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                    <title>Cairns Great Barrier Reef and home time</title>
                    <description> First day into Cairns was my birthday which involved a 4 hour bus journey from Townsville to start the day off.  This was fine though as we got to meet Ben who was the dive instructor on the Whitsunday Atlantic Clipper boat.He was on his way up the coast to find some farm work in Cairns a 3 month prerequisite for somebody who wants to get a second year temporary working visa.So now there were f</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/open-water/blog-612314.html</link>
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                    <title>Magnetic Island</title>
                    <description>We arrived on Magnetic Island at about 3pm on the Sun Ferry and travelled by the island bus to our backpackers hotel  Bungalow Bay. This was a great hostel the staff were a little slow at times but the accommodation and the bar etc were pretty sweet.The first night we just got some dinner and chilled at the bar but we then got interrupted by a massive amount of bird noise coming from near the</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Magnetic-Island/blog-610071.html</link>
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                    <title>Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Airlie beach in the morning at 9am after a mammoth 13 hour coach ride. I thought at one point my legs wouldn39t work but they hadn39t failed me yet and this was no exception. Happy days After a short walk passed part of the marina I got to Nomads hostel where we would be staying for 2 nights before heading off on our Whitsunday boat  The Atlantic Clipper.I won39t mu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Whitsundays/blog-610068.html</link>
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                    <title>Hervey Bay  Fraser Island</title>
                    <description>Rather eventful trip on the bus to Hervey Island. Just outside of Rainbow Beach about 2 hours from Hervey Bay someone walking along outside thought it was a good idea to throw an egg at the front of the greyhound bus.Combined with the fact our driver was a little bit out there anyway this caused quite a deal of commotion and the bus driver was slightly startled. T be honest imagine the scen</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-610065.html</link>
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                    <title>Noosa</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Noosa with a large amount of rain falling on us. It really didn39t stop at all. We were staying at the Nomads hostel which is pretty good there is a lovely pool and we are about 10 minutes from the beach.In the first night we spent it in the bar in the hostel a pretty good laugh and met some cool people including a couple of Australians who were up here working. They were </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-610063.html</link>
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                    <title>Brisbane</title>
                    <description>Brisbane was always going to be a quick stop. We arrived about 10am and were on our way again by 3pm. Previously in Byron the girls had bought a guitar as Debs could play and Caz wanted to learn and as we exited the bus station this guy asked us if we were carrying a flute I joked and said no it39s an oboe and we got talking. We asked him where was best to go in Brisbane when we only </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-606102.html</link>
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                    <title>Surfer's Paradise</title>
                    <description>Arrived late ish in the evening to absolute torrential rain. I was staying in the Islander Backpackers which was 30 a night for a 4 dorm share. Maybe it was the rain I dunno but I just wasn39t feeling this place at all. Byron was so different in comparison Surfers was like a mini Vegas and due to the weather you couldn39t really do much.After a rather restless sleep it was pretty h</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Surfers-Paradise/blog-606101.html</link>
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                    <title>Byron Bay  Amazing</title>
                    <description>Not much to say about the bus journey from Sydney to Byron it was 14 hours long and not that much to see really. However Byron was a different story.Let me just say this now Byron Bay is AMAZING everything about it. The people the scenery the weather the bars the live music everything is 1010.It would be here that I would be doing my PADI course at Sundive the dive company which </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-606100.html</link>
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                    <title>Sydney</title>
                    <description>I got into Sydney on the evening of the 7th Aoril and was picked up by my mate Ginge who I would be staying with in Mosman with his wife Esse.I had an early start the next day so it was quite an early night. Up bright and breezy at 7.15 to get the ferry from Mosman over to Circular Quay for the start of my one day Blue Mountain trip with Oz Trek. As is the way with these tours I do find I get</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Mosman/blog-606099.html</link>
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                    <title>Grampians and Great Ocean Road</title>
                    <description>I woke up pretty early to get out to Collins Street in Melbourne to pick up the tourwhich would take me to the Grampians national park and then on to the Great Ocean Road and then on back to Melbourne.We travelled out to the Grampians and the weather was great the people on the bus were a varied lot I clicked pretty well with this Dutch guy called Basch and was chatting to him for most of the tri</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Grampians/blog-591437.html</link>
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                    <title>Melbourne Part 1</title>
