These are things Ive discovered on my stay to Oz. They are observed by Me and they are my own thoughts about things that I thought were surprising. They are not all negative nor positive. They are not in any particular order, They just are :) • There are public toilets everywhere. You never have to look far for a toilet. Same thing goes for caravan parks. Every single town and area has one. • Everybody whose been in Australia and tells you about the people and the way they are, well, everybody says its an easygoing, relaxed bunch of [View Full Entry]

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It's cold. Very cold. Too cold. It's windy. And it makes it even more cold. To make things worse, one of the biggest snow storms of the year, supposedly, hits the country. Yippee! So it's cold here in Finland. And everybody is saying to us, it's been the so warm! And the sad thing about it is that they're right. I read in the Finnish weather forecast's webpage that it has been the warmest winter ever. The thing is, March, is supposed to be the beginning of Spring. Not the beginning of late winter... Oh well. One has to cope with [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Hong Kong a day later than thought thanks to a cancelled Cathay Pacific flight. No worries, we enjoyed a relaxed hotel room day with three full meals in their tab. I was expecting a lot from Hong Kong it being my first Asian destination. Carolina had prepped me to be prepared with lots and lots of people everywhere with her experience from Bangkok and Southeast Asia in general. We were still traveling on a budget so we didn’t take the fancy Airport Express to Kowloon where our guesthouse was. We took the bus which cost us $66 total [View Full Entry]

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We stayed in a hostel in Wellington for two nights just to get a shower and wash our clothes. We’d been camping for nearly 2 weeks straight without a shower. Saying we were dirty was an understatement even if we had washed ourselves in the lakes on the South Island.  Wellington was a really nice city with cute little squares, parks and their National museum, Te Papa was well worth a visit. Our plan on the North Island was to: Do the Tongariro Crossing, the best one day hike in NZ (and maybe in the world) Visit the thermal areas [View Full Entry]

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Its been a very hectic two weeks. We left Dunedin and drove to the Fiordlands. We stayed in Te Anau and the next day drove to Milford Sound. The drive there was pretty amazing itself with stunning views but when we eventually got there that view Mitre Peak and the sound was priceless. We took a 2hour cruise in the sound and then drove back and camped somewhere in between the Sound and Te Anau. Next up was Queenstown, the home of all sorts of extreme activities. The drive there was quick as it turned out to be everywhere in NZ, [View Full Entry]

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5/2/08 Hey all, Last blog was written right before we left Sydney to the Gold Coast. We got a ride from a friend of ours from my work in the Gold Coast who just happened to be in Sydney and on his way back to home. On the way we stopped in Byron Bay but otherwise it was a pretty straight forward drive from Sydney. In Gold Coast we met all of our friends including part of the family Mitchell! We were so happy to meet up with him just this once more before we left Oz. And boy did we [View Full Entry]

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Hey ya'll from Sydney! Yes, from Sydney. We met two Sydney siders Alex Brazil & Alex Colombia at the reception of the hostel we were staying in Melbourne and had drinks with them at the Crown Casino and as we were driving back to the hostel Alex B invited us to come with them to Sydney and stay with him there. We thought about it for about 10 seconds and said "Sure, why not!". So the next morning we started at 8am to Sydney again and how we havent regretted it at all! We have had a blast here! Alex B [View Full Entry]

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We loaded our 2007 Toyota Camry with all our gear and headed out of Sydney at 10am on Sat with our destination Melbourne. We had nine days to make the journey and it turned out to be just enough. On Sat we drove about 500kms to a border town called Albury. There we spent a hot night of 30+ degrees in a caravan park. We have a 2person tent so the smallest of us Mum made her bed in the car's backseat to which she became pretty accustomed to. The following day we went to a wildlife sanctuary for hurt animals [View Full Entry]

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G'day to everyone from Melbourne, Victoria! It's been a while since the last entry and a lot has happened here since then. We've spent xmas on the beach, driven from Adelaide to Wollongong, camped in a city centre, spent NewYear'sEve(NYE) in Sydney's botanical gardens facing the opera house and the harbour bridge, been to the Blue Mountains, driven from Sydney to Melbourne via the Grampians, the Great Ocean Rd, Mornington Peninsula and Philip Island(where world's smallest penguins live) and spent time in Melbourne by been to the great sporting event of Australian Open! To make it a bit easier to read [View Full Entry]

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*Update* Still cant get the video's uploaded from the cricket... We wish everyone a Jolly Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year! Its (hopefully) our last day in Adelaide today with high hopes of getting in a car tomorrow starting the journey to Sydney. There have been a couple of hickups with this though.. First our crew for the ride have cancelled one by one leaving only us and the car's owner doing the journey. Secondly, Carolina has at the moment a food poisoning of some sort and cant get out of bed as Im writing this. If she doesnt feel [View Full Entry]

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