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Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay February 22nd 2006

Ja saa er vi naaet til Byron Bay der er en ret turistet surferby. Skal nok ned og kigge paa stranden en tur foer turen gaar 200km nordpaa til Brisbane og en flyver hjem i kulden. Vejret har den sidste uge vaeret rigtig strandvejr med 25-42 grader, en enkelt byge om natten saa vi er godt tilpas (drikker en masse vand!) Et par tekniske uheld: Det har ikke vaeret muligt at indsaette billeder fordi Lasses billige lo...kamera ikke lige er kompatibel med pcere hernede. Billeder kommer paa naar vi naar til DK. Lasses telefon er ogsaa bukket under i varmen saa vi bytter simkort i de resterende telefoner. Mutters mastercard er uden guld (spaerret siden dag 1) men pengene fosser i stedet ud af VISA-kortene. Vi har siden operahuset i Sydney oplevet Blue Mountains og smagt ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney February 22nd 2006

Following another lovely overnighter on the Greyhound express, we checked into our 8-bed dorm in BIG Hostel and met Will, Ben and Sebastian. We located some focaccia for brekkie before heading to the Domain. This is an area of parkland in the heart of the city containing several museums. Our first port of call was the arts' museum. On entry we went straight to the basement floor (as you have to start somewhere) and discovered that a free film screening was about to start, hurrah! Carravagio was an interesting production. Its highlight being the presence of Dexter Fletcher. The student exhibition was brilliant, but the best features were the bats on a rotary washing line and "Australian Beach" by Thomas Meere. Having seen everything on offer, we sauntered to the Botanic Gardens and saw Mrs. Macquarie's ... read more
The Opera House

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay February 22nd 2006

Days 101-103 We hung around the hostel until 1 then were were dropped off at the bus station where we boarded the Greyhound headed for Byron Bay. Arrived about 8.30, were picked up and taken to the hostel. Had dinner, checked out the town and sat by the beach for a bit. We were tired from the travelling so had an early night. Woke up to a gorgous day, went to the supermarket and popped into a couple of shops then headed to the beach. The beach was gorgeous and the waves were pretty powerful. Stu hired a bodyboard for free from the hostel and played about on that for a bit. Went back to the hostel, got showered and fed then went for a walk to the most easterly point of Australia. It was so ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Newcastle February 22nd 2006

I decided to try and find SOMETHING to do here and headed to Blackbutt Reserve....has resident Koalas and a few aviaries with exotic birds and some nice bush walks. Spent to day strolling round there but it wasnt very big, and the 6 or 7 sleepy koalas were the main highlight. Arriving back at the hostel i had a beer thrust at me by brendan and found myself enjoying an evening of revelry with them again. Oh and I beat Brendan at pool!!! tehe! go me!... read more
Koala 2

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Broken Hill February 22nd 2006

Im re-writeing a previous post that was lost when the town i was in got struck by lightining frying the internet caffe i was in. Ariving at Arrowfeild in the Hunter Valey gives me stange feelings of De Ja Vu, its gently undulateing curves, brown dry land patchworked by vivid green irragated feilds and the vines in rows on every East faceing slope. It remids me of tuscany with bigger roads and stripmines, even the olive trees here seem very happy, with the horse stud next to Arrowfeild it feeles a bit to familiar. We spend our time at the wineary prepareing of hard camping in the bush, we work out a packing system that just fits all out stuff in Betty. We check maps and talk to the farmers, paticuarly Tony (a very nice, late ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Surrey Hills February 21st 2006

There has been a reason for the lack of writing in recent weeks, due to the fact that I'm hardly doing anything other than going to work and going to bed. I really do feel like I'm now living the Sydney working life now. Getting up going to the gym in the morning and then going to work until late, getting home very tired and soul-sapped after a day of trying to sell bits of very expensive plastic to people. The job is certainly not going to be a new career path I can assure you, but the much needed Ozzie dollars are begining to appear in my old dusty bank account. So as Colin and I are slaving away each day at the office wired to our head-sets we really have to take advantage of ... read more
HARBOUR BRIDGE WALK
long evening shadows
STUNNING

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney February 21st 2006

Hey everyone again last few days in Sydney have been really good and enjoyable. This is what we have been up to...... Last Sat the boys wanted to go to the powerhouse museum but i was not to interested in it myself so i decided to go up Sydney Skytower the tallest building in Sydney with a veiw over all of the city. It was a bit wierd seeing it from above after walking back and forth through it each day but the tower sure had so me spectacular views of the harbour!! Got some gd pics for the photo albums!! Also there was a little lame ride after the tower called the OzTrek which was a simulator which took you on a ride through the major landmarks in Oz. Then later that night it was ... read more
Me and Harry before the party!!
Me half way through the party as i went to get my camera once we drunk our way to the t-shirts and hats!!
Alex top bloke from England!!

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Newcastle February 21st 2006

Went for an explore of Newcastle....found lots of little beaches and some interesting colonial history, convict dug pools and a huge fort but other than a nice stroll it wasnt very exciting. On arriving back at the hostel I met some local boys who are staying at the hostel while they do an apprenticeship. (3 weeks of theory at the college) They invited me for a drink and a highly serious table tennis tournament between Aiden and Brendan! Such a funny bunch of lads, 4 of them are apprentice butchers and one is a baker....cracked me up!... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Airport February 21st 2006

Hi there, it's 3am and I'm just testing out this baby... This is a travel blog, you may be familiar with it as it's similar to Sarah's... I'll be (hopefully) sending one of these around every fortnight or so, with pics and blogs about where I am and what I'm doing.. you'll get an email either from me or travel blog letting you know when to check this site. my address space is: http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Debsipoo/ so please check it as often as you can and i'll write as often as I can.. can someone let me know how easy this system is for them to use? and send me a comment so I know it works... and check my bio while ur at it :) yawn, gudnighten Deb... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains February 21st 2006

Hello from Auckland. I had such a good time in Sydney that I totally failed to do any blogging. Managed to kick the cold very quickly, walk through all the remaining parks and gardens and then and get straight into sunbathing on Manly beach on the second day. Lots of nice sufers to look at and it was lovely and sunny - or at least it was when I fell asleep. I woke up several hours later to find it was raining and I was the only person on the beach. Jet lag is a nightmare! Anyway, the next day I booked myself on a trip to the Blue Mountains to walk to the bottom of a canyon and back out. I had been hoping to see some wildlife and nice scenery. As you'll see from ... read more
quiet night out in Sydney
surfers on Bondi




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