Blogs from Oceania - page 7041

Having left Queenstown, the adrenalin capital of New Zealand, a quieter pace followed with a week consisting mostly of David Attenborough and Johnny Morris impressions.... A new bus from Queenstown meant new friends - really good bunch who liked a few drinks of an evening and were lots of fun to be with. We headed to Milford Sound - sight of the typical South Island vision of Mitre Peak rising out the Sound. Happy to report that it didn't disappoint atall - the sky was blue and the views were stunning. Even the dolpins came to swim alongside the boat. The following day we visited a sheep farm in the south-west region and oddly enough the farmer spoke with a trace of West country accent - apparently in this part of the country they roll their ... read more

Hi all, Well, hope none of you headed over to Arkoroola to meet us because we did a 360" turn and decided to go north. We meet someone coming from the south and they were talking temperatures of up to -6, so we made an easy choice. Currently in Middlemount, a mining town out the back of Mackay, staying with my (Tom's) nephew Luke and his partner Amanda, and meeting their kids for the first time. From Innamincka we went north east to Eromanga, a great little outback town with Kangaroos hoping down the main street, and sheep too! Next onto Charleville to a packed campground. School holidays up here. Went to the Bilby centre and saw the little critters and learnt a bit about their battle for survival. Also went to the Cosmos centre, and ... read more

hey sorry this is quite alot later- have been 2 busy get to the net for a few days and then have had some problems getting on here- i think theres something wrong with my email which somehow has messed with me logging on here!?! anway thort id fill you in on my last few days of melbourne - not an awful lot happened- was just chilling after the trip, was in nice new hostle, nommads. however, did go to see the oz footy match at federation sqaure- it was 1am and there must have been 30, 000+ there- the atmosphere was amazing!!! just thort id show u some pics of this awsome night- o and of my freinds milly n jen who are now in new zealand- but with who i was chilling with for ... read more

Happy 4th o Jew-Lie My USA shebang went off with quite a day. Started out as casual as the day before, waking up to a nice view of the city and the ocean, then a nice walk through the park and around town. I arrived at the dive shop early just to stop in and say hi to the people who had been taking care of my trip. “Hey there, so you know what room you’re in right?” they said to me- I was thinking they knew because I was the special guy they had to cancel out of their last trip. “Yep, top deck starboard,” I exclaimed with a smile. “You don’t mind sharing it?” “What?!!? That wasn’t the deal.” That’s right. Twice, explorer ventures effed up my reservation. Whatever, I was here to enjoy ... read more

So now I'm in New Zealand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Darren drove 6 hrs to pick me up from the airport in Christchurch and we drove straight to Queenstown (the Adventure Capital- God knows why I was going!!!!!!) The boys were soon to leave Queenstown but first we were going to spend a few days in Milford Sound together aswell as a Liverpudlian, James!................... As the boys had a car it was perfect as its a 5hr drive away. The weather was lovely, cold but i'd prepared and purchased a coat! The scenery in NZ is fantastic! I love it! Snowy capped mountains and green rolling hills!!!! Milford sound was beautiful and the weather thankfully perfect for our boat ride! Alot of the roads had been closed due to too much snow but luckily we were fine on our journey!!!! ... read more