Blogs from Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Jindabyne, petit paradis de verdure au bord d'un lac, niché près des "Snowy Mountains"... le premier jour nous avons amener Montana à son internat et visiter des terres agricoles pour les grands parents. Le deuxième jours nous avons fait une balade à cheval à une demi heure de Jindabyne. La cavalière qui nous a accueillie est une caricature vivante du cowboy. Jean, santiag, chemise à carreaux, chapeau et jambes arquées à la Lucky Luke sont ses atours.... read more

Day 8 (22/10/2015) Today was going to be the worst day of the trip weather wise; 11C & rain all day. Decided to head to Cooma for a leisurely drive. Deb managed to pick up some bargains in the shops (as always). Went there to see the Snowy Hydro Display Centre & completely forgot about it. Dementia must be settling in methinks. Had a chat to Mick the guru at the Alpine Angler about all things fishing, then headed off the beaten track (eat your hearts out Leyland Brothers) to a Winery/Brewery/Distillery along a wet boggy dirt road which the Nissan ate for breakfast. Had a few tastings & bought some of the local product for future consumption. Back onto the wet boggy dirt road to make the Nissan completely filthy as it should be. Mud ... read more

I've gone through some travelling blogs and read some of them for inspiration. Until I came upon this one question that brought up five more, and I couldn't get it out of my head. I need to write about it. The question is: What do you travel for? That is the main question of my existence. It is not only one question, but five questions in one. We have all studied the five "Ws" in school. Here's how it goes. Who : Myself and whoever wants to join. I have always told myself that I would never depend on anyone for my travels, or wait for anyone. It has happened to me many times while planning a trip; friends telling you that they are all in, that they will join you on a trip to Greece, ... read more

We left Jindabyne at about 8 in the morning. It was a beautiful day! Partly cloudy, and a nice temperature (probably upper 50s when we left). The scenery here also is without words. Passing by Lake Jindabyne was breathtaking. And unfortunately wasn't able to take many pictures (none while moving) do to some camera case issues that I can hopefully resolve soon... Again, pictures pending a good net connection! The first leg of the day was Jindabyne to Cooma, which went pretty quickly. The original plan was to bypass Canberra and take some side roads to the east of Cooma, but this included more dirt. As such, we decided to avoid it. I didn't want a repeat of the other day! We had a brief pit stop in Queanbeyan outside of Canberra, then headed northeast toward ... read more

Finally I get the ability to post on here...Anyways so what has happened so far? Well I began my trip meeting someone on the airplane who was meeting his fiance in Melbourne, The flight went well. Actually it went amazing, it didn't even feel like 14 hours! So Melbourne, I stayed there for a Week and a day. Melbourne: My first day was just simply exploring, I walked everywhere it seemed, from the hostel in North Melbourne to the Docklands then Downtown and so on. I found my most favourite place in the world that day, Queens Victoria Market!!! That place was amazing, a food lovers heaven! From fresh fruit, meat, bread, cheeses...ahh I must have walked through it every day it was open! So my first day was good, second I walked around some more ... read more