Blogs from Oceania - page 6583

Here we are in Perth now, a simple four hour flight west all over the same country. Australia is such a huge place its hard to comprehend. We are now in Western Australia which is one of the least populous states. Only 2 million people live in this state and most of them live in and around Perth. With an area four times the size of texas and about a zillion times the size of the UK its safe to say there is enough room to swing a cat. Perth itself is ............ nice, it doesn't feel like a busy city and there is loads of open space and the surrounding landscape is very green. The pace of life seems pretty chilled and people are all laid back, although Perth does not seem to be the ... read more

Haven't written a BLOG entry up for a quite a while so thought you may like this one? We took the New England Highway from Sydney and passed through quaint, small country towns. We stopped at Tamworth overnight in a motel, having decided not to stay at Armidale, which was just as well as our car would have been written off by giant hail-stones. The area was declared a disaster zone! As you can see we did some window shopping and just look at what you may get for Xmas next year from the WI? We went into Brisbane to see the lights and fruit bats, it is odd being in a hot climate and listening to xmas songs about snow, sleigh bells etc. We like the Aussie humour and some houses we passed did have ... read more

Hey everybody. Hope everything is well back home. We left you guys off from Nadi International Airport I believe. So the flight was delayed by about an hour. Noone seemed to care. It is something that we are learning quickly in this country. Nothing is ever on time. Not the flights, not the buses. Noone seems to care though. It is amazing that a country as 1st class as New Zealand, with major companies and what not, are not more time conscious. Not that it really matters to us, but it is weird having a watch and not really following it very often. Its nice to know the time, as a Canadian anyways, but the locals don't really mind it would seem. So other than the flight being late, everything went smoothly. At the airport they ... read more

היי!!! אז היום התעוררנו ממש מוקדם (9)... כדי להגיע בזמן לארתור'ס-פאס. בגריימאות' לא הפסיק לרדת גשם, אבל אחרי שיחה קצרה עם קימה ופרדו גילינו שבארתור'ס עצמו יש אחלה מזג אוויר.. מיהרנו להגיע לפני שהשמש תחליט לברוח לנו, ואכן היה מזג אוויר מדהים.. כמו שאמרנו, יש במקום הממוון מסלולים ממש יפים שאפשר לעשות, עם נוף ממש מטורף. אחד המסלולים המפורסמים והיפים במקום נקרא "אבלנש פיק". משום מה זה נשמע לנו כמו איזה ביטוי בגרמנית שאומר: "אנחנו נפתח לכם את התחת", אז ויתרנו עליו. בכל מקרה, עשינו ישיבה וניסינו להחליט על מה בכל זאת מטפסים ובסוף החלטנו: פורשים שמיכה, מדליקים את הגזיה והולכים לשתות קפה על שפת הנחל, באמצע איזה שדה פרחים מטורף!! ואיזה כיף היה!!! כדי לוודא שזה לא היה חלום אפילו הצטלמנו.. תמונה של ה"אבלנש פיק" מצורפת בכל מקרה, רק מלמטה.. (: אחרי 4 שעות של ... read more

Hey guys, U can all now breathe a sigh of relief, I'm now back in Sydney, so I won't be appearing anywhere near u for a while again. But after what seemed like an eternity on the plane, I've now just got to get over my jetlag, I was up at 9 this morning, i know unbelievable. But plane flight was alright, lots too drink, not even like I wanted to, but it started from the first round on the plane, had a jack daniels, then went to give my glass back and the flight attendant filled it up, and then everytime he walked past. Not really complaining, but meant I had to keep topping up to avoid the hangover whilst in the air. I've only been back a few hours and have really had it ... read more