Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4347

Hello! We flew to Darwin from Sydney last night, after a tour through the Australian War Memorial Museum. I think many of us were not aware that Australia was involved in many wars, and the museum helped give us some history. Some students also were able to speak to some war veterans and watch a wreath laying ceramony at the end of our tour. We were happy to leave the cold weather and fly to Darwin. It was a late night for us as we didn't get in until midnight. This morning we headed out to the Northern Territory museum where we were able to see many of Australia's wildlife in taxidermy form (much preffered after looking at some of them) and then headed to Crocodylus Park where we were able to hold a baby crocodile ... read more

I haven't much time at the moment, but I thought I would update briefly while I am on the Macquarie Uni campus with free wi-fi. Last Friday I went to Taronga Zoo with the others from my program, which was incredibly fortunate, as that means it was free. Taronga zoo appears to be an island and the general populous can only access its wild wonders by ferry. As the 20 minute ride came to an end and our boat reached the island, a wave of deja vu overtook me...I was in Jurassic Park... Obviously I've never been to Jurassic Park, as far as I know you can't climb into movies. But our entire group was overtaken with the general sort of feelings you get when approaching a jungle island full of creatures who are dying to ... read more

Hello All I haven't written about the Whistsundays yet (it wil come soon) as I really want to concentrate and put all the names down etc but at the moment I'm too excited to concentrate to that extent!! So, what have I been up to since I did the Whitsundays? Well, I got back from there on the Wednesday at about 5pm, and after checking back into the YHA hostel and having a shower (you weren't able to have a shower on the boa!!), I met the rest of the people from my boat in the Beaches hostel bar for a drink. We were meant to get a free pitcher of beer for every third person that joined our table, but I don’t think it really worked! It was nice though to sit and have a ... read more

Day 25 Katherine Gorge to Edith Falls 24/07/06 Once again, due to the noisy bats, we awoke reasonably early. We packed up after breakfast and headed back into Katherine for a top up of supplies and fuel. At about 10.15am, again we headed North on the Stuart Highway, this time for Edith Falls. As it was only a short drive we arrived at about 11.00am. This place is incredible, a hidden oasis. There is green grass and shaded camp spots everywhere. Once we had chosen our preferred camp spots, we set up and walked back down to the kiosk to find out what this place had to offer. From here we decided to head to the swimming hole and it was great. All of us went in for a swim, eventually, as initially it was pretty ... read more

Thur 27. Sunny perfect Port. Fri 28. Punny terfect sort. Terfect. n. terrific effect. Could we rule from here? Need high profile connexion. Terfectic reflection. Sat 29. Walked Four Mile Beach. Watched Port Douglass Crocs (Aussie Rules) defeat visitor. A huge guy came up to me straight faced and said 'Remember me?' He could have crushed me. He said 'I got a sticker from you in Cooktown. How's it going?' It serves to illustrate the vagaries of my enterprise. For I have been threatened numerous times and it has become a part of the whole. I never know who people are when they approach. Sun 30. Spruiked Sunday market crowd. Fantastic. Later large bats like black fruit hanging in tree. A huge black gull, white head and spot on breast, forked tail. Tomorrow to Cairns and ... read more