Blogs from Torquay, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Picked our hire car up at 10am and headed to Torquay. Our first stop on the Great Ocean Road. Chris got to do his first Hook turn in Melbourne as we were leaving - due to the trams in Melbourne, if you want to turn right, you have to pull over to the left, wait for all the cars to go by, the lights to change to red, then pull out to the right! Very weird feeling! Torquay is about 1hr30 from Melbourne. The coastal road takes about 5hr30 from Melbourne to Warrnambool. We stayed at the Foreshore Caravan Park and had to pay a whooping $50 for one night in our tent! But everywhere was full, we ad no choice! We set up camp and headed into the town to get food supplies for the ... read more

Getting there After a half-hearted attempt to find work in the Newcastle area proved fruitless, we decided to spend our time on more adventurous ventures so we booked a campervan with the intention of taking 15 days to drive from Sydney to Adelaide and back again. The plan was to take in the Great Ocean Road in one direction and return via the inland road. We had booked as cheap a camper as we could so good taste went out of the window. We picked up our horrible green and purple vehicle and struggled in the Friday afternoon traffic getting out of Sydney. We had planned on doing the hard miles as quickly as possible, but at 17:00 we had covered barely 210km so decided to call it a night. Along the way our van had ... read more

Hey everyone, Sorry for the emails you may be getting as i fumble my way around this site! I've added some photos from our time down here in Victoria (as well as a few from our trip to New Zealand in June). Unfortunately the picture quality is a bit poor...but this is something i can hopefully conquere before we actually head off. ... read more

Torquay. Well, it isn't exactly a prime holiday destination anymore. Stuck on the arse end of the UK, filled with coach tours, blue rinse and decidedly dodgy food we have always avioded it like the plauge. Thankfully when we stepped off the bus, Torquay was almost 12,000 km away and there wasn't a cream tea in sight (Much to nic's disgust). This Torquay is the home of surfing on Victoria's aptly named 'surf coast'. Filled with empty surf shops, closed cafes and a decidedly eerie backpackers (so quiet we ended up checking people in). It is unfortunately off season for surfing as the water is a little bit chilly and the Aussies are clearly wooses. We on the other hand lapped it up and made a be line for the water. After all the castle building ... read more

wir haben uns entschieden Torquay zu verlassen und weiter in Richtung Melbourne zu ziehen. Haben es heut beiden ARbeitgeber gesagt und haben ein schlechtes Gewissen. ... Aber wir Betriebswirtschaftler muessen halt auch an unser finanzielles Wohl denken! Das Arbeiten im Restaurant hat echt Spass gemacht, aber wir hatten jeder nur 4 Stunden, 3mal woechentlich...und dann auch noch getrennt voneinander... Nun geht es also nach Melbourne und wir hoffen schnell Leute kennenzulernen, um Weihnachten und Silvester in geselliger Runde feiern zu koennen. Fuer unsere Fergie haben wir Saft in Form einer Batterie gekauft..sie hat wiedereinmal gestreikt. Das war aber definitv die letzte Investition! Mama?Papa?Brudi?Hildegard? Kennt ihr mich noch?ich hab schon so lange nix von zu hause gehoert. Was macht ihr denn Weihnachten? habt ihr mich schon vergessen *schnief? Ich bins, die kleine, liebe, s... read more