Blogs from Oceania - page 6513

So to Sydney for Xmas and New Year. We had a great time and cant thank the people who put us up enough. Firstly thanks to Neil and Becs and all of Neils family for putting up with two freeloading strangers. We couldn't of asked for a better Xmas away from home. All of your family were nothing but welcome to us. Especially as you were all so gracious when caning your backsides at Risk! And secondly to Nick and Debs. Thanks for putting up with us for a week. We had a great time and hopefully ahve made some life-long friends! Hopefully we'll see you at the wedding in September. p.s Bad Luck: To make a present of a knife or any other sharp instrument unless you receive something in exchange. If you send us ... read more

Hello again all! Time for a little update! After the delights of Nelson and Abel Tasmin National Park, we headed to Westport, which apart from the lovely hostel we stayed in, really had no delights what so ever so I won't write about it! The next day however was a day of legends amongst anyone who has done the kiwi experience, the Poo Pub Party. It basically involves staying at a pub in the middle of nowhere by lake Maniapuha and having the biggest party ever, in fancy dress! We stopped at a few shops to help us with our costunes but basically the boys had to go in drag and the girls had to make their costumes from bin liners! The photos are hilarious and I do promise that when we get to Sydney ... read more

Every year over 1,000 eager creative, visual and performing arts people from age six to 86 converge on Bellingen (usual population 2,750) on the mid North Coast of New South Wales to be part of Camp Creative, with courses from circus skills to music to writing. This year it included me, enrolled in 5 days of writing Life Stories, to inspire me to use material I've been carrying in my head and not yet on paper. There were 53 classes available, held mostly in the Bellingen High School and also in any available hall or venue in town. I travelled up the Pacific Highway from Sydney via Buledelah and Taree where I camped one night in my Toyota Hiace campervan by the Dawson River. In the morning I jogged around the local streets in neighbouring Cundletown. ... read more

Hey! In Nelson ben ik verder opgetrokken met Bjorn, jongen uit Zweden. Twee dagen gewerkt bij een nederlandse vrouw die een retreat had om mensen te helpen met muziek en alles (onderdeel van mijn profielwerkstuk!). We moesten 3,5 uurtjes werken en dan kregen we eten en accomodatie gratis. daarna met bjorn nar Abel tasman park gegaan en de 4day track gedaan. eerste dag regen, helemaal doorweekt, altijd fijn :P.hadden geen kooksetje, dus wij aan de baked beans en spaghetti met saus uit blik, whaha, we hebben 't overleefd ;) de andere 3 dagen waren echt super,zon en blauwe lucht, zooo mooi daro. 1 avond liepen we nog langs het strand , klommen over een rots en hoorde wat in het water, was er een zeehond allemaal kunstjes aan het doen, om de hoek lagen er allemaal ... read more

Down Town Sydney After the exhilaration of the “Climb ‘ decided to chill out the following day But on the Friday decided to travel up the Parramatta River on the River Cat . Eddy took me to Darling Harbour, on the way travelled over ANZAC Bridge (originally called Glebe bridge but renamed as the ANZAC Bridge as a memorial to members from both sides of the Tasman who formed the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - the ANZACS. A bronze statue of a World War 1 Digger was placed on the monument at the western end on the 25th April 2000. A handful of sand from Gallipoli rests under the foot of the digger as a permanent connection with comrades who fell and remain at the Gallipoli Battlefield in Turkey. Then down into Darling Harbour ... read more