The Great City of Melbourne: Guided by Darcy Naunton After an early morning start from Hervey Bay, I made my way to the airport to head off to the great city of Melbourne to see the sights and stay with my cousin Darcy. I arrived at Avalon Airport, took a 45 minute bus ride into the CBD(Central Business District) and low an behold, Darcy was there waiting in the bus depot of Southern Cross Station. We traded greetings and made our way by trains to his side of town as we talked about my trip and about how classes were going [View Full Entry]

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Dingos, a Rain Forest, and 100 Amazing Lakes! I hurried out of Cairns to get to Brisbane by plane today. Again, off to a city I know nothing about. For 1 night, I was to stay in Brisbane, wake up and catch the first train to the airport again to take a small flight to Hervey Bay. From there, I was to be picked up from the airport and shuttled off by ferry to the popular scenic destination of Fraser Island. What's at Fraser Island, you ask, that would constitute 2 pricey flights for a rushed 4 days and a hurried [View Full Entry]

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[url='/Videos/2720.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2720.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Swimming Through Fish[url='/Videos/2721.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2721.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Fish[url='/Videos/2722.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2722.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Sting Ray A Nudibranch, Tsunami's, and the Shortest Bungie Jump in the World Heading out of Alice Springs, I jumped the only plane to Cairns, pronounced more like Cans. Qantas is the only airline that flies out of Alice Sprin [View Full Entry]

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[url='/Videos/2703.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2703.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Flys[url='/Videos/2704.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2704.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Home Among the Gum Trees 6 Days in the Outback, who knew it would be this fun. As I woke up at 5:30AM, I hoped getting up this early wasn't going to become a normal habit on this trip. I hurried to check out of my hostel and get over to the tour offices to check in. The tour company that I was to spend the next 6 days with was a highly recognizable one called [View Full Entry]

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Adelaide, St. Paddy's Day, Police and Firefighters World Games, and a bottle wine. Yes the glass has now risen to a bottle. But that will all be explained in due time. Adelaide is the largest city in South Australia, sitting at around 400,000 people on the southern coast between the Great Australian Bight and the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne. Unfortunately I didn't have time to do the either, but will put that on my list of things to do next time. Adelaide is put together into a fairly easy, but yet confusing city layout. The main town is pretty [View Full Entry]

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Beach Bikes, Rottnest Island, Busselton Jetty, and a glass of wine As our adventures moved on, Perth and the western coast continued to amaze me. Our plans each day were filled with wonderful sights of the coast, energetic bike rides to popular beaches, and some wildlife that made you want to take it home and name it hoppy. My father, uncle, and I woke up one morning to ride some bikes on a hefty 26km round trip path up the costal beaches to the local aquarium for some breakfast and coffee. This beach ride reminded me of the paths in [View Full Entry]

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Perth with my Aunt Ginny, Uncle John, and cousin Kelly For 10 days, we were staying with my dad's sister, Ginny. With the 3 other times that my father has been to Australia, all have been in City Beach near Perth. At first I wondered why he didn't branch out and see the rest of this enormous country, but now I can see why! Perth and Western Australia are amazing. This is what California should look like, with it's blue and green waters, not too overcrowded city, wonderful restaurants, and laid back friendly attitude. For 10 days we traveled south, north, [View Full Entry]

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So as our adventure continues, we woke up early to get a full day or tourism. We started by having a great breakfast at our hotel, which consisted of Blueberry pancakes and an omelet. As my dad tried to figure out what Capsicum was (red or green peppers), we also faced the challenge of ordering a coffee. Coffee in Australia can be ordered in a multiple of fashions, and none similar in naming convention to the US. Your choices at a typical restaurant or coffee shop are; short black, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo [View Full Entry]

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The Arrival Well as many of you know, I've wanted to visit Australia since before I can remember. I've talked about it, dreamt about it, and have finally done it. For two in a half months, I'll be travelling from the east coast of New South Wales to Western Australia to visit relatives in Perth. From there, I'll move back through the southern region of the Australia in Adelaide up to the Northern Territory and Darwin, then over and back down through Cairns and Brisbane ending up in Melbourne where my cousin lives. I am going to attempt to take cars, [View Full Entry]

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Punta Leona Hotel & the city of Jacó Day 5: After a relaxing trip at Aguila de Osa, we were ready to see some of the crazier side of Costa Rica. We had heard that Jaco was the party town as well as a really fun surf town. So we packed up our things, said our goodbyes to the owners and other guests, and took the boat and bus to the Palmar Sur airport again. This time, however, we had previously decided not to fly to our next destination, so we had a reserved air conditioned shuttle bus waiting for us [View Full Entry]

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