Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4005

What am I doing Here?! Yes, well. Those who knew I was starting my travels with a week in Melbourne... well, this week, I think they all know why I'm not there now. But for the rest of you. My Grandfather, my mother's father, passed away at 10.30 am on Thursday 8th February, 2007. His funeral was today, at 11pm. He will be missed by his sister, five children, and countless grandchildren and friends. Of course I couldn't go to Melbourne. I am currently trying to work out *when* exactly, I will be getting down to Melbourne. Watch this space.... read more

nach eusem tuerli in suede simer nach 13 taeg wieder heil (das heisst s auto isch noed ganz heil...) da in Perth acho! ziit fuer aes paar idrueck a miin schwiizer ziitgenosse: los gange isch euses abentuer am 2.2. in Perth, womer euse "wicked-camper" haend daerfe in empfang naeh. aes vw-buessli wo so alt isch wies usgseht! wases druf haed: hmm, also mir haend aes paar minute brucht bismer dae witz gschnallt haend ... (d manne sind wahrschindli chli schnaeller...:-) wie au immer, nachdaemer eus mit 20 liter wasser (ja, mir trinked au ab und zue wasser, noed nur gspruetzte wiisse!!) ideckt haend, simer los duesed! alles dae kueste nah abe! mit aes paar stops fuer chli sport (schwuemme i tuerkisblauem wasser isch au aen sport!!). am 4.2. haemer aen National Park-Tag gmacht: Glouster Nat. Park, ... read more

23 celsius, at 22.30, as we stepped of the plane in Sydney, after 38 hours of continuous travel from Santiago, Chile, via Lima, Peru, and Los Angeles, US, was just the start of a great fortnight Down Under. Swiftly taken to our hostel in Kings Cross (a slightly less seedy version of the London namesake) by the airport shuttle, we landed a room with panoramic views of what must be one of the most beautiful cities on the planet. Waking up a bit later than usual, at 11 (due to a tiny jet-lag), we set out to explore Sydney by foot. Soon we discovered that all the places had very familiar names. Wait a second, they've just stolen all of them from London - Hyde Park, Oxford Street, Paddington, Kings Cross, etc. Couldn't they've been a ... read more

Hola mates! This is my last blog from Australia! I have absolutely loved my time here. I went many wonderful places and met many friendly people. I just finished my Australian Final Exams and am flying to New Zealand tomorrow morning. The pictures associated with this blog are from the Good Vibrations Music Festival in Melbourne and the St. Kilda Festival in, surprise, St. Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne. The Good Vibrations Music Festival was headlined by Jurassic 5, Beastie Boys and yes.......Snoop Dogg! The tickets to the show were a little out of my price range, so I headed down to the Festival grounds with one thing in mind----get in for free! After a little bit of liquid courage I walked up to the largest Kiwi (New Zealander) security guard that I have ever seen ... read more

So we're settling into life in Melbourne very easily and absolutely loving it. It took us a while to find somewhere to stay but we've now got ourselves a little apartment in St Kilda East, close to beach and easy access right in the centre of the city. It's also a few mins walk to Chapel Street which houses plenty of boutique, trendy clothes shops to keep Caroline busy. The apartment is great, and has it's own tennis court, swimming pool and BBQ so we're pretty sorted really. We also have a rather friendly possum waiting by the window each night as it gets dark. As you hopefully all know, the one day series came to an end yesterday and for a nice change we WON. We managed to get to the first final at the ... read more