Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4504

MORE PHOTOS TO COME. THIS COMPUTER IS REALLY SLOW A really bad nights sleep because of the freezing cold was followed by a cold morning in the Blue Mountains. The walk to the abseiling centre didnt take long, then pretty much went straight to the moutains! Ian and Kam got us harnessed up, they quickly went through it all and off we went! ok, so it was only a 4 metre high rock but it was still new to me! we then practiced on a 20 meter cliff, then on the 30 meter cliff i managed to go upside down. Don't really know what happened there, it was just as i went off the top my legs seemed to give way! i didnt panick!! well...maybe a little. The harness hurt so much, i have bad bruises ... read more

2. Abschnitt meiner Reise Und weiter geht's auf ins Zentrum Australien's. Am ersten Tag konnten wir uns noch in Alice Springs erholen, doch dann fing unsere 5 Tage Outback Adventure Tour an. Morgens um halb 5 Uhr ging es los. "Warum bloss nur so frueh", haben wir uns gedacht? Doch schon nach dem ersten Tag wurde uns klar, dass es hier schon um 8 Uhr morgens 35-40 Grad heiss sein kann. Ausserdem kamen unendlich viele Fliegen im Morgengrauen aus ihren Loechern geflogen und krabbelten am liebsten in unsere Augen/Nase oder Ohren. Zum Glueck hatten wir Fliegennetze ueber unseren Koepfen..... Die Tour war einfache spitzenklasse. Wir haben wunderschoene Sonnenuntergaenge und -aufgaenge gesehen, haben im Freien uebernachtet und haben endlose Wanderungen bei 40 Grad unternommen. So ging es also am ersten Tag der Tour auf in Richtung ... read more

And so the journey began... Perth - Sydney After being in a total state of denial for so long I think it finally sunk in on take-off from home that I don't know when I will be looking back down on little Perth again. I didn't want to become a blubbering wreck on the plane though so pulled it together with only a few quiet tears gently consoled by the two leopard-skin clad women I was sitting between (don't ask) So even though I dont know when I will get back to the Island - this is just one big holiday and I am taking the long way home. L.A Airport I dont know what it is about me but I was swabbed for bomb residue, scanned, shoes removed and inspected (at which point i was ... read more

Have had a pretty good day today just doing some work during the day and at night I met a really nice english girl called caroline who is a cardiac nurse back home. She's travelling and working like me and will be living in melbourne for a few months as she is working in the local hospital. What is it about the Hampton sons and English nurses eh ??? I guess it must be the uniforms :)... read more

Carl Lynch was really good on Wednesday night, with a bit of a Jack Johnsony feel to his tunes. With another trip further north on the wonderful Premier bus awaiting us at 4:30pm the remainder of the day was spent jumping into the pool in a whole manner of various ways and styles, the best probably being a mid air high five with Matt who jumped from the opposite side of the pool slapping palms in mid air in the middle of the pool. The journey north is to a highly anticipated part of the trip to do Fraser Island from a bay called Hervey Bay. Bus journey was only a couple of hours so was nice and easy........ read more