http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Griffith en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:02:37 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:02:37 +0000 One of the little joys in life is to take a drive to neighbouring towns pack a picnic explore the area on foot and maybe find a great vineyard. This day was a success. All the boxes were ticked. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-772925.html During those months of being ill and the recovery period that followed I craved to be well enough to have long walks in nature enjoy bike rides and to kayak down rivers. I pictured myself as a bit of a Solo Woman the great outdoorsy type. Just realised today I39m actually doing it and it39s making me extremely happy. I don39t quite match the picture I had in my head but the reality http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-772749.html Carrathool is an historical town once used as a transport network for wool. First bullocks were used followed by the Paddle Steamer then the Railway. Large sheep properties on either side of the river contributed to Australia39s major exports. Today properties have almagamated or diversified but it is still a viable area for produce.This tiny town has a population of 99 people. Once a year i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-772393.html Darlington Point Goanna TrackThe area was used in the 180039s as a meeting place for tribes of indigenous people. After white men arrived in the 183039s the river was a major transport link for supplies to and from cities. During the 193039s this stretch of river was used as a common for 25 families but bachelors had to live down the end with the Bunyip. The feared Bunyip hole still exi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-771981.html It39s been a while since the Lonie Rangers have blogged. Dave39s been busy with poetic ramblings and I with photographic pursuits. Due to popular demand we have resurfaced. This time I39ll be adding short blurbs with snaps not photography and Dave will add special issues to interest delight and tickle your fancy I39m sure.Darlington Point you may wonder where what and particularly http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-771744.html I gave up hitching the Princes Highway. I waited more than an hour and was offered one ride to the next service station. I ran across to the opposite side and hitched back to the turn off to the Hume Highway the direct inland highway between Melbourne and Sydney. A Taiwanese guy took me all the way to the outskirts of Canberra. We stopped off for breakfast and coffee along the way. He told me abo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-679055.html Last year when I first left I always had one eye on home. I saw it as a year to figure myself out learn some things and use that knowledge back in England to start doing something with my life. But by and by my dreams changed. Rather than wishing for a place to live a girl a good job that paid enough not to worry about money friends and a settled life I wanted to move and not stop. As I tra http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-679054.html Last week was Thanksgiving. I spent two days cooking and baking a proper American Thanksgiving from scratch. Because Australians do not celebrate Thanksgiving they are lacking all the nice short cut products like stove top stuffing and canned pumpkin. I ended up mashing potatoes and drying bread crumbs for stuffing. Boiling pumpkin for pumpkin pie. It was very labor intensive. I am really impresse http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-667743.html Hello to all my northern hemisphere friendsI hope you are having a lovely fall while I get ready for summer All of my Australian friends tell me that this is just the spring it only gets hotter I often wonder if I can cope without air conditioning. I am still working at Mick39s Bakehouse. I am planning to move on after Christmas and spend the new year in Melbourne and see some city fire http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-662252.html Hi EveryoneI am sorry that it has been so long since my last update. I am still alive and working in Leeton. In my last blog I talked about the Fruitshack where I am living with other backpackers. Now I am going to talk about the place I am working Mick39s Bakehouse. So far most of the people I have met have been other travelers but working for a small business means I talk to lots of Aus http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-633489.html Hi EveryoneFor those of you who don39t already know I have come to Australia on a Work and Holiday visa. Australia has one of the most well known working holiday programs. Under this visa foreigners from Europe Canada the UK and the US can live in Australia for 12 months and work legally in order to subsidize their travel funds. You cannot work for more than 6 months for the same employe http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-632210.html Day 3 Tuesday 5th July 2011 Wymah to GriffithToday started with a bit of drama we followed Tony down to the old Hume Highway and just after wed turned onto it we came upon a farm car unregistered paddock basher in a grassy ditch by the roadside. We never really found out how the young cousins driving it had got it there but they were unhurt and the car undamaged so one of the 4WDs gave http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-626990.html I have had a lot of trouble with blogs lately. Rather than put as my latest this entry was put at the very beginning of my blog entries. I deleted it from there and tried to send it again but wasn39t able to do so. I39ll try again for those who tell me they missed seeing it and apologies for those who39ve already seen it.After our second night in Castlemaine we drove to the city of M http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-611422.html Wednesday morning brought a feeling of relief rather than anticipation of the day ahead. Early inspections showed that despite the heavy rains water levels had gone down considerably. The locals were still interested in flood levels as measurements are usually taken alongside the bridge adjacent to the caravan park. There were a few cars parked up and one or two people taking photos but nowhere http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-553964.html HelllooooooAlors alors. Que dire de nouveau Nous sommes donc a LEETON bled paume par excellence qui se rsume a une rue commerante 3pubs on attend toujours de voir ou se trouve le 3eme ca va tout de mme faire un mois quon est la quelques magasins pourris fermes le Samedi aprsmidi videmment sinon ca naurait rien dexotique quelques banques et bancontacts http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-58555.html hej alle sammenja der er lige sket en del siden sidst. jeg kommer lige med hoejde punkterne. vi er koert galt og jeg tager afsted alene. ja vi koeret galt men der skete ikke nogle skade paa nogle personer men vores bil var helt faerdig. saa pludselig stod vi uden bil men vi alle dem vi arbejdede sammen med var meget flinke til at hjaelpe os med at komme frem og til paa arbejde og til griffith. o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-29985.html ja saa har jeg saa sat lidt billeder ind. der er ikke rigitigt sket saa meget siden sidst. vi har abejdet og jo saa var vi i byen om loerdagen men det var da godt nok et flop. for der kom indbrud i nogle af tyskernes biler sikke noget rod. det var i to biler og i den ene blev der smadret en side rude. men de fik vist alt det der var stjolet tilbage noget af det fandt de som var smidt hist og pi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-28382.html hejsa der er ikke sket saa meget siden sidst men jeg syntes lige jeg ville give en lyd fra mig alligevel. vi er begyndt at beskaere valdnoedde traerne. det er da godt nok noget af det kedeligste og der er som altid alt for mange og det tager alt for langt tid. men hvad det giver penge paa kontoen og det er jo bare skoent. saa for vi set en masse giftige edderkopper og jeg har laert lidt om dem. d http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-27600.html hejsa ja jeg skriver lige igen idag der er ikke sket meget siden sidst men nu sidder jeg jo her alligevel. det koster kun en for en time at vaere paa nette her og vi skal jo have tiden til at gaa med et eller andet naar man nu igen ikke kan komme paa arbejde. i dag er det godt nok ikke regn vejr men det regnede saa meget i gaar at det er for vaardt ud i marken til at komme paa arbejde. saa f http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-26440.html hejsa alle sammendet er ved at vaere et stykke tid siden jeg har skrevet her inde da jeg ikke har vaeret paa nettet. jeg har knoklet. vi plantede traer onsdag torsdag fredag loerdag og soendag i forrige uge. og efter det havde de lige noget mere arbejde til os saa vi arbejde hele ugen efter igen. ogsaa har vi saa vaeret her inde i griffith i weekenden men pcen har drillet mig saa jeg ikke k http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Griffith/blog-26295.html