Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4555

Up at 7am today, half the tent flat on my face and boiling hot. I was still dying for the toilet as i had waited all night! Once we finally got to the showers there was a huge queue, and later on we had to have one of the bossy Canadian girls come in and tell us to hurry up! wasn't our fault!! The hot water was a dollar for every 3mins, so I decided just to have a cold one instead. It was a trek to Lake Wabby. We had to walk a LONG way down hill to the Lake and dreaded the walk back(about 1.2km). The Lake itself was very green, and the sand dunes were so big it looked like desert. Nothing like Lake McKenzie, so we didnt stay there long and went ... read more

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