http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia en-us Sun, 08 Nov 09 15:44:24 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 09 15:44:24 +0000 SIGHTS OF DARWINldquoWe are not on a holiday We are on a lifestylerdquo This is what we keep telling ourselves at the Free Spirit Resort fancy name for a caravan park. Our days have been just like they were at home work go home work go home work and go homehellip you get the drift. The exception however is that we are doing it in the Northern Territory and living what we have http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Kakadu-National-Park/Jabiru/blog-451632.html Still in the proccess of organising my trip. Getting in touch with my friends overseas and arranging catch ups. Already been invited to join my friends on their planned trips Ireland in March and Egypt in April. So it's a great starting point. Still finalising details with my English course so I can teach hopefully throughout Europe. Visas... YUK Way too much paperwork involved but necessary http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-451598.html Spooky PhotosI am experimenting with uploading photos which so far has eluded me or rather my computer. Malicious spyware or addons are suspected Internet Explorer seems to have been the culprit and by Jove I think I've done it These photos were taken on the morning of the first dust storm as I rode to work. Familiar places took on a strange armageddonesque quality and the eerie first light ma http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Hunter-Valley/blog-451585.html We spent a total of 4 days in Melbourne and packed as much as we could in As you saw from the previous posts we attended the Melbourne Cup visited the Twelve Apostles and ventured through St. Kilda.The last couple days in Melbourne were spent sight seeing and enjoying good times with our friends David Sean. One of our Melbourne day trips included visiting an Australian War Memorial The Quee http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-451575.html Flew from Cairns to Alice Springs where it was a toasty 37c From Cairns to Alice Springs there's a half hour time difference which was a bit weird The taxi driver from the airport in Alice Springs was of Scottish descent but asked us whereabouts in England we were from As it cooled down we took a walk up Anzac Hill in the centre of Alice Springs to see a view of the town and watch the sunset. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Alice-Springs/blog-451527.html YepThe recovering alcoholic drug user 5minutemarriager and Paris Hiltonite has hit the shores of Australia. Thankfully they share as much regard for her as I do. Within hours of landing Fans were complaining because she wouldn't sign any autographs. Fans because these were 50 year old me rather wellbuilt and worn very thick glasses....hmmm....there for Britney or the 14 year oldSo o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/blog-451501.html Hi everyone just a quick update on things.Last week I went on a road trip to a town called Gloucster in NSW with a friend from work who had to pick up a motorbike overall it was around 2750KM it was nice to see some of the country where buses dont go and meet some local australians.Work is the same as always very boring and I cant wait to start travelling on 15th December.Welll thats all and il http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Emerald/blog-451500.html NOTE Unfortunately my camera was stolen a few weeks ago so any pictures in this blog have been nicked from the internetFor many reasons the climate the wildlife the beaches the culture and many other things I've always wanted to visit Australia. Therefore I was very excited last week when I knew I was finally going to go there. However before all that the first night of my trip was goin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-451475.html Except the rain actually. I would be happy with the rain staying the way it is or going away all together of course some sun would be wonderful but I am not going to be too picky. But please more of the best espresso every.single.time old churches more wonderful pubs more local beer I have never tried more drag queens and gay bars more breathtaking scenery and more fascinating people http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Katoomba/blog-451329.html I cannot believe it has been two whole months since I updated the grand old travel blog but a significant amount of time was spent without reliable internet not from lack of love for writing about it all. Darwin was hot and sweaty and I enjoyed it immensely. You can smoke in pubs airports and for all I know... child care centres. laughs A very shallow reason to love a place maybe but as a smo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/open-water/blog-451318.html We wern't to sure about noosa as we hadnt heard much about it other then there wasn't much there especially a screen to watch the football. Unlucky for steve as it was the big liverpool man u game that night. However we had to stop there to do Steve Irwins zoo. Luckily we choose a decent hostel and managed to convince the bar staff to leave the tv on fox sports till the morning so we could catch http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/blog-451295.html If there is one thing I learned from visiting Kyran in Melbourne it is to accept people's generosity especially when it is put in writing Before we left to go on the tour in Alice Springs I emailed Kim our friend from Tango night in Buenos Aires to see if she wanted to grab a drink when we visited Sydney. Her reply shocked me with its generosity. She said that she was out of town during th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Bondi-Beach/blog-451286.html Also eins steht fest wenn ich nach meinem Australienaufenthalt meine nchste Wohnung beziehe werde ich besonderes Augenmerk auf die Kche legen Ich kann es gar nicht erwarten euch alle zum Essen einzuladen um euch mit all den neuen Gerichten zu bekochen die ich hier kennengelernt habe also plant schonmal mehrere Abende ein P Kommen grad von Sharon und Michael also Uli Hans und ich u http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Main-Beach/blog-451147.html This bulletin is covering one month of travel and taking us into new working experiencesAs mentioned in ldquoPart 1rdquo we arrived back in Gunnedah in search of koalas gear for our working life and future employment opportunities. First goal Koalas We set off for Porcupine Lookout a reserve well populated with our furry friends. Setting out towards the middle of the day was probably n http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Moree/blog-451108.html 21109 Well Kalbarri is beautiful the wildflowers are amazing we are on the tail end of them. There are over 800 species in the area I must have photographed 50 of them I would love to be here in July August to see most of them. Den stopped so I could photograph a few of them I was just in heaven being a florist I was just in awe. We booked into the Top Tourist Caravan Park 27 a night http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Kalbarri/blog-451099.html Today after our road trip we spent the afternoon in St. Kilda. Here are some random shots I took while we were on our way. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-450907.html Die naesten 2 Blogeintraege handeln von den touristen Highlights an der Ostkueste Whitsunday Islands und Fraser Island.Die Whitsunday Islands ist die groesste Inselgruppe an der Ostkueste. Eigentlich jeder der an die Ostkueste bereist schaut mal vorbei bei diesen tropischen trauminseln und geht zumindest 2 tage segeln und schnorcheln tauchen und laueft auf unbewohnten Inseln rum.Die folgene Gesch http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Whitsundays/blog-450848.html We just arrived from a overnight road trip to Port Campbell. On our way to Port Campbell we drove through the historic Great Ocean Road which z'd up along the Indian Ocean. Our trip started when we picked up the little red kia ria rental. The total drive took us about 5 hours to reach the natural wonder known as The Twelve Apostles. David was a great driver and tour guide. We took several stops to http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Port-Campbell/blog-450840.html nachdem ich von cairns 2000km nach brisbane und auf dem weg die whitsundays und fraser island besucht haber gefahren bin bin ich etwas weiter suedlich nach byron bay gefahren und hab dort fast 2 wochen mit surfen verbracht. die 6 leute mit denen ich gereist bin haben sich alle verstreut und ich bin zum ertsen mal mit 2 deutschen weitergereist. der eigentliche plan war sich 2 wochen fuer die s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-450835.html I have arrived I was planning on posting last night but I ended up passing out at 9pm actually pretty impressed I was able to stay up until 9pm. Right now I am sitting in my wonderful hostel in central Sydney just ate some delicious brekkie god the Australian's have wonderful terminology and am getting ready to start out on my adventures for the day. Sydney really feels a lot like SF http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Liverpool/blog-450772.html