Blogs from Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Here are some photos that we have taken on the way from Tasmania and up through The Wimmera.... read more

The video of Cape Woolamai finally uploaded! Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAlPSuye7Do... read more

Took the main highway out of Melbourne to Bairnesdale. It was raining a little bit, but not too bad and cleared up pretty quickly. Didn't need to get out the rain suit. From then, we got on the Great Alpine Highway through the Snowy Mountains. I think without question this has been the some of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen. Pictures barely do it justice! The road took us into the mountains and finally onto the Barry Way into Jindabyne. Barry Way was a dirt road, mostly in good shape, lasting about 160km. It took I think about 3 hours to do. Videos and pictures will be up pending a decent net connection! This was a long day of riding. We left Melbourne at about 8:20. It was about 5:20 or so. So, about ... read more

Went to my first Australian Rule Foot ball game today! Better known as footy. Language difference: In the US we ask people 'what team are you rooting for?' but here rooted means fucked. So if we were to ask someone which team they rooted for we'd basically be asking them which team had they fucked. The best way to describe footy is hot buff men in short shorts tackling who ever has the ball. The rest of the rules are too confusing and I still have to type out a 1600 word essay tonight >.... read more

On Sunday 7th April we moved from our unit to our caravan. We have sold all of our furniture and possessions that were not required as we have down sized to the caravan and stored those items that may be required at some time in the future. We handed back the keys to our unit on Monday 15th April and that ended our connection with James Hird Drive. We will be at the caravan park until Sunday 28th April when we will move to Rosie & Greg's to house sit until Sunday 9th June when we will move back to the caravan park where will stay until Sunday 4th August. On the 4th August we will head to Traralgon where we will stay until we head to the UK on 3rd September. Currently God's plan, as ... read more

I've been back from New Zealand for almost a week and still haven't been able to upload journal entries from New Zealand because of these damn essays!! I wrote out bullet points from my trip so I can actually write them out but I need a good chunk of time but haven't had one in days >.... read more

Während man in Europa ja hauptsächlich von Sydney schwärmt, wenn es um australische Städte geht, hatten uns alle Australier, die wir hier kennengelernt haben Melbourne ans Herz gelegt. Es hätte kulturell und historisch sehr viel zu bieten und hätte die beste Kneipenszene.Da mich Brisbane ja schon positiv überrascht hatte, bin ich bereit auch Melbourne diese Chance zu geben. Und in der Tat überzeugt mich direkt schon der strahlende Sonnenschein bei unserer Ankunft, dass Melbourne ganz nett werden könnte. Dann schlage ich im Bus vom Flughafen eine Touristenbroschüre auf und der erste Artikel beginnt mit dem Satz: "There are some things we take very seriously here in Melbourne and one of them is coffee." Jetzt bin ich überzeugt, diese Stadt werde ich lieben. Tatsächlich verbringen wir hier zwei sehr schöne Tage, unsere letzten auf dieser Reise. Der ... read more