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Unfinished Business,Family Time and The A380
Published: March 27th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Airport
March 26th 2013
Unfinished Business, Family Time and the A380 When the travel bug bites it is hard to resist and since the BBA V1 4 years ago there has been a yearning that we had to complete unfinished business. Even with over 8 months of travel and over 90,000km last time we still didn’t see all and do all we wanted to in Europe. So the flame flickered n when we returned to NZ in late 2009 and we got ourselves back into work and saving hard. Mind you we also had a wedding to save for with daughter # 2 engaged to marry Brent in January of this year. With the planning for that occasion done we were ready to concentrate on the BBA V2 and in November 2012 it became a reality when we made the ... read more
Willkommen im Outback: eine Geschichte Von einer weiteren Great Wall of China, der illegalen Einreise von vier Nektarinen und einem leer gefahrenen Benzintank
Published: March 25th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales
March 25th 2013
Von den Grampians geht es etwa 350 km nach Norden, wo wir in Mildura, einer 30.000 Einwohner-Metropole mitten im Outback übernachten wollen. Auf dem Weg dorthin verändert sich die Vegetation langsam aber sicher von bewaldeten und bewirtschafteten Flächen in rote, spärlich bewachsene Steppe. Die Fahrt auf dem Highway ist relativ eintönig, einzige Abwechslung bieten die sehr ungewöhnlichen Straßenschilder. Eines weist dich darauf hin, dass das Umfahren einer Kuh 500$ Strafe kostet, ein anderes bittet darum, eine truthahnähnliche, stark gefährdete Spezies nicht umzufahren, die in dieser Gegend lebt und wieder andere weisen "Powernap-Areas" aus, in die die übermüdeten Truckfahrer doch bitte einfahren sollen um einen "Microsleep" zu halten. ... read more
"in die blauen Berge fahren wir..."
Published: March 26th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
March 25th 2013
Bevor ich mich mit Australien beschäftigt habe, kannte ich blaue Berge eigentlich nur aus einem dämlichen Kinderlied. Aber hier, nur etwa 90 Minuten Fahrzeit westlich von Sydney, soll es sie tatsächlich geben. Berge voll Eukalyptuswälder, deren ätherische Öle einen blauen Dunst über die Landschaft legen. Zunächst müssen wir leider feststellen, dass an diesem Wochenende außer uns noch sehr viele andere Leute herausfinden wollen, ob das tatsächlich der Fall ist. Die Blue Mountains sind in der Welterbeliste der Unesco aufgenommen und ausserdem das Naherholungsgebiet der Sydneysider, alleine ist man hier also wahrscheinlich selten.In dem kleinen Örtchen Blackheath beziehen wir unser Quartier und fahren danach noch an den Govett's Leap Lookout. Hier stürzt ein Wasserfall spektakulär in die Tiefe und man hat einen tollen Blick auf das von Tafelbergen links und rechts gesäumt... read more
Day Two of my East Coast Adventure
Published: March 24th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Port Stephens » Shoal Bay
March 24th 2013
Over night in Port Stevens – the Butlins of Australia I had a really shitty sleep because I had no roll mat so it was like sleeping on the ground which was not pleasant – ah well it's better than a kick in the balls. Decided to get up early for the sunrise which was quite magical, the only thing that interrupted my serenity was that I was being feasted on by a couple of mozzies; “Dirty feckers.” I can't stress how much I hate them. I thought it would be a good idea to escape to the water to get away from them; it worked to a degree. After about 30 min of having a cat fight with the mozzies I went back to camp to pack up and wake Louis up so we could ... read more
Adios South America
Published: March 24th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Maroubra
March 24th 2013
505 days of travelling is a long time. It enabled us to see an entire continent and a bit more and we experienced some incredible stuff. To achieve what we did took a lot of planning and a lot of hard work, especially as we also had to move out of our home before flying off. Thankfully our family and friends helped us otherwise this wouldn’t have happened. The trip itself was a dream and was filled with incredible highs and the occasional lows, below are some stats, loves and hates that hopefully may inspire others to do the same. Years of dreaming of this trip and not thinking it would ever happen: 12 Countries Visited: 17... read more
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Last tango in paradise... for a wee while
Published: March 26th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales
March 24th 2013
‘“The time has come,” the Walrus said’… though, in my case, it’s not to talk of the deliciously lyrical “shoes and ships and sealing wax”, but of the harder-to-scan and much more mundane “laws and contracts and procurement”. Next Tuesday will see me scrubbing up, dusting off the high heels and the business suits, looking for the ON switch in my legal brain, and returning to the world of nine-to-five. At least for a little while. My bank account is salivating at the prospect. I’m not. Nor am I relishing a return to a still-wintery London after a wonderful hot summer Down Under. But, after seven years, more on the road than not, I’m not asking for sympathy. And the last few months in Australia have been a fantastic culmination to my years away from the ... read more
Sydney sun & harbour hot spots
Published: March 23rd 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » CBD
March 23rd 2013
Sun in Sydney! The Marriott here in the city is so close to the opera house and the harbour bridge- both of which we walked to on our first night here. Yesterday, Friday, we walked all over the city again...as our normal for a new city! Our trek took us to the Rocks neighborhood, the opera house, the botanical gardens, Wooloomooloo bay, Hyde park and then back down Pitt st to our hotel - busy morning! After a quick lunch at the st George st markets, we headed to Darling harbour to get the wildlife world to go pet a koala - which I did :). Her fur was really quite thick and was not as soft as I thought. We decided to take advantage of the beautiful night wet that'd dinner on the warf - ... read more
March 23rd 2013
Arrived finally in Sydney! I was a bit excited - I mean Sydney?! So famous and here I walked myself...However, did I mention that Australia is the wettest continent ever?! Yes, again it rained like sh...3 days long, I was trapped in the hostel...how annoying? Imagine being now in this exciting city and you can't explore it... Well,I used the time with sleeping all day long- after all my adventures and average get up time between 5 and 6:30 am, it was nice to sleep as long as I could wish....😵😲😴😊 I was in the dorm with Frenchies... Only. Somehow Sydney was filled with Frenchies, which was a bit strange because I hadn't met any beforehand in Australia, but the whole Hostel was full of them as well as when I walked around I only heard ... read more
The Blue Mountains Katoomba
Published: March 20th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
March 20th 2013
Got up early this morning to catch the 8.20am train to Katooomba, the journey took around two hours. I decided to take the hop on hop off bus as I couldn't find an information centre in the town. Firstly I took sky train across the gorge. In the middle of the sky train you can stand on a glass platform and see right down in to the gorge. It was a very long way down. On arrival at the station there was a one hour queue for the trip down in to the rain forest via a cable car. Teas sounded a more favourable option so went back a bit later when it was a bit quieter. Unfortunately some of the walks were closed as they were carrying out come work on the scenic railway and ... read more
March 19th 2013
Decided to visit Sydney Zoo today as I am not sure how many of their animals I might see in the wild so thought I ought to take a look. Don't think I have been to a zoo for about twenty years. Walked across the bridge and started talking to a girl who had lived here for ten years. She was from China originally but elect because of the pollution and the weather. She taught IT at the college. We had a discussion on the English monarchy, the weather in the UK, the fact that she wanted more time to do the things she wanted, and what I would be doing on my travels. She said she had never been out of Sydney. Arrived at the ferry in the overseas dock was the Cunard liner the ... read more
