Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4523

wow! So many things to tell you!! I can't beleive I've seen and done so much in 3 days! So we took this 3 and a half day tour with Outback Safaris and our tour guide wanted to be called Chief :p The 3 1/2 day is really the best one to take basically because it gives you time to see evertyhing without being on a rush! we saw all the others groups rushing to do everything while we could actually have time to avoid the crowds which was great for all the walks we had to do! Day 1: Alice-Kings Canyon...Bus bus bus... day 1 was basically going to kings Canyon for our first night stop...Got there around 7:30pm....Our campsite was basically a fire pit and...that was it :p While Chief was cooking dinner, we ... read more

Hi folks. We have just completed a week here in Sydney and have tried to pack as much as possible into that time. Sydney really is a wonderful city. Both bigger and much busier than either Adelaide or Melbourne We arrived here via the overnight train from Adelaide. Unfortunately neither of us slept very much so we were pretty shattered when we arrived. For the first time on our travels we hadn't booked accommodation ahead of our arrival. It proved to be of little consequence as we found a pretty OK place very near the central station which is reasonably situated for travelling about the city. The only drawback according to Ken is that he somehow has got lemmoned to sleep on the top bunk! We have done ALL the usual touristy things: The Hop on- ... read more

Due to the fact we are finding living in Byron very difficult and extremely stressful (with a hint of sarcasm) we have been forced to stay here for another week, oops?! With surf shops every 10 steps along the high street and ever man and his dog being able to surf we feel a little inadaqeut in that depatment, so with a little help form Natasha and Joanna (german girls) they hooked up some boards from the hostel so we could improve our wave riding skills. A bigger board than the one I had in Bondi made life a little easier but the rip in the ocean was incredibly strong and made it very hard to get back out the waves in order to get the much needed practice. I was up first time though and ... read more

Well after a 5 hour flight to vancouver, 6 hours to hawaii, and 10 hours to sydney we're finally here. The kids were very well behaved during the flight, we bribed kirk and wes with pokemon cards. There was alot of turbulance a hour or 2 out of sydney, and this morning i found out that a huge typhoon (huricane) hit the northern part of australia, we're going to be in that area in 2-3 weeks. They've issued warnings for the areas hit to look out for snakes and croc's as they've had a rough night. We arrived at 7 am local time (3 pm toronto time) so basically 25 hours of travel. The kids are sleeping now, and when they get up we'll go check out some of the local sites. Report more tomorrow ! ... read more

Having regained our energy Sara and me hit the bar this evening. Meeting up with some of the people she'd met earlier in her trip. Crazy Dancing and the usual cheesey music meant a long night of boogie-ing. We headed from our hostel to Beaches Bar for more cheese and boogie. When Sara and I found ourselves as the only people remaining on the dance floor at 2.30 we decided to head home. The boys from our hostel decided to navigate. Badly. "Boys, this is the wrong way" I cried "No its not, little blonde girl, as if you'd know" Matt replied. Fine see ya in a few hours. So sara and I headed home the right way and awaited the head-hung return of the foolish followers of matt. Matt was made to walk home with ... read more