Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4479

This is essentially where this blog started, Sydney. Monday 12. Balloons over Canberra. What fun. Time to go. Bateman's Bay at the bottom. Warmth again. Tuesday 18. Spruiking Ulladulla. Beach extascy. Inspiration. Wrote four more words to "National Anthem". That's two years. Six months per word. Rainbow lorikeet, frillneck lizard. Eucalyptus, Huon pine Now must focus on geography. Maybe- Snowy River, Styx forrest. Gibson dessert, Lake Eyre. Wednesday. Ulladella. Hard slog in real world. Poor response. Hassles. Thursday. Jervis Bay. Beach. Swim. "Nowra News" interview for article. Feelings of anxiety and doubt. Coming down from the folk festival high. Sydney looms. I had such success there but it was damn hard work. Friday. Feeling better. Realise I forgot to mention the fantastic birds of Jervis Bay. Two great eagles and their nest in the national park. ... read more

So sadly Peter and Rachel left us in the Blue Mountains - no longer could we afford the luxuries of hotel and hostel accommodation from here on its camping only. So we found a reasonably nice campsite in the Blue Mountains after leaving Pete and Rach and hammered pegs into rock solid earth. The evening passed quickly as we started learning Spanish again after our lapse of several months! The following day we went snake hunting - apparently there are large pythons in the mountains - with stout boots (and shorts) we set off towards the ruined castle (great pile of rocks) 6 hours away. 1.50 later we arrived (moving well this day) so we decided to climb up Mount Solitary another 6 hours away. A thin ridge scramble and fantastic views led to the top. ... read more

Japp, er tilbake midt i Sydney naa, vi er paa kombinert McDonalds og internettcafe, genialt!;) Naa har jeg, blakk som jeg er, kjoept hjemkomstgave til Martin og mamma, naa gjenstaar det aa proeve aa finne noe til fadern og brodern og mormor. Vanskelig..! Saa plis ikke bli skuffet folkens, som sagt saa er jeg en smule blakk og har ganske daarlig fantasi. Begynner aa faa reisenerver igjen naa, ikke pga jeg er nervoes for selve flyturene og slikt, men pga det er en vanvittig lang og kjedelig reise, noe somer ganske slitsomt:P Men men. Blir vel goey aa komme hjem tilslutt:) Har akkurat vaert hos frisoeren. Kan ikke komme hjem slik jeg saa ut paa haaret, tre maaneder med saltvann og sol gjoer ikke akkurat underverker:P Frisoersalong-opplevelsen, om man kan kalle det det, var ganske saa ... read more

Indian Pacific! Ok so i couldn't find a place to stay for a couple of months in Perth and decided to preserve my good memories of Perth and not destroy them savagely by hanging around doing very little/nothing. SO! I got on the Indian Pacific and am currenty working my way back across Australia to Sydney. So far i've visited Kalgoorlie and i'm currently in Adelaide (again). Adelaide is much better when you aren't wandering around with a life on your back panicing and trying to find a way out of the city. Pictures of Kalgoorlie will arrive soonish when i get camera hooked up to PC. Set a new single travel record on my Kalgoorlie - Adelaide leg of the Indian Pacific when i spent 30 hours on the train save 45 minutes to walk ... read more

Hi Possums How you all doing? We were just arriving at Port Augusta, weren't we. Hmmm, Kevin and Tracey, as well as Nathan and Jess, their almost grown children looked after us and entertained us very well, Jess even gave up her bedroom for us!! Jess is big into riding and horses and has a beautiful young thoroughbred chestnut mare called Tess. The weekend that we were visiting, Jessie's mentor, Kate was riding in a two day event, dressage, crosscountry and show jumping down in Kadina, so early on Saturday morning we lleft Port Augusta and headed south to Kadina. We arrived just in time to watch Kate compete in the dressage, and then Jrss Tracey & I spend the remainder of the day watching the showjumping, some of the riders were dire, but some were ... read more