http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania en-us Mon, 16 Nov 09 02:45:08 +0000 Mon, 16 Nov 09 02:45:08 +0000 On the 12th of November Rodrigo was originally only supposed to be working from 101pm but he called in to help with renovations in the pizza bar he works and ended up working all day 12 hours or something stupid in total. I spent most of the day hanging out with Jon in town which was cool I also made a significant start on my new book '7 years in Tibet' which Sarah One of Alex's housemates i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Gisborne/blog-453417.html great forest and huge trees at bunya national parkgood trekking too http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Blackall/blog-453402.html at tincan bay we saw lots of pelicans and a dolphin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/blog-453399.html one of the places we like most in queensland cape tribulation and daintree national parkit was really cold at night but the days have been clear and gorgeous http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cape-Tribulation/blog-453393.html beautiful magnetic island even in winter. blue sky and water great waking possibilities and it was easy to spot koala on trees http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Magnetic-Island/blog-453391.html a day trip from cape hillsborough we really enjoyed the visit and trekking in the parkwe couldn't believe but we saw a platypus in the water. we watched it for quite a long time it swam very close and fearless since only the two of us where there. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Eungella/blog-453389.html we stayed two nights at cape hillsborough and enjoyed the wallabis on the beach and the ocean http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cape-Hillsborough-National-Park/blog-453387.html Kalbarri PerthGot the camera less functions than the old one and twice the price but hopefully it wonrsquot keep breaking down On route to Perth we stopped at the Pinnacles National Park acres of desert sand with these variously shaped pointy rocks. They are not sure what formed them but we favour the theory that they are calcified tree trunks. They are very entertaining almost as muc http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/blog-453345.html Three weeks to go so much to organise. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-453312.html Well Adventure land it is...and today Stephen proved it Check our Canyon Swing Pics VideosThis morning our helicopter ride was canceled due to the inclement weather so we are on tentative plans for tomorrow morning. After checking out Joe's Garage for breakfast and The Cow for lunch we took a walk around the Lake region and snapped some great picsWe needed to do some activity so we bot http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-453303.html Day 201 Near DenhamHappy Birthday Mark lsquoMush Shagrsquo Coulsell We hope you have a fabulous day and that Mrs Coulsell brings you all your heart desires or at the very least she doesnrsquot bring you a mouldy bread bacon sandwich Happy Birthday mate lots of love from both of us xIt hadnrsquot really crossed our minds about how high the tide would come through the night we mus http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Denham/blog-453284.html Hello I've had a sort of busy time since I last posted. I think that was Wednesday so quick summary since then. A group of us went up the Sky Tower in the evening highest building in the southern hemisphere I'm told think it's 192m high. Awesome views out over Auckland. Came back to the hostel and got Dominos pizza between about 9 of us nice. Thursday was the first really nice day we w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/Central/blog-453277.html You know how for the most part yoursquod rather be travelling Same with us. Yes our entire New Zealand experience counts as travelling but really we like it best when we are sleeping somewhere other than our own bed. Not to say that we havenrsquot had some fun in our hometown lately. Wersquove done some distinctly NZ things here and really enjoyed them.First the rugby game. We knew w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Rotorua/blog-453206.html Did you know that they only have rollon deodorant in New Zealand I have been searching for a regular stick for over a week now and have found nothing. I finally caved and bought some rollon this week but I am not happy about it. LA and I spent the last 5 days in a TouristSurf town called Whangamata that is located on the Cormandel Peninsula on the East Coast of NZ. We had spent a couple days i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-453184.html We have summarised our time in Brisbane because hellipletrsquos be honesthellip.wersquore crap at keeping up to date with our blog Apologies But wersquore just too busy having the time of our lives guys 61514In brief we absolutely love Brisbane Honestly we have come up trumps with our decision to make our temporary home here. We arrived here at the end of summer and stayed th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/blog-453120.html all these tats are on my right arm my hitchiking arm and each is from a different country http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Newman/blog-453085.html Test Run in case I stuff it up http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-453078.html We have now had more than enough of Darwin Ready to move on. Troy had been taken advantage of way too much at his work so he told them to stick it a couple of weeks ago and quit on them towards the end he was doing any where up to 1015 hours extra a week and not getting a cent extra but we do miss our freebies...cokemilkwaterMy hours have gone down due to wet season up here and not as man http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-453073.html Kia Ora QueenstownThis place is undoubtedly the Adventure Capital of the World You can do just about anything here from bungy home of the bungy btw sky divehike jet boat helicopter ride canyon swing ski you name it The scenery is a pictureperfect landscape and the town offers an Aspen like feel I LOVE ITWhen we planned this leg of the trip we made sure we would be at the Best http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-453059.html As my time in Cairns comes to a close I thought it time to update you one last time about the happenings here in Far North Queensland.My work in Port Douglas came to a rather abrupt end after about 3 and a half weeks. The school holidays came to an end and there was no longer such high demand for housekeeping staff so that was that. Thankfully I had kept up my Baskin Robbins duties and the week http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/Cairns-City/blog-453057.html