Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4551

Melbourne: Great Ocean Road. English During this second stay in Melbourne I join my new Japanese friend Satoru for a tour on the famous Great Ocean Road. Starting at 7.30 in the morning, the first stop is in Bells Beach, a famous place for surfers! The place looks nice but no surfers are around! Maybe because is not even 9 AM? I guess so! Anyway the stop includes also a coffee break with cookies, very good! Not for the coffee (which I didn't try...), of course! After another short stop at the Memorial Arc and a beautiful drive along the shore we stopped for lunch close to a camping site full of Koalas! Some of them were even moving, which according to the guide is real luck! Pity you can not really touch them (it would ... read more

This morning we sent on a short foot tour of Tonsville to get our bearings for the next couple of days. Its nice to be back in a town that is big enough to have good facilities, and in a picturesque setting. Our hostel is located next to the marina, a short stroll into the heart and sould of townsville town centre, which at night reminded me of something out of Miami with all the neon pink and blue street lighting, pretty and aluring. Having spent the morning taking photos and acquainting oursleves with the town ssettled down for a swim at the hostel pool and catching up on some reading and work emails... Mike... read more

We made a visit to St Kilda today......... still part of Melbourne.............. We took the tram (naughty girls didnt buy a ticket and we managed to get away with it!)................. Took a stroll down the main street....... o my gosh never seen so many cake shops!!!!! Mum- Uncle Mike and Auntie Heather would adore this place!!!! We had a little stroll to the beach and the pier, sat and ate our little packed lunch- A soggy pitta with left over rocket and peppers! (o dear!) We then decided to reward ourselves with a good old cake and cuppa tea! Vix had a Summer Fruit Cheesecake (Pickles aka Vix you would have loved it you cheesecake-a-holic!) and I opted for a Coconut Tart! Slightly warmed in the microwave! Managed to insult some English girls whilst scoffing our ... read more

Waking up early to take full advantage of the day, Matt and I went straight to the beach for a bodyboarding session, which lasted a good couple of hours and was very enjoyable. On the way to the beach we came across a patch of water seperating us from the beach, on the sand around the area there were hundreds of little holes that confused us somewhat, as we looked around for clues we noticed a moving carpet of little blue backed Soldier crabs, a real sight, something you'd expect to see on a BBC wildlife programme. After surfing we went back to the cabin for lunch and then Brett, Scott's dread-locked brother, picked us up for a day of fun in Coff's. He gave us a load of options for the day and we just ... read more

Am Zehnten Tage in Down Under, Mittwoch: Tag des Autos Nachdem ich am Nachmittag mit Sonja und Olli ein wenig Auto schnuppern war, eine weitere Wohnung angesehen hatte, traf ich mich mit Wolfgang im Hotel. Wolfgang hatte Mittag in der Zeitung auch einen Toyota RAV4 gesichtet, der uns gefiel: 2003, manual, 4 Rad Antrieb, 1 Vorbesitzer und genug Platz für Boogie Bords und Gäste. Der Toyota Händler war quasi bei unserem Hotel um die Ecke und unter der Annahme, er hätte schon geschlossen, wollten wir uns das Auto noch kurz ansehen. Jedoch … Mittwoch ist langer Autotag, die Händler haben alle bis 21 Uhr offen. Als ob der RAV4 auf uns gewartet hätte. Nach vielen Fragen, einer Testfahrt und einem kurzen Zunicken unsererseits, unterschrieben wir am gleichen Abend noch den Vertrag. Da es noch ein wenig ... read more