Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4785

Aboriginal Dancers - Steve Irwin - Dreamworld What on Earth do these things have in common? Sure, they can all be found in Australia, but the thing they really have in common is Fun, Fun, Fun! We definitely had fun on our last week in Australia. The last night we were in Cairns we went to The Tjapukai Aboriginal Dinner Show. The buffet dinner was excellent but the real fun started when the dancers took the stage. The mixture of thought-provoking storytelling dances with humorous songs and skits were brilliant. We even got a lesson on how to play an aboriginal musical instrument called the didgeridoo. Our last few days in Australia were spent around Brisbane. We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see the Australian Zoo. As Steve Irwin might say “CRIKEY” it is a ... read more

Here we are again back from our trip up north with loads more piccies and over 3500 miles under our belt! We had a fantastic time on the North West coast managing to reach as far as Exmouth. The North West was very different from the south west looking more typically Australian the further we went. It was very beautiful with its vast open spaces, Wild West style canyons, tropical turquoise seas and arid bushland. The roads are straight, flat and very long. The further north we headed the less cars we passed so much so that it becomes an event to see other cars, thus everyone waves to each other as they pass! The road trains also get longer the further away from town you travel. These huge trucks pull three or more massive trailers ... read more

Well, I've got a few entries to put in, so I've decided to do them in the correct order, starting with my b- day in Brisbane. After leaving Sydney in April, I went up the east coast to Byron Bay. I met some awesome people there, some that I feel I can now call my best friends! I had an amazing time there! After that I headed up to Surfers Paradise, which was a bit of a dissapointment after Byron....I only stayed there for two days before making my way to Brisbane to meet my girls, Alys, Jaimie and Ali for my 24th birthday. On the bus up I bumped into Stephan, the German guy I met in Byron Bay. We exchanged emails, and talked about travelling together. For my birthday we had a girl's day ... read more

Cairns or Cans? Why is a city spelled Cairns pronounced Cans? After spending a fantastic week there we still don’t know. Maybe it’s because they have words without an R that they stick an “R” sound into (ie cinema is pronounced cinerma). We DO know that Cairns has warm tropical breezes, a lush green rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef right in it’s front door. So who really cares how they spell it? As we already shared, the first thing we wanted to see was the reef, but there are many other things to see and do around Cairns. The Rainforest Cable car is a thrilling way to see the tropical rain forest from the tree-tops. We were able to exit the car twice for walks along the forest. At the end of the line we ... read more

outta here tomorrow.............. roti canai dan maggi