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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Mt Gambier April 18th 2006

Introduction We took a day trip to Mount Gambier on Tuesday. Mount Gambier is a major regional centre, located roughly half way between Melbourne and Adelaide. It has a population of about 25,000. The major draw card for us was that this region had active volcanos about 4-5000 years ago with major activity about 20-30,000 years before that. The result was a gently undulating country side with rich dark soil (used for growing potatoes and harvestable forest), volcanic craters, caves and sink holes. The centre piece of Mount Gambier are volcanic craters that have filled with water from the aquifer. The largest is the Blue lake, that forms the town’s water supply. In summer it appears a stunning blue colour - apparently as the semi-dissolved calcium carbonate in the lake that came from the limestone layer, ... read more
Dan in the Lookout
Learning about volcanoes
The pump house

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne April 18th 2006

Sitting on Brighton beach with a caramel & chock chip ice cream just meters away from the sea. The beach has a few less pebbles that the one back home, but lovely just the same. Think the tide is coming in. Borrowed one of the hostel's free-to-hire bikes, well, I say free, I had to leave my credit card there which probably means it's been cloned and some toe-rag is buying a Gucci track suit as I write. Still, it's been nice to escape St Kilda and come along the coast now that the rain has finally past and the southerly antartic winds have been swapped for a much more plesent breeze from the Northern deserts. Only another 5 days before I head up North - yes, I finally talked to the travel agent and booked ... read more
Starfish in Melly harbour
Starfish in Melly harbour
Starfish in Melly harbour

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda April 18th 2006

It's my last day in Australia, I moved my flight forward. I would have been so gutted if I hadn't done what I did in the morning...Ramsay Street...sorry!! The bus picked us up late, so I started to worry about making my flight on time! Once it did it was the cheesiest thing ever. The theme tune over and over! video clips from a young Kylie and Jason whats-his-face, and NEIGHBOURS written boldly over the side of the bus, no disguise! Funny enough everyone on the bus was British! Ramsay Street is set in the suburbs where it is so beautiful. The road is so tiny, like you wouldn't realise! The letter boxes don't actually have the right numbers on them, you can see where they put them on!We weren't allowed to go into the studios, ... read more
sum1s house
sum1 elses house
me at ramsay street

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda April 18th 2006

Hoi allemaal, Nou, iedereen heeft het nieuws waarschijnlijk al lang gelezen, dus daar hoef ik verder niet over uit te wijden. Het was echt een verschrikkelijke beslissing die we moesten nemen, maar we zijn er allebei van overtuigd dat het de beste was. Hij was zo enorm zielig, woensdag eigenlijk al, maar donderdag wa shet nog extremer. Hij kon zijn koppie niet eens meer overeind houden, en lopen deed hij al helemaal niet meer. Het was ook erg snel voorbij toen de dokter eenmaal de injectie gaf, dat was wel weer een verschrikkelijk gezicht moet ik zeggen hoor... hij lag lekker bij Jacq in d’r armen, en lag mij aan te kijken... hartverscheurend hoor. We hebben niet echt geluk met katjes zeg... allebei onze katten niet ouder dan 6 jaar geworden vanwege aangeboren afwijkingen... wat een ... read more
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Airport April 18th 2006

Saw the sun rise as we were arriving into Sydney. Not bad hey? Arrival at Sydney was weird too. They've got MANY runways (big) and we all had to get bug sprayed at the gate. Was worried when I saw small army of hazmat looking people...but I think they were working on the luggage compartments. Sydney lounge is better but they were late to open due to 'illness'. It's big, clean, lots of food and 3 computers but...not many windows and the beer was locked up! Shame! 7/10 On my way now to Melbourne (via heavy...747 if you can believe it!).... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Concord April 18th 2006

Tänään oltiin ekaa kertaa sitten palovamma yksikössä. Vähän jännitti mennä sinne, kun kaikki niin kauhisteli etukäteen, että siellä on varmasti järkyttävää. Saadaan siellä pitää niitä ihania leikkaussalivaatteita eikä tarvi käyttää omaa työpukua. jes! Siellä oli aika rauhallinen päivä. Lueskeltiin lähinnä potilaiden tietoja ja osaston sääntöjä/käytäntöjä. Siellä on hirveesti nuoria. Mun kaa samanikänen poika oli palannu puskapaloissa, ku oli ollu sammuttamassa niitä isänsä kans. Ja sitä poikaa ei oltu saatu hoitoon sieltä, kun savua oli joka paikassa ja lähimmässä sairaalassa ei ollu sähköjä, niin palovammat oli pahentunu n.20% alkuperäsestä. Kasvot sillä oli kuitenkin säästyny. Ei se haavojen hoito tehny ollenkaan pahaa onneks, mut potilaan nuori ikä vähän harmitti. Ja yks nuori poika oli heitetty palavaan auton ikkunan läpi. Sairaita ihmisiä! ei noin saa toiselle tehä! ja tietenki sii... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay April 18th 2006

Hello everybody. Well the festival has come and gone and to quote a well known phrase it was Absolutely Bloody Marvellous. Ken went for the whole five day job whilst Linda was there for the last three days only. We both enjoyed ourselves terrificly. The highlights included a stomping set from Sir Bob Geldof, a blues masterclass from Georgie Fame, a great performance from The Blind Boys of Alabama, various other great performances too many to mention ... except, of course, a wonderful set from Jackson Browne. Although the set was surprisingly short (about an hour) he still managed to hit all the right spots. Linda managed to get some great photos of many of the performances which we hope you like. We are also posting some photos from the previous entry. We are here in ... read more
DORRIGO NATIONAL PARK
DORRIGO NATIONAL PARK
BYRON BAY

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Kogarah April 17th 2006

Tänään oltiin ihan vaan kotona. Kaupassa jouduttiin käymään, mut muuten vaan kotona ja kateltiin telkkaria. oon vähän kipee ja huomenna pitäis töihin, niin pakkohan sitä on levähtää.. eikä kummallakaan ollu virtaa tai hyviä idoita tälle päivää.No onhan sitä 3päivää jo touhuttukin.. ja Jamesille paljon synttärionnea meiltä molemmilta!... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne April 17th 2006

endelig kom vi frem til australia!! etter to måneder med 40 grader, ble melbourne en kald opplevelse. men det skal sies- melbourne er en helt fantastisk by. vi vandret rundt i byen, spiste mye god mat, nøt cafe livet og på kveldene eide vi dansegulvet på et av verdens største kasinoer: crown. det var en helt vanvittig opplevelse! etter melbourne reiste vi til newcastle med buss. vi bodde hos ola og arnstein, to fete trøndere som studerer her! i kveld drar vi videre opp mot byron bay- og vi gleder oss helt sykt! *pis out from down under, for denne gang... read more
melbourne
melbourne
melbourne

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Philip Island April 17th 2006

I was very excited to get up for 11am to be taken to Philip Island on my last full day in Australia. Lee, our tour guide was lovely and very chatty. It took him over an hour to collect him then we were on our way. On the way we stopped at Mura Wildlife Park, a center for injured, stray etc animals. We went straight to the wombats, fat brown badgers but very cute! We patted Molly when all she wanted to do was sleep! Me and Skinny had our photo taken with a koala but as Victoria have the biggest in Australia it is illegal to touch them. We had already had our photo taken with one in Australia zoo. We saw a rat being fed to a Tazmanian Devil and fed Wallabies, now i ... read more




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