Blogs from Oceania - page 6507

Nya Zeeland har en ganska stor vandringskultur. Bland annat finns ett antal vandringsleder som kallas Great Walks (vilket aven var paddling pa Whanganui var). Nu ska vi ut pa var forsta Great Walk och vi har valt Heaphy track som start. Vi anlander sent pa eftermiddagen till "Brown Hut" som markerar borjan pa vandringen och vid vilken vi planerar att spendera var forsta natt. Stugan ar redan ockuperad av 7 tjejer i 14-15-arsaldern och en av deras fader. Vi ar glada att vi spenderar natten utanfor stugan i vart talt. Dagen efter borjar vandringen och vi klattrar sakta uppat pa en mycket lattgangen promenadstig. Vaxtligheten och djurlivet ar naturligtvis helt annorlunda och under vandringen traskar vi genom regnskog, gar over hedar och langs palmkladda strander. Vi traffar weka, en ickeflygande, brun, lite honsliknande fagel som ar ... read more

Yeah, thats what they call it sometimes here in Brisbane. Been here about 2 1/2 weeks and things are slowly growing on me. Tha Arts Factory continued to be amazing until ah was forced to leave, ahll let tha pics speak fer themselves. Brisbane has been pretty up and down. Ah started off staying at a hostel in a 30-share dorm room w. no air conditioning. Sleep was pretty hard to get, and ah usually woke up drenched in sweat. The perk was that it was cheap, and had a free job club. Ah secured an interview and then a job doing telemarketing, which ah quit after 3 days. Because sitting at a desk calling people who dont want to talk to me, is NAWT something ah ken dae fer more then 2 hours er so. ... read more

Check ud O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse, Lamington Nat. Park. Køretur til Hervey Bay. Ankomst torsdag aften hotel Kondari Resort, Hervey Bay. Dagen er en transit-dag, hvor vi koerer fra Lammington National Park nordpaa til Hervey Bay. Koereturen paa ca. 450 km. tager ca. 6 tinmer inkl. frokost i Ginger Fabric! Hotellet i Hervey Bay indeholder efter boernenes mening den hidtil bedste pool paa turen - de tilbringer ca. 3 timer i den! En del af hotellet er en stoerre spillebule for primaert lokale. Vi handler ind som skulle vi opholde os i en uge paa en oede oe - men saa er vi ogsaa klar til den dyre Fraser Island i morgen. Jonatan og Tobias sover hos deres bedstefar om natten.... read more

I am an un-employed bum NO MORE!!!!.... I had a trial shift at a place called La Cita bar & restaurant last Saturday and I've been called back in on Friday and Saturday this week, tomorrow. I have had to go and purchase the standard all black uniform of a bar tender which has eaten into my funds a bit but the pay here in Oz is SO much better than in the UK, I'm on roughly $16 = 8.50pounds an hour (so Colin I'm now getting payed more than you... think your big time eh?!! haha). You can check out their extremely cheesey website at the following address go to the virtual tour if you want to see it. http://www.lacita.com.au/Flash/home2.html The bar is much cooler than the website I can assure you!! It's based on ... read more

Its Thursday and we’ve now been in Luganville for 2 weeks, and time is really flying, especially given that we are staying somewhere that has been described as a ‘ghost town’ in the past. Still love the place and it is definitely a hell of a lot nicer than Port Vila, the capital. Should tell you a little bit more about the hospital. I think we’ve mentioned that its on the top of a hill overlooking the bay, and so it has amazing views from the outpatients department. Intermingled with the various hospital buildings (all spaced out because its built in a French colonial style), there are various private houses. Not sure why people would want to live next door to the TB ward but each to their own. (Having said that, the TB ward is ... read more

Today was my last day in New Zealand. It was very sad and hard for me to leave such a beautiful country and so many recently acquired friends. On the way to the airport I had several DB's, since we had to finish the box before getting on the plane. It was cool drinking in the airport. Even grama had a couple beers with me which was sweet as. Being back in LA with family will be nice. Boulder, with the deuplex and 7 roommates is there waiting for me aswell, so there is light at the end of this tunnel. In the aiport I used my remaining minutes to call Janika and talk to her for a lil while after she got off work while I was waiting for my flight. I hope to keep ... read more

Hi everyone. So heres the update. Since monday been seeing a bunch of people everyday (lots of lunches). Was great to catch up with Mandy (SG) and will be going out with her tonight. Saw Stix and looks like he is doing great. Onto tourist happenings - went to the Melbourne Jail, melbourne museum, Shrine of REmembrance (I have a thing for statues), yesterday took a trip down the Yarra River and of course Ive hit all the bargain shopping hotspots. On wednesday went into all the posh shopping places and tried on exorbatently priced clothes that I could never afford - like R1000 for a dress. but it was good maybe in a few years when Im a millionaire. its been great staying with Gary and he has really looked after me. We had a ... read more