http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Jo Warren/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Jo Warren en-us Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:39:53 UTC Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:39:53 UTC So after several long flights .....oz to Bangkok two days in bangkok waiting waiting waiting then Bangkok to Abu Dhabi and finally to Milano where I arrived 7 am to the sun heating up ...i jumped on a bus met james and headed staright for what I came here for ...a 'real' coffee...So a few days down with James' family near the Cinque Terre cured the jetlag... a beautiful setting in the mountai http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Lake-Garda/blog-308158.html So I just had to share with you some amazing photo's from sunrise over at Coconut Beach after setting off at 5am to climb a ruggid headland in the dark with no torch...which proved interesting to Sunset up at Cooks look ....We headed over to Coconut while the stars were still bright in the sky ....climbing the ruggid path we hit Lizard point just as the sun was heading up. After finding the r http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-284380.html Just a few black and white pictures.....that i have taken along my travels.....from cambodia through australia and New Zealand.....trying to experiment as much as is possible with digital http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/blog-277445.html So it actually is a weekend not friday on a monday or saturday on a thursday but actually saturday the 10th May and we woke up to a cloudy drizzly day again very unmotivated so headed over chinamans to Watsons bay where for some reason today there were plenty of catamarans parked like cars in a carpark....... it was chilly which is very bizarre to say so we walked to the end of the beach where the http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-274736.html A very lazy morning ...waking up late ....crawling to the staff mess after a night of red wine and movies after work..eating lunch and a forseen day on the couch turned actually into quite an adventure...so firstly i shall introduce my fellow adventure buddy Chelsea..my work buddy and the adventure Queen ... we packed our Lizard backpacks and headed to the airstrip where we were fighting through http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-272419.html So now i have the waterproof case i shall be going crazy with these underwater photo's so just for now i have taken a few while i was out snorkelling today just off the front beach close to the clam gardens....so have a look at the clams parrott fish and nemo and sit back and wait for the rest to come...... http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/blog-270197.html So after a short stay in Cairns with Liz and Heidi I fly over to my new temporary home at Lizard Island.....working on the resort on this 700 hectare island 125km north off Cairns.... habitate of 'the Lizard' and yes they are not wrong in saying there are plenty of them..... with snorkelling amongst the giant clams and diving the cod hole all thats left really is to enjoy the atmosphere of the 5 s http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/blog-262248.html After returning to Australia I take a quick visit to Surfers and then hire a car and drive the 12 hour drive to Mackay to catch the plane over to Brampton Island where I worked in the restaurant in the resort for 3 months..... Being a tropical Island on the great barrier and whitsundays..the island was full of wierd and wanderful creature...snakes...spiders...parrots ...lauriquetes.. flying foxes http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Mackay/blog-259500.html After an amazing day at the glaciers ....picking up two friends and getting bitten to death by sand flies at our over night stop off we head south to Queenstown stopping at a few walks and falls and generally taking it easy until we reach queenstown ...tired and hungry After a good shopping trip for cheese crackers and wine we find the classiest camping ground in queenstown and set ourselves up http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Routeburn-Track/blog-259051.html Ok I think I have to say this was teh best part of the trip yet.....we arrived at Franz Joseph Glacier late and found a rainforest campsite to stay had a couple of drinks and dinner and then hit the sack....In the morning we set off for Franz Joseph where we did a walk to the mirror lake and to the base of the glacier ......we then jumped in the van and drove to Fox where we enjoyed the best heli http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Glaciers/blog-258817.html After a long drive from Tongarira National Park we headed down South on teh Wellington Ferry to Picton and drove through the vineyards of teh Marlborough Country unfortunately an hour after closing....... We decided to rest in Nelson and spent the next day wnadering around the cute town which we both liked very much. After half a day of shopping we had the fantastic idea of going hangliding which http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Abel-Tasman-National-Park/blog-258806.html Tongariro crossing...so different from any other hike I have ever done...it was just incredible....I started a little dubious and after a lack of sleep our second night in teh van and it was freezing we woke not as cranky as i thought in the carpark and headed on our 8 hour hike...... The climb being at peak 1200 meters was pretty high although what height we started at I do not know....crossing http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Tongariro-National-Park/blog-258794.html So after a week in Australia cruising down the east coast in our automaticstaying in overpriced dodgey motels...we headed on a flight to Auckland where we found the best the city had to offer a falafel house and a coffee shop We stopped for one night picked uyp our camper...the famous Tui....to become our priced possesion...and started to cruise heading south east around the Corramandel Penins http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/blog-248225.html Hang gliding may be said by others...especially done in New Zealand is a chickens way out of Sky Diving but truely its an awesome experience...Especially being pulled a mile high up behing the back of a tiny little plane then let free diving spinning......plummeting towards the ground then floating and coming down towards the runway like a plane...its the wierdest sensation but also sooo relaxing http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Nelson-Region/Nelson/blog-248207.html So moving south proved very interresting....picked up a car from gladstone after our heli ride from Heron and headed to Hervey Bay it was soo good to be free and on the road Hervey bay didnt interrest uus that much and it was getting dark so we journeyed the extra hour and a half to Noosa where we lucked out and found a stunning room for the night with seaviewWoke early and had a little http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Noosa-Heads/blog-241812.html So the beautiful Heron Island has come to an end and more of australia needs to be explored before moving onto New Zealand for a month My last week spent with my brother snorkelling the beautiful waters with turtles all sizes ...mantarays...sting rays...fish of every shape size and colour and to top it all off a fantastic helicopter ride off the island.......After a crazy christmas and new yea http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-241784.html So its been 6 weeks since I landed on the beautiful Heron Island .....and this time has flown by but also as intense as island life is working living working working and then living ...all with the same people is a soap opera in itself so 6 weeks feels like 6 months but still appreciating the beautiful nature and reef. Im not going to go into detail about working on the resort as i think re http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-225522.html After finally landing in Oz and standing around through customs for hours in Sydney airport i hit the Gold Coast to meet Stacey where i spend a week cruising while looking for a job.....finally i find work on South Stradbrocke island resort but after a month there wallabies are now in my eyes jumping rats and the the expensive surfers paradise persuaded me to head North............. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/blog-220795.html So back once more to the beautiful island of Borneo......to finally see the Orang Utan and visit the very tip of Sabah Heres a few pictures of once more the beautiful sunsets and many many flags due to being in KK over Merdeka Enjoy http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-200992.html After my travelling buddy decided to leave me and head back to the UK for a short trip I took a trip back to the beautiful Island of Borneo see some close friends and do a small roadtrip After a couple nights of lazing around KK we packed our survival kit containing 5 vital items when going to an island 1. Hammock 2. Bikini 3. snorkelling kit 4. Mosquito Repellant and the most vital of all 5. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-195294.html