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Australia III - Adelaide, Great Ocean Road and Melbourne

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Swanston Street November 29th 2007

In Alice Springs musste ich mich entscheiden, in welche Richtung ich weiterziehe. Ich hatte keine Lust auf den Massentourismus der Ostkueste und wollte das eher urspruengliche OZ und echte Australier kennenlernen. Meine Wahl fiel auf Adelaide im Suedwesten. Schnell ein Flug gebucht und schon am naechsten Tag gings weiter. Im Flieger habe ich Katrin aus D kennengelernt. Mit dem Taxi gings in die Stadt hinein. Der nette Taxifahrer aus dem Irak hat darauf bestanden kein Geld von uns anzunehmen. Es war wirklich unmoeglich ihm die Fahrt zu bezahlen. Darueber hinaus hat er uns noch seine Dienste fuer unsere Zeit in Adelaide angeboten :) Letzteres haben wir nicht angenommen. Das waere des Guten zu viel gewesen!! In Adeliade ist nicht viel los. Wenig Backpacker und demnach genau richtig. Am ersten Abend wurden wir von Malcolm, dem Besitzer ... read more

coles macht um 0h auf und hat bis 21h geoeffnet!

G'Day from Down Under!

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Swanston Street October 7th 2007

Shiela, our trusty Steed!

Girls On Tour

G'day folks and greetings from a dull and wet Melbourne! After a fantastic 4 and a bit weeks in Australia (starting in Cairns, renting a car called Shiela and driving down to Sydney before flying to Uluru and finally Melbourne) our time here is nearing an end and we are quite sad! Christopher arrived in Cairns the day after us to embark on a 5 week trip with 4 women and then when we reached Brisbane lovely Yvonne joined the Motley Crew of 5 women and one poor sod who will never be the same! We are not going to boar you with the gorey details of the trip because the photographs will speak for themselves but here is a taster of what we have done since our touch down in Cairns on 12th September 2007: ... read more

Sweet Sunshine

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Swanston Street October 2nd 2007

Laughter

KatieKolk

Well, I met up with a friend from high school on Monday for lunch. She is here in Australia student teaching. She is actually living over in Perth, but is on holiday from teaching so she made a trip over to Melbourne for a few days to stay with another of her friends. I ended up spending the entire afternoon with her as we went down to the Docklands, Melbourne Central, Fed Square, the ACMI, the State Library, etc. It was so surreal to be the tour guide and not the tourist. I realized how much like "home" this place has become and how comfortable I have started to feel here....it's kind of crazy. I felt so foreign and out of place just 10 weeks ago and now everything seems to just fit. It was great ... read more

Whirlwind Ahead

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Swanston Street September 6th 2007

The Shrine

KatieKolk

Hello there- I guess I am writing this blog knowing that I am about to step into a whirlwind of a week ahead! As much as I love to "live up" my weekends, I think I am going to chill out this weekend because I have so much coming up next week! However, tonight, I did not take it easy. I went to my classes today and then caught a train down to the city. We had a SwinMates event tonight called "Melbourne City Secrets". Basically, it was a big scavenger hunt type thing around the city and I got to see so much of the city I had never seen! I didn't really get to take a lot of photos, so I think one day I'm going to go back down and look at it ... read more

"W" is for Wombat

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Swanston Street July 5th 2007

worldwanderer

Well, most of you know how I feel about the letter "W", including the fact that I refer to it as "double u" and not "dubya"--don''t even get me started on that rant! But, I am beyond pleased to share my dear letter with the wombats & wallabies of the world. Afterall, that is what a world wanderer would do, right? So yesterday Val (and I must clarify that she is not my sidekick, rather that designation belongs to our new fellow travel companion, Lou), Lou, & I headed off to the Taronga Zoo. The Taronga Zoo in Sydney is BEYOND spectacular, in fact I want to move in with the animals! They have amazing views...and it is the most amazing zoo I have ever visited (no offense Chris)! We were fortunate to see a baby ... read more

Sleepy in Melbourne

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Swanston Street April 14th 2007

Great ocean road and 12 apostles

Jammu

This is about a conference trip to Melbourne. Or what happened in the meanwhile and after it. Luckily I had a free weekend after the conference, so I had a chance to do the most typical tourist things, see the "Penquin Parade" and Great Ocean Road. Australians were quite like the stereotypic image I had before landing down under: friendly, straight and most of them also tanned a bit like Crocodile Dundee. Well, most people I talked to, were immigrants from Europe or Asia, though they have tightened the restrictions for those willing to move in to Australia. Photos will be available soon... ... read more

Brief history of Australia

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name...more history

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