Travel Blog | About TravelBlog | World Facts | Travel Wallpaper | Travel Forum | Travel Insurance | Services | Cameras

Australia Travel Blogs

Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




Links: Australia Travel Blogs (all) | Australia Travel Photos | Australia Travel Forum | Hotels in Australia | Hostels in Australia | Cheap flights to Australia | Australia Facts | Map of Australia

Australia

Australia Location



Hostels in Australia
Latest Australia Blog Entries
Australia Photos











By fanny and mark
October 25th 2009
Mapoon Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Weipa
ibis
ibis
vous pouvez donc voir quelque ibis sur l'arbre au milieu , ils sont un peu partout ici, ils sont cool
1 heures au nord de Weipa petite sortie sur Mapoon ( site aborigene) avec son ocean et ses different bleu ..... son sable blanc casser ..... un vrai ptit paradis , si l'on avais seulement pu se baigner ( on a croiser quelques fous des abo , mais on ne s'y est pas risquer) beaucoup de coquillage , que je ramasse tout en sachant que je ne peu pas les faire passer a la frontieres ;( ptit partie de peche ( mark et sa nouvelle canne a peche ) ou l'on a pu voir de gros poisson sauter etc .... mais [View Full Entry]

fanny and mark - Mark and fanny | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
99 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 37 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 28th 2009 | 14 Views | [diary=448853]

vue du pont
direction mapoon
le camion de pompier

The next day was our 6.5 hour drive back to Sydney. One the way down we stopped at one of the Hunter Valley Vineyards and had a tour on how to make wine, had lunch, and then the wine sampling began. Lets just say on the was to Sydney from Hunter Valley everyone was very merry. The wine supplied was endless, as much as you wanted they gave you. When we got to Sydney we drove to Macquarie Chair and has our Sydney Group Photo taken with a backdrop of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. After that it was [View Full Entry]

scm84 - Shauna Morris | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
140 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 25th 2009 | 13 Views | [diary=448071]


For those of you who are faithful blog readers you have probably been wondering where on earth we have got to. For the others, you are probably grateful that we have gone silent. The reason there has been no word from us is that we have been travelling a route that we travelled on our last trip and it would have been repeating myself. But a quick overview .... Like last time, we spent a couple of weeks in Gracemere, just outside Rockhampton where we enjoyed the company of John's family. He has two daughters, one son and two grandchildren living [View Full Entry]

tmben - Marilyn | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
992 Words | 3 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 25th 2009 | 38 Views | [diary=447967]

Our campsite at Woombye, Qld.
New born foals at Nambour family property.
New life for a potential race horse.

After numerous months of planning and talking about going to Australia, we are finally here. The dreaded 15+ hour flight was something that we were amazed went so smoothly. After getting on the plane in San Francisco and a few glasses of wine we woke up in time for breakfast and just in time to land. We have been here for only a day and it is no wonder why so many people love this country. The people are friendly, weather is nice and the city is really easy to get around. We have already visited the famous Sydney Opera House [View Full Entry]

Wkndtraveler - Wkndtraveler | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
303 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 5 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 26th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=448256]

Sydney Opera House
Camel cigarettes
Cigarette cartons

DAY 352 We planned to go and do the 3k walk this morning, provided we started it early, it is still only spring but the day temperatures are getting very warm. I had suggested to Caroline that we needed to be away for no later than 7.30am if we wanted to get a good start on the day. The mornings here at Paluma National Park, admittedly as they are at most places are absolutely beautiful, with the dawn chorus, and if you are lucky enough you may get some wildlife just happening by. The plan was to go and have [View Full Entry]

kangaroojack - The Ts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1248 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 26th 2009 | 88 Views | [diary=448282]

Jourama Falls
Jourama Falls
To the Rock Pools

Time for my daily Sunday post! Classes for the semester are officially over. I don’t think I’ve ever had a semester go this fast in my life. I took my big test on plant identification on Thursday. It went okay. Still have a final I have to take in there as well on November 4. Two more finals November 2 and November 9 and then I am free. I’ve spent all my time since Thursday studying and studying since I’m leaving on Wednesday to go to the Great Barrier Reef and coming back just in time for my first final. It [View Full Entry]

britnikress - Britni Kress | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
532 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 25th 2009 | 22 Views | [diary=448042]


Hi all, Well we finally arrived in Sydney on the 1st June, the first leg of our journey over and time to get back to reality and look for work before the money runs out. We didn't spend too much time deciding on a hostel for the first night and just selected the cheapest one from the notice board at the airport. We waited for our complimetary pick-up from the airport and got to the hostel in around a half an hour. We decided to go out and explore the area, Kings Cross that is, and realised we had left the [View Full Entry]

Deirdre and Diarmuid - Deirdre & Diarmuid | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1254 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 18 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 24th 2009 | 30 Views | [diary=447639]

Harbour Bridge
Aboriginal Busking
Lighting of the Sails

Arriving in Port Douglas we were pleasantly surprised as to how much of a seaside town it was.Ok it wasn't quite Clacton but definately was a man made town full of beach shops and shops for the tourists. More annoying for us was the fact that there was no free camping anywhere in or around the outskirts of Port Douglas so we had to book into a caravan park. After strolling down to the beach we had a gorgeous sunset and, as we watched a couple getting married we both started to toy with the idea ourselves (we will leave you [View Full Entry]

globetrotters2009 - Sharon & John | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
567 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 5 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 24th 2009 | 13 Views | [diary=447653]

4 mile beach
Great barrier reef
Coral galore

Alright, diese Motor GP Sache fängt an mir auf den Wecker zu gehen! Unsere Anwohner-Pässe sind uns ja leider nicht zugeschickt worden, wie es eigentlich ausgemacht war. Und da direkt vor unsere Haustür eine Ticket-Kontrolle ist, machen die jedes mal ein Theater, weil ich keinen Pass hab. (Mittlerweile kennen sie mich und fragen mich lieber erst gar nicht HAHA :P) Selber schuld, jetzt hätte ich einen! Bin extra früh aufgestanden heute um nach Surfers zu fahren und unsere Pässe abzuholen! Nach 8 wär zu viel Verkehr gewesen, weil das Rennen ja mitten durch die Stadt geht und nur eine Haupstraße d [View Full Entry]

claudi down under - Claudia | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
285 Words | 2 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 24th 2009 | 23 Views | [diary=447765]

IMGP0844
IMGP0856
IMGP0873

By paset2glen
October 24th 2009
Cairns, NZ, Melb Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda
I havent posted on here for ages now so thought i would put up a very quick blog. I have tried to blog frequently during my year away but have never really got round to doing it so but i will try and keep everyone updated as much as possible as i have a lot coming up as i travel through asia in around 5 weeks. In my last blog I was still in Cairns, I had just been fired and i needed money so i could head off travelling round New Zealand, i started to work in a bar/ brewery [View Full Entry]

paset2glen - Glen Jones | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1022 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 24th 2009 | 28 Views | [diary=447663]