Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4481

.....er navnet på området jeg har oppholdt meg i det siste. Snobbete sier du? ja...ikke så rent lite heller:) Det er rent og pent, husene ser ut som dukkehus, og det virker meget trygt her. Er altså hos Sonja, hun bor i et hus her sammen med tre andre, skikkelig fint hus det også;) Jeg og Elisabeth sover på gulvet, meget behagelig i forhold til alle hostellene! Jeg har følt meg litt som en ulv i synlige ulveklær. Sonja går på bibelskole, og det gjør de andre to jentene som bor her også. Pluss at den ene jenta har besøk av sine, også kristne, foreldre. Er vel den eneste person i et par kilometers omkrets som ikke føler kallet for å gå i kirka eller noe sånt..:) Det er en svær kirke fem min gange unna, ... read more

Seit einer Woche bin ich nun wieder zu Hause. Nach einem langen Flug mit Verspätung schon in Wien, wie auch in Dubai und natürlich auch in Perth bin ich dann endlich, mit einem offenen Koffer in Plastik verpackt, angekommen. Die Wiedersehensfreude war riesig und wir sind nun einfach froh, dass wir unser Leben miteinander verbringen können. Ein Rückblick: Meine Zeit in Österreich war noch sehr dicht, 2 Wochen arbeiten, meine Coaching Ausbildung beenden und viele Freunde und Verwandte treffen. Wenn man aus Österreich weg zieht, ist viel zu erledigen, viele mühsame Kleinigkeiten, an die man zu Beginn nicht denkt wie Kirchensteuer, Abmelden, AMS, Wählerevidenz, Auto rechtzeitig verkaufen, Wohnung übergeben, Bankverbindungen schließen, Versicherungen abklären… wer mal eine ToDO-Liste braucht… Meine Runde durch Österreich, wenn auch anstrengend, war besonders nett. Der Start war in Zell... read more

In the last six months, I've spent countless Net hours on the 'information highway' reading the travel accounts of those who've been where I am going. Sifted through hundreds of travel sites and official country destination sites, all with glowing descriptions of 'absolute must sees!!' Looking for information which is specific to the needs of a woman travelling solo and independently. And of course having to make the inevitable itinerary changes when I hit speed bumps. Thank god for an ever-patient, much-travelled and knowledgable travel consultant. The latest glich involves the tourist visa for Costa Rica. Unlike the 90 day tourist visa a lot of other South American countries give, CR only give 30 days and must sight an exiting plane ticket within that time frame. I've planned to stay for 7 weeks, as there are ... read more

Well Arlie beach is basically the gateway to the Whitsundays and the great Barrier Reef, so pretty hectic and full of backpackers but we loved it here. Our accomodation was on a hill so great views of the reef from our windows. We booked a 3 day excursion on the Eureka 2. Its a Maxi sailing yacht that still races the Sydney to Hobart and various other races in the summer, but retires in the winter to the whitsundays for practice. We were promised 3 days of pure heaven, cruising the Barrier reef, snorkling and food cooked by al la carte chef. All this was true but they failed to mension that HARDCORE WHITE knuckle sailing was on the agenda and on the first day people were hurling over the back of the boat. We managed ... read more

This town, in the middle of no where consisted of a pub/hotel and another house which does scenic flights, well using planes of course... This pub must have so many visitors, all leaving items like underwear, t-shirts, ID cards, photos scattered everywhere all up the walls, ceiling...there was writing everywhere from people all over the world. One guy had even stapled his credit card to the wall to leave his mark, which apparantly at the time hadn't even expired yet! I thought the guy who owns it must get lonely, but with the amount of people who travel the outback stop here...so he probably feels like he's travelled the world without leaving his little little, very little town...... read more