bowe/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Bowe en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:55:04 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:55:04 +0000 Was up at 5.21 every morning since i got here. Iv come to call it stupid o clock jet lag really takes its toll on you On tuesday we all hoped on a bus to go on our first surfing lesson on this really secluded beach about a half hour from sydney. The bus drivers name was Jai and he was what i always expected the typical australian to be like. He seemed to be constantly stoned but he wasnthe was http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Coogee/blog-449001.html Travling by plane..........very very tiring We left portlaoise at 11.30am on friday and arrived in sydney at 7am on sunday australia time about 10pm saturday at home .We flew from dublin to heathrow first took a while to get through security there was kinda weird because since we were going from london to singapore we were going through the security for people going to that general area http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Coogee/blog-448296.html So flights all booked so its definetly happening now SCARY Spent a while looking for flights and ended up getting the best deal on www.edreams.com The cheapest flights were euro540 with Air Asia from London heathrow flights to london euro25 with Ryan air to stansted or euro50 with Aer lingus to heathrow but i have read only OK reports about them so we ended up paying euro650 each http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Laois/Portlaoise/blog-415712.html So after a bit of organising and getting all our info together Companies to use use bus tours or rent a camper etc we have moved our leaving date closer from Feb 2010 to October 2009. We are aiming to look at the second or third week of october to head off. After some research it turns out that renting a camper van and driving through Eastern Oz works out a few thousand euro cheaper than usi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Laois/Portlaoise/blog-411804.html Hey allSo iv been trying to find a blog or book or something to help with both what to do and expect traveling to oz for a year and also the prep work thats involved. After spending what seems like 20 years trying to get the info i wanted i have decided to create my own blog as both a record of what was decided on and to maybe help people with their plans. Ok so from the beginning...............A http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Laois/Portlaoise/blog-405535.html