                    <description>I arrived in Melbourne on Thursday 24th March from Adelaide.  I met my friend Helen to get a set of keys and headed down to their place in South Melbourne.  First big thing I noticed is that getting round Melbourne is really easy.  3.80 for a 2 hour or 7 for an all day public transport ticket for Zone 1.  There are only two zones and I would find I never really strayed outside of Zone 1.  The t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-589056.html</link>
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                    <title>Adelaide  17th March  24th March</title>
                    <description>I arrived in Adealide and was met by my Uncle Nigel and his cousin Jane.  Nigel and my Mum had come over from the UK earlier in the morning and Mum was back at another cousins house as she was pretty tired.Before I go on further Adelaide is where the majority of my Mum and Uncle's extended family live.  The majority of them came over around 1967 so there were some members of the family my Mum an</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/blog-589008.html</link>
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                    <title>Christchurch and leaving New Zealand</title>
                    <description>From Kaikoura we travelled on an ntercity bus back down to Christchurch.  Although we had had a night in Methven this would be our proper night there with our friends Laura and Macky.It was great to see these guys again and also great to see their house and how they well they have coped with the earthquake that happened back at the end of February.  We don't get anything like that kind of natural </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Christchurch/blog-589004.html</link>
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                    <title>Kaikoura  swimming with dolphins</title>
                    <description>After an early start from Methven and catching a sunrise we made our way to Kaikoura.  This place prides itself on been very green and has recently been awarded a Green Globe status.  It is the second city in the world to be given this status.  Green Globe is the world's only truly global tourism certification standard and arose from the principles of Agenda 21 the United Nations action for clim</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Kaikoura/blog-586105.html</link>
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                    <title>Dunedin to Methven  Rangitata Rafting</title>
                    <description>Our travel day to Methven the Christchurch stop due to the earthquake included a stop off at Rangitata Rafting on the Rangitata river.  This was a brilliant activity.  Our guide Steve got us into the wetsuits and briefed us on how to tackle grade 5 rapids of which there were two on this run.We learnt how to forward paddle back paddle hold on and to get down   It was a great day on the water</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Methven/blog-586090.html</link>
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                    <title>Dunedin free day</title>
                    <description>Unfortunately not much to say on this day really.  It was our free day in Dunedin and we had a trip on a tour bus.  Sorry but that's about it.  We did visit the steepest road in the world though  Baldwin Street.  We revisted this the next day and walked up to the top.  Its so steep that when they laid the road they couldn't lay tarmac as it slid off down the hill.  yeah pretty crazy The next </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Dunedin/blog-585972.html</link>
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                    <title>Queenstown to Dunedin via Catlins Coast</title>
                    <description>Today was always going to be a long day when it came to travelling.  We were up at 6am to get the bus at 6.45 with a change and then on to the Catlins Coaster bus that would get into our next major city  Dunedin at 7.30pm.As with all the buses though the time flies by.  It's a combination of awesome scenery wild life and the ramblings of the bus driver.  Who in the most case was an ex mental </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Dunedin/blog-585072.html</link>
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                    <title>Last full day in Queenstown</title>
                    <description>Well today was our last full day in Queenstown.  We didn't really have much planned today as the rest of the days here have been quite full on so Toby went up to watch the Arsenal game and I just looked round the town having to go back and put some jeans on as it got a bit fresh in the afternoon.  As I learbnt from canyoning the day before the word cold is not allowed to be used over here  fre</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-584645.html</link>
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                    <title>Queenstown and Canyoning</title>
                    <description>So we're back in Queenstown.  yeah it kind of sucks you in this place but it is all good.  One thing that I really wanted to try but would never have had the time to do had we gone on to Invercargill was to do the canyoning.This was a great activity while Toby did the big Ben Nevis bungee yeah the BIG one.  I went off on my own to do the canyoning.  We were taken by bus up out of Queenstown to</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-584639.html</link>
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                    <title>Milford Sound and Queenstown revisited</title>
                    <description>Edited to add video at Milford Sound airportWe got up really early and headed out to get the bus for Milford Sound.  The trip itself is pretty long about 4 hours. We stopped off at Te Anau and this is where we would be staying for one night when the bus came back from Milford Sound or so we thought.When we got to Milford Sound the weather was spectacular.  The water was as flat as a pancake a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Milford-Sound/blog-584064.html</link>
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