http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/thetrekaround/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from thetrekaround en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:14:13 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:14:13 +0000 I cannot believe it has been two whole months since I updated the grand old travel blog but a significant amount of time was spent without reliable internet not from lack of love for writing about it all. Darwin was hot and sweaty and I enjoyed it immensely. You can smoke in pubs airports and for all I know... child care centres. laughs A very shallow reason to love a place maybe but as a smo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/open-water/blog-451318.html Well it has been a while hasn't it The last post was somewhat prophetic in hindsight. The good news is fate did get back to me. I wasn't expecting himherit too but they did. Now this may sound like an psuedo new age thing to say but with all manner of defence I can say that it is true. Mount Magnet really sucked. Sorry for the lack of interesting vocabulary but 'sucked' is really the only wo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-436084.html Dear Fate I have often wondered whether you exist. Are you karma an energy directly relating to human actionreaction or are you more a Godcontrolled plan If the former then I guess the confessional booth is my next destination because my past sins have clearly caught up with me. My apologies. If the latter God I am really not amused.I hope there is a reason I am in Mount Magnet. The idea o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/blog-421335.html I would like to begin today's entry with a disclaimer It is raining I have a hangover I have had my phone stolen and I just stayed three painful days in the backpacker equivalent of Auschwitz. I have the worst case of pissedoffitis you can have without a small blood clot forming in your brain and killing you instantly. So be warned you read on at your own risk. Hmmm...where was I Oh yes K http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/blog-410441.html A small piece of advice cruise ships are not fun. Reading the last entry I remember hoping that the boat would be really excitingly cheesy but sadly it wasn't. It just moved from side to side for ten hours until I got off. The only exciting person I met was an eighteen year old English backpacker who regaled in great detail how many drugs he had in his posssesion and was attempting to smuggle in http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Albany/blog-407135.html Tasmania ayeNow before this blog becomes a haven for statebased sterotypes let me first assume we have all been to Tasmania and judged it on its merits and positive atributes. If not you may wish to visit here as I highly recommend it. Just do it in SUMMER.Although travelling in the off peak season has many perks less crowds cheaper fares better deals some of the logic behind 'peak' seas http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Sheffield/blog-399562.html So it has been three weeks since I last entered the blogosphere... Oh yeah got to love those 'buzz' wordsMelbourne...Two hours there and I was in love. Small. Cosy. Arty. A bit dirty everything you want in a lover really. I never wanted to get into this silly Melbourne vs. Sydney debate as both cities have plus and minus points. For you Sydneysiders a small piece of advice stop whingei http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Geelong/blog-393103.html It certainly has been an interesting few weeks since I left Candelo but definately not plain sailing. I have to say in the last week I have been very tempted to pack up and go home but pride and determination has won the day. After arriving in Lakes Entrance from Candelo at 3am I found myself at the YHA with no duty manager to meet me as planned. This lead to a morning on the beach in my tent http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Warrnambool/blog-387156.html Well I have thirteen minutes and twenty seconds to try and update you all on my trip so here goes.Heading to Bemboka I stayed with an artistpoet named Robert who was simply fabulous. After 'clicking' instantly we spent the next week talking talking talking and then talking some more. His collection of art books was enough to make drool spill forth from my mouth in regular spurts of art book http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Lakes-Entrance/blog-381527.html Well the Yurt Farm could not have been a more wonderful place to start my decent down south. Mike the one eyed owner and Yurt builderentrepreneur was an amazingly friendly man who had travelled to America in the seventies and had been given the plans to build Yurts as a gift and started building them in Australia. His farm was a camp for young people to learn about the country way of life and i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Narooma/blog-376838.html Well I have finally begun. It all started on a bit of a awkward start. My first hosts could not take me on as their daughter went into labour and they had to be with her so I studied the map and went to the first place on the train line with a YHA. After catching the train as it was literally leaving the platform my apologies to Lucas and Juan for running madly away and saying a very hurried go http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Goulburn/blog-374367.html