Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4463

Okay here begins my travel log for 2006. After travelling extensively last year I have decided to take up the opportunity to live in England for 6 months once more and continue to travel also. This doesn't come without trepidation, considering I did do it last year and feel I maybe covering my tracks again. Last year I was lucky enough to live in England, play cricket and work, and in my 5 month stint there I also managed to fly out and visit Turkey, where I saw the battlefields at Gallipoli (something I think most Australians should do) and Portugal. I also visited a fair few places within England, with the added bonus of not living far outside of London meant I could get in there quite regularly. After my time there I did a ... read more

April 26 We had a nice long sleep in and FINALLY got moving by 1. Tom and I went and bought supplies for sandwiches for a Mid-River Picnic. Our crab friends weren’t there because the damn birds scared them away but the pelicans were still around. We ate our sandwiches made of cheap ham and 99cent mayo; I’m getting used to this cheap eats traveling. From there I brought the girls and Tom through a stream heading through the bush. I was scared shitless going through there as I was convinced there would be a croc or snakes jumping out at us. The bush formed a canopy slightly above our heads and the stream was skinny. We made it back our alive 20 minutes later and headed back for another relax night: cards and a chicken ... read more

Dad's here on holiday so I've started doing the tourist-y things again. MCG tours were quite interesting, especially since it was done up for the Commonwealth Games. We got to climb up to the higher levels which was really steep - my legs were wobbling even when I sat at the seats! I don't know how people sit all the way up there and not feel like they're about to fall.... read more

17 sleeps to go! Time is flying! Things left to do: * Pick up travel insurance docs from Flight Centre * Organise laptop - copy movies, shows, music * Buy new sneakers for walking * Buy a travel pillow * Buy box of Mi Goreng * Buy travel toiletries, first aid stuff * PACK! * SAVE money!!! Getting exciting!!! :)... read more

Well it's true we're not in Kansas anymore. In fact, we were never in Kansas, however, we were in New Zealand and now we are in the mighty land of OZ. So sorry it has been 17 days since our last update, but, come on now folks we are on vacation here. I will try to recap as succinctly as I can, though I do have a propensity for being verbose so you better make sure you are seated for this one ( I mean, really, you already ought to be seated as only overworked sales people with back problems stand while working at their computers). We left the Crums little strip of paradise and had a great ferry trip back to the North Island of New Zealand. Our first stop, back in Wellington, was a ... read more