Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4781

Absolutely shattered after two days travelling, but im here and safe in Sydney! Left all the parents at the airport crying as I went through passport control, god, embarrasing! Of course I was abit upset, as was my mum and step mum, but when my dad went, well really, I was hoping for better!!! Passport control people kept asking me if I was alright - ahhhh! Flights weren't too bad, was half empty so i had a whole 5 row of seats to myself! We were delayed by about an hour getting into Sydney. My brother Rob met me at the airport and took me to my hostel which was good of him as I obviuosly didn't have a clue were I was going! The hostel i'm staying in isn't too bad, i'm in a room ... read more

On Thursday night I left home with all my yearly belongings. We (Walsh &Goltzy) stayed at Bec's in Gladstone then Friday morning at sunrise we set of to Byron bay. We arrived before 2 after a pretty good drive and found the beach house, which was next to a backpackers and a 50m walk to the beach! The rest of the boys from Brissy arrived about 8:30pm (Gormo, ruebs, marty, kounga and moodie), we celebrated their arrival with some drinking games. Then hit the great northern hotel a few drinks and a band, top night! Saturday morn I hired a board and went for a surf for a few hours, while the boys recovered (nice clean little barrels)! In the afternoon we went up to the lighthouse and walked down to the most easterly point of ... read more

Saturday started with another amazing sunrise over cloudy sky in Williams Creek. Today we drove less than 200 km (but still on dirt roads) to the miners town Coober Pedy. I had big expectations from this visit - I heard it’s an underground town, built underground because of the very high temperatures in summer. So there are underground house (in fact the name means in Aboriginal “white man burrow”…), but there’s a lot of ugliness above ground. It looks like a Bedouin town in the Negev - all dusty, no sidewalks, no green. But we did have a good pizza for lunch and a good Greek dinner (many immigrants came there dreaming to become reach in the Opal mines), so how can I complain? And we slept in our own burrow - underground hostel! The highlight ... read more

Ok so the time has come to leave the cosy surrounds of the Central Coast and start our adventure exploring the world! look to the sky at 1:10pm and wave us goodbye...... We will be sure to keep everyone posted with updates on our adventures, this also means theat when you all have adventures we want to hear all about them too!!! See you all somewhere in the future, be safe, and take care. Speak with you all when we are settled in at the 'Chateau Lake Louise' - Canada Hugs and kisses Bec and Woz... read more

Visited the Rocks Contemporary Art...huh? I just don't get it. I tell ya sometimes I just chat and chat and before I know it the morning is gone! I should really pay more attention to the time. Feeling kinda lazy today. This afternoon I wandered down to the water again but this time to an area called the Rocks and Circular Quay where you can catch the various ferries. The Rocks is home to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Yup, confirmation that me and contemporary/modern art don't mix well. I just don't get it. Basically you can do just about anything and call it art is my impression of contemporary art. But I have a sneaking suspicious that there is more to it than that? Or perhaps not. haha Here are some examples of what was ... read more

Inspiration is the ultimate high. You know the feeling -- that "I can do it" feeling... The way I want to live my life is with a positive, somewhat carefree attitude. And sensible, but at the same time, a little crazy. I find that to always be in this mode is somewhat of a challenge. It's a challenge not to get stressed out, it is a challenge not to worry about things. So, for me, to meet people who constantly live their lives this way is inspirational. That's why when I sat and had coffee with a lady who lives her life "in the moment" this week, I was inspired. I have the utmost respect for someone who doesn't let things get them down and doesn't have a problem with not knowing ... meeting people like ... read more