Australia (part 2)

a trip by John McCabe

From: September 15th 2006

Until: December 19th 2006

Great Buddha

September 15th 2006

Buddhas in the mist

With stopovers in Hong Kong at the beginning and end

Trip Length: 3 months
Blog Entries: 38
Photos: 996
Words: 32259

Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
September 15th 2006	Buddhas in the mist	Asia » Hong Kong
September 19th 2006	Sydneyland	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
September 23rd 2006	Kakadu-du-du	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park
September 25th 2006	Several giant leaps for crockind	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Litchfield National Park
September 26th 2006	Melaleuca misery	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin
September 30th 2006	Big red	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru
October 1st 2006	Horde of the flies	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kata Tjuta
October 2nd 2006	Bored of the flies	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » King's Canyon
October 3rd 2006	Centre point	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs
October 9th 2006	Do go chasing waterfalls	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Atherton Tablelands
October 10th 2006	Lava bred	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Undara
October 16th 2006	Do scuba divers with chicken pox come up to scratch?	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Great Barrier Reef
October 17th 2006	Goldfish racing with pole-dancers	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns
October 21st 2006	Rainforests and boats and planes	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mission Beach
October 27th 2006	The voyage of the Dreamcatcher	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays
October 28th 2006	Airlie warning	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
October 31st 2006	Blackdown hike	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Blackdown Tablelands
November 2nd 2006	Art rock	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Carnarvon NP
November 3rd 2006	Digital village	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » 1770
November 4th 2006	Rocky road	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Rockhampton
November 8th 2006	A reputation built on sand	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island
November 9th 2006	Shine on Hervey moon	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay
November 10th 2006	Sick as a parrotfish	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Rainbow Beach
November 12th 2006	Where's the cheese?	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP
November 13th 2006	Creatures crawl in search of blood	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Lamington NP
November 14th 2006	Close encounters of the furred kind	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Currumbin
November 19th 2006	Taking a XXXX	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
November 21st 2006	Schoolies Paradise	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast
November 26th 2006	From weed to Tweed	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Murwillumbah
November 27th 2006	The bald facts	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Tenterfield
November 30th 2006	Bay watch	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay
December 1st 2006	The light at the end of the tunnel	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South West Rocks
December 7th 2006	Into the blue	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
December 10th 2006	Forgotten town	Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital Territory » Canberra
December 11th 2006	Entering the wombat zone	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Bundanoon
December 14th 2006	The last nights of the Pom	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
December 17th 2006	Gifts from the Orient	Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island
December 19th 2006	City lights	Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

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John McCabe

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info