Blogs from Oceania - page 6515

Ei helvetti, edellisestä päiväkirjamerkinnästä on pitkä aika ja paljon on ehtinyt tapahtua. Viime viikolla tulin siis Melbourneen, missä otin hostellin kolmeksi päiväksi. Lento Melbourneen lähti aamukuudelta, joten edellisen yön unet jäivät noin kolmeen tuntiin. Lähtöselvityksessä sun muussa meni tietenkin parisen tuntia, joten kentällä piti olla jo aamuneljältä! Muodollisuuksien jälkeen pääsin koneeseen ja nukahdin samantien. Oli aika mielenkiintoista herätä kesken koneen lähtökiihdytystä! Itse lento kesti puolitoista tuntia, mutta sen jälkeen piti istua vielä tunnin verran bussissa. Bussissa istuminen johtui siitä seikasta, ettei halpalentoyhtiö Jetstarilla ole lupaa laskeutua Melbournen „oikealle“ lentokentälle. Bussilippu kaupunkiin piti ostaa tietenkin erikseen, mutta kaikesta huolimatta lento tuli kaikista halvimmaksi. Melbournessa majoituin hostelli Bakpakiin. Lähinnä siksi, e... read more

Staying by Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook has been an absolute dream and it was with a heavy heart that we made the decision to move on this morning. The weather wasn't quite as good as it had been for the last couple of days and Glynn and I were both nursing a bit of sunburn again despite all the sun cream we piled on yesterday. Poor Glynn got sunburnt lips so his morning wasn't much fun but that didn't stop him from taking one last dip in the glacier lake before we left. It was just too cold for me today though! We stopped in Twizel (pronounced Twy-zel) briefly to pick up a few groceries and Glynn got to play on some giant heavy machinery that had been converted into a bit of a display/play ... read more

Nous voila arrive un peu naivement a Auckland. En Australie le service d'immigration nous a absolument rien demande, du coup on est parti pour la Nouvelle Zelande sans aucun papier: preuve d'un vol retour, notre itineraire, reservation d'hotel...bref n'importe quoi qui puisse prouver qu'on est pas en train de tenter une immigration illegale! En plus comme on avait postule pour un visa vacances travail (qu'on n'a pas pris peine d'annuler histoire de laisser toutes options ouvertes), ca semblait un peu louche de dire qu'on etait la seulement pour le mois. Apres negociations on nous finalement accorde un visa touristes. La derniere etape a franchire, c'est la bio-inspection des bagages pour etre sure de ne pas introduire de bacteries dans le pays. On se fait donc inspecter chaussures de marche, tente.... Ils ne rigolent pas avec ca. ... read more

Far North Queensland, home of scenic delights such as the Great Barrier Reef, Atherton Tablelands, Cape Tribulation and also to some of the most feral forms of human life imaginable (and that includes Wolverhampton). With Matt Richards stranded in Noosa it was back to solo travelling for a while and after arriving at Gilligan's hostel to be greeted in my dorm by a German randomly wingeing about someone stealing his pasta from the kitchen, I immediately set about booking a tour to Cape Tribulation. I'd had a quick look around the town of Cairns (it doesn't take long) and soon realised that there wasn't much to hang around for. This was confirmed when upon setting foot in the nearest boozer I was forced to watch England get walloped by the Aussies at 20/20 cricket and listen ... read more

Following the greyhound bus journey from Brisbane arrived in Noosa and was met by the courtesy coach for Kola Backpackers resort where I had booked for 2 nights. On arrival into the dorm the room was filthy and the shower had green algae going up the walls, I asked if they had another dorm but was told no. During the afternoon went down to Noosa heads then came across the YHA asked if they had space for the hostel and sat outside the room on the balcony for the evening. ... read more