Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4351

I havent had internet for the past week but it has been a really good one. I dont think I spent more than one night at home as I was out and about with different people from work everynight. WED NIGHT: I met up with Connor and Derek Hardy after going out with the work boys to coogie beach. (bout half hour out of the city). Was a good nigth and was rad to see people from back home. Ended up in Kings cross as I ahve everytime I go out almost. Its open all night and it close to home. But it is full of strip joints and hookers so its a little seedy. But all is well. THURS: Worked 12-9, went home, ate, slept. Friday: Worked 9-6, went out with people from work who ... read more

In 136 days my dream to travel to Europe will become a reality. We will be going around the world in 28 days...a somewhat crazy and whirlwind trip that I wish could be done over a 3 month period at least!! :) The last month or two has been crazy between work, uni and trying to plan this trip. At first it started off being somewhat of a dream where we were saving and buying travel books, but nothing was set it concrete. Because of such a short time frame, working out where we wanted to go, and how long we wanted to stay in each place just about drove us insane, but we did it! The other big decision that we had to make was who to fly with, and honestly it wasn't that hard, ... read more

"Un week-end sur un coin de Paradis"... cela suffirait a resumer notre excursion sur Fraser Island. Cependant, nous ne vous ferons pas l'affront de nous limiter a ce commentaire un peu maigre, bien qu'explicite. Vendredi soir, 18h00, nous avons pris le route pour le Nord, depuis Brisbane, en direction de Rainbow Beach, ou Sandra avait pris soin de nous reserver une nuit. Trois heures, un bon nombre de tournants et quelques nuages de brouillard plus tard, nous sommes arrivee a Rainbow Beach, patelin balneaire relativement calme en raison de la saison. Le Backpack dans lequel nous avons debarque etait de loin le meilleur que nous avons essaye jusqu'ici, tout du moins "rapport qualite - prix". Propore, chambres carrelees, une salle de bain par chambre, un grand espace salon rempli de divans, une terrace sympa, le tout ... read more

Again, our route from Bangkok to Perth in Australia was a lot more convoluted last time, involving planes, trains and boats, although we did see some of the places in between. This time, we had another direct flight. On the flight, it all came back how friendly the Australians are. We were chatting to people on the flight who were all interested in what we were up to, were giving us advice on where to go and even their phone numbers in case we needed help at any point. Like last time I came to Australia (), the big deal getting in is the quarantine - there was a Steve Irwin video on the flight all about it, with an emphasis how harsh the penalties are. And we were all sprayed with something before we got ... read more

Drove out to Lake Maraboon today, it is about 20mins out of Emerald, it is a huge lake but the water levels are down. Has a large picnic area and also caravan and camping village which is full.... read more