http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia en-us Sun, 22 Nov 09 09:39:25 +0000 Sun, 22 Nov 09 09:39:25 +0000 Melons melons melonshelliphellip..Ah yes a day in the life of a Water Melon picker. Wake up 5am. Breakfast is a large strong coffee and cereal combined with murmured lsquogood morningsrsquo to fellow workers. You know its going to be a good day. But every joint in your body screams lsquoNOrsquo. 545am dressed and ready to go with your lunch yoursquove packed the night before a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Bundaberg/blog-454996.html im having a great time in australia been in sydney 5days and im very impresed with the city. these people are so lucky to be living in a huge city with amazing beaches on there doorstep. on the first day we treked around the city centre and took the standard photo shots of the harbour bridge and the opera house they must photoshop the pictures because it is alot smaller and not as white. we als http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-454961.html Driving vacation in Australia When I visit a place an impression is formed inside me. Often time the impression canrsquot be explained logically. It canrsquot be broken into different categories nor be assigned weighted values. It is just is. In this regard Sydney is very inviting and welcoming. 180 nationalities now call Sydney home. Undulating landscapes artful gardens historytelling s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-454949.html Streets of SydneyI commute to work through George St. from my hotel in Darling Harbor neighborhood. It is one of my favorite streets in Sydney downtown. It has multiple personalities. On the south end it starts in Chinatown where the Asian immigrant settled in the second half of 19th century. In the north end it concludes at the historic Rock district where the first Australian settlers came and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-454948.html Katoomba TownEarlier this morning on the way to Mt. Wilson I stopped by the Blue Mountain National Park visitor center in Katoomba town on route 32 Great Western Highway. The panoramic view of the famous Three Sister rock formation and the lush rolling mountains stretches far into the horizon. Blue Mountain is a favorite weekend gateway spot for Sydneysiders. There are hundreds of hiking trails http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-454945.html Mt. WilsonDriving through the deserted lush Mt.Wilson rain forest just 120 km northwest of Sydney of Route 40 I fall madly in love with this mountain. Mt. Wilson is a mountain range that spans for five kilometers north of the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Park. The rich volcanic basalt soil makes this region a perfect location for many naturalappearing large scale English gardens. Many http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-454941.html quelques photos des environs de weipa et napranum petit village tres insallubre d'aborigenemais avec beaucoup de belles vues .....a la base partit trouver un crocodile ..... mais non pas encore pour cette fois o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Weipa/blog-454939.html The time has come to drag out the blogging instinct only recently departed and start up an Aussie leg of my travel story.I hot Ayr about one week ago and it has been everything that the Cairns I left 7 years ago was......sultry heat lush foliage palm trees and mangos galore at this wonderful time of year. Hoorah for stringy juicy sweet tasty eatoverabath mangos as it is Mango Season a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Ayr/blog-454751.html I couldn't sleep for shit last night. No joke I swear one of the girls in my room was a reincarnation of the exorcist. She kept talking in her sleep but it wasn't just the odd word. She would speak a different language and then randomly start shouting 'FUCK OFF YOU F UCKING DICK YOU FUCKING TWAT FUCKING FUCKER DICKHEAD' in an Irish accent.. and then would start jolting about on the bed like she w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-454721.html YAWNNNNNN can't wait to get the hell out of this place.. the wake up awaits me I decided I definitely wanted to move back tomorrow so I checked out that day so I can just post my keys through the letterbox in the morning however I have that interview for the waitress job at like 9.30am tomorrow so I'm gonna have to get up stupidly early. Luckily it's in Pyrmont where Zoe works so we can both wal http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-454719.html Oh my. Has it really been 4 years since smelling the green grass of Riley Park 2010 is fast approaching and a return to Cowtown all but guranteed. Kirby Dim Sim Dillon has been outofstate in the surrounds of Kelowna and other random North American locations for the past 18 months and it is well time that someone chipped up and visited her. The past 3 and a half years have been well spent pa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Glenelg/blog-454605.html I experienced my first dry electrical storm last night. There was fork and sheet lightning across the sky for most of the evening with only a little rain. The temp today has varied from 23 30 degrees and we've actually had some proper rain now.As it became bearable to be outside we went for a drive and then I went in to town to have a look around the shops and then the museum. Up in the hills http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/blog-454602.html This is my story. The pictures you will see here are from my overseas trip to Greece Latvia and Lithuania an important experience that changed me as a person forever.Prior to leaving the only thing on my mind was getting homesick. I was worried. This was going to be a huge step for me. I was going on a plane to Greece all by myself. At first I didn't think I'd be able to cope with being separat http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Wollongong/blog-454600.html Mit Einbruch der Dunkelheit sind wir in Mission Beach angekommen. Wir haben uns zunchst auf der Tankstelle die Touristeninformation hatte bereits geschlossen nach den gnstigsten Campingpltzen in der Umgebung erkundigt. Der Tankwart verriet uns dass es etwas auerhalb von Mission Beach einen gratis Campingplatz gibt. Da die anderen Campingpltze in Mission Beach ohnehin entweder ausgebucht http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Mission-Beach/blog-454504.html So notice served and weeks remain of work.It's been a bit of a strange year. Spent the first part of it working my nuts off for a complete muppet being the face of a bar that was more concerned about the women behind the bar than the ability to provide any kind of service although putting crisps on the bottom shelf and asking the barstaff to get a packet without bending their legs is probabl http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/blog-454292.html Our last leg of our month long vacation to Oceania ended in Sydney Australia When we arrived to Sydney one of my best college friends Aimee was there to pick us up It was great seeing Aimee after almost 5 years Aimee and her husband John were recently relocated to Sydney from Kansas City. Although they only have been there for 4 months both of them have aclimated themselves to Sydney li http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Balmain/blog-454101.html It's raining it's not raining it's sunny now it's raining again. It makes leaving the house nearly impossible I went up to Cradle Mountain to do some hiking on Monday. It would go from completely pouring to so hot I had to take my jacket off to pouring again all within 20 minutes. I got soaked to the bone on the 2 hour hike around Dove Lake but it was so beautiful to be up there with th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Bicheno/blog-454081.html DAY 375Andy brought me a cup of tea this morning it is 7.00 I wanted to be up in good time as I am going to Wagga Wagga today with Helen to do a bit of shopping Helen has a 9.00 appointment in town so we need to be leaving Woodstock by 8.15 in order to get there in time.I am up and about chat to Andy about yesterdays fire he is enjoying a short time of peace and quiet i.e. everyone is out an http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Nangus/blog-454061.html Day 206 KalbarriOur birthday shout out this morning is in two bites Firstly to Aunty Barb in Tewkesbury Happy Birthday my lovely we hope you have a beautiful day and enjoy the Tarran Gray concert at the club. Secondly to Oz Brown are all your birthday presents associated with the new drag car You lucky lady you Hope you have a lovely day OzThe time has come for us to have the car s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Kalbarri/blog-454052.html Day 205 KalbarriEver had a lsquonightmarersquo that you have recollection of Well thatrsquos what happened to me this morning When I opened my eyes and said good morning to Darryl he responded with ldquoAre you alright after your midnight crocodile attackrdquo Apparently Irsquod sat upright lifted the quilt and was looking at my feet yelling ldquoNo Nordquo This was al http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Kalbarri/blog-454051.html