Blogs from Oceania - page 6496

Bugga! Where did everyone go? A quick scan around & a little way off I see those lovely red petals bobbing along above the masses! Gertie saves the day again. Gertrude the flower's 1st big day out was an awesome experience! She had the best view up high of all the bands & she loved the pommy gals (mafromantics & Lilly Allen), was spun out by that 1 guy's weird instrument, bounced around to TZU, was catapulted into the air by the sling shot ride, got low with the streets, enjoyed muses energetic set then danced her petals off with the crystal meth dj's! I think a majority of the gold coast BDO either met, kissed (sometimes very inappropriately!), hugged, saw or heard about Gertrude the flower! And she made my & most people she ... read more

De aardkorst is hier maar zo'n 10-15 m dik...elk moment kan er iets uit de aarde omhoogschieten.... Hey allemaal! Werd maar weer eens tijd dat ik een berichtje plaats. Ik ben inmiddels al in Rotorua, een plaats waar veel thermische en vulkanische activiteit is. Maar eerst maar ff vanaf het begin beginnen. Ik was dus vanuit Auckland vertrokken richting Thames, onderweg stopten we nog op mount eden voor een mistig uitzicht over Auckland en de bay. Maar ik had natuurlijk al een fantastische vieuw gehad vanaf Rangitoto, het vulkanishe eiland dat ik samen heb beklommen met Wiep. Ook zijn we samen nog naar het Auckland museu geweest waar veel maori werk te zien was, echt erg mooi wat zij maakten en maken, veel houtsnijwerk! De bus reed vanaf Auckland naar Hahei, maar ik wilde meer van ... read more

Sunday 21st January 2006 We met with our group (8 others??) at 8am to go over the vehicle and cover andy previous dents etc. There were only three people eligible to drive in our group, me, Lisa and Bas/Bos He went first and drove us to the supermarket where 10 of us organised food for 3 days for a fantastic $10 a person! We also picked up some wine and beer and drove torwards the ferry. There were two other pink Land Cruisers from our hostel and we spotted another three white ones doing the same. SO there would be at least 60 of us heading to the island that day. We were given a suggested itinery with times to get on and off the beach (to avoid getting stuck at high tide) and with the ... read more

Said goodbye to Micah, Heidi and Austi at about 5am for our departure from Auckland to Sydney. Made the final edits to Monkey Beast as the cab honked his horn. We bought a Nissan Urvan about 5 days after arriving in Sydney. In 83 days we put over 20,000 KMs on the van and only stayed in a hotel 7 nights total in Australia. Campervan Living. After selling the van for a small profit we stayed with Heidi and Austi in Wollongong for a week before taking off for Vietnam. Australia was good to us...we relaxed on the beach and enjoyed our time in the bush. We both came to a point where we weren't thinking about our jobs anymore. I know most of you have already seen the pictures of Oz on our other website...I've ... read more

After having successfully push-started "Smelly Nelly", we found ourselves on the ferry from Wellington through the wonderful Marlborough Sounds to Picton, a place which turned out to be one of our favourites. Although Picton has a high volume of people travelling through it, it maintains a really peaceful atmosphere and we ended up spending a number of days here at the beginning and end of our 4 week trip around the South Island. Our first evening in Picton was spent with a couple called John and Katie who were our neighbours on the campsite. We started chatting and a few hours and a few bottles of wine later, we were the best of friends! They had recently got engaged in Christchurch and were heading back to the North Island so we were able to get lots ... read more