Hello! so last night yesterday, went to this observatory! super, I saw the moon really close, but she was too bright! crazy!! :) this was with the oldest working telescope in australia! then on an other telescope I saw Jupiter, beautiful, with her colours and 2 of her moons, europe and io, then we saw uranus and the southern cross (with real colours, red and so!)! It finished with a 3d movie about asteroids, so it was great, a great evening looking at stars, listening to interessant stuff and so! Then I went back and packed my bag and chated with [View Full Entry]

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Our next stop on the mighty Greyhound took us to Coffs Harbour, a small city right on the tourist track famous for diving and water sports. After a whistle stop tour of the main area by the mini bus driver, she took us up to a look out point to show us the main landmarks to get our bearings of the town, we took a stroll down to the local shops to get some supplies in. The hostel had a very young adventure feel about it the room was a good size but a little over shabby, the main lounge, kitchen [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Coffs Harbour at night which did not make it any easier to try and find the actual caravan park we were heading to but in the end we struck gold. We had just arrived and set up and were deciding on our dinner for the night - a can of irish stew with bread OR noodles - (not really a contest!!) when it started to rain. Now I mean we actually thought we were back in Ireland again!! The rain thundered down on the campervan - now given that we are staying in a non insulated Ford Transit [View Full Entry]

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My family arrived for a three-week visit and road trip up the coast. Here are some of the photos that my Dad's taken so far. [View Full Entry]

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so leider hat sich es etwas gedauert um etwas von mir zu hoeren!Die zeit vergeht viel zu schnell,und dann kommt auch noch dazu das wir nicht immer drahtlos verbindung haben zum Internet! Nach einigen Wochen war es aber dann soweit und wir haben abschied von jo+pieter in sydney genommen. Und sind mit unserem Madzda richtung norden die kueste entlang. Einer von unseren ersten stops war Seal Rocks,super schoener Pointbreak an einem kleinen fast einsamen dorf. Wuenderschoenes klares Wasser und Wellen fast jeden tag,die auf uns warteten. Und da beste an diesem spot war natuerlich(fuer alle sur [View Full Entry]

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Today our road trip brought us back to Coffs Harbour - where we stayed for a couple of nights about two months ago - it was kind of nice to be back in familiar territory - relatively speaking anyway! Weeks 4 & 5 of the road trip took us slightly north of Cairns to Port Douglas, and then south down the Queensland coast and into Northern New South Whales. We finally saw our first crocodile that was out in the wild (although safely on a river bank quite a distance away). Amazingly we spotted the croc while driving down a major [View Full Entry]

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My laptop was acting up and the repair has wiped out my camera software so no pics this time except for some that Matt took on his phone. Hopefully I will figure something out for the next entry and be able to get the pictures off my camera. This also meant that I wasn’t able to SKYPE for the last few weeks. If you don’t have SKYPE (www.skype.com) - you should get it!!!! Then we can catch up on webcam for free!! Here’s the low down on what I’ve been up to in no particular order… Before I left Canada, one [View Full Entry]

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Hey, so its another double blog writing session today, since I want to keep ares separate, i feel it makes better reading!! The last blog left off in Byron Bay having had my first surf lesson. That night, i stayed in the hostel as they were having a film night, watched a film called hostel...yeah never again, disgusting film! The following day was much the same as the day of my first surf lesson. I got up, hit the beach for a bit, before going for a surf lesson at 12. They offered me a reduced price hence doing it again. [View Full Entry]

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Panoramic View: Surfers Paradise Bus Journey From Sydney To Spot X The excitement was building now that we had actually boarded the bus. We sat down and didn't mess about; it was an overnight journey (we were to arrive at Woolgoolga at 5:30am) and we needed the sleep. Unfortunately, this particular Greyhound bus was pretty uncomfortable, both in terms of leg room and the chairs themselves. Tiredness won though, and we were soon drifting off to the sounds of the film Flushed Away which was playing. It was fine until an alarm clock in the film went off and one of [View Full Entry]

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We arrived at Surf camp at 6:30pm on Sunday night (just north of Coff's Harbour). The drive was surprisingly straightforward, strictly on the freeway for the most part. They had dinner ready for us, and a warm campfire (not to mention beds in a cabin that had a heater!) We spent that evening trying our best to stay awake past 9:30 pm, meeting people around the campfire. We roomed with Emma and Gary from Scotland, who had been travelling together for nine months already, and were going for another four or so. Most others were European or British, and travelling whimsically [View Full Entry]

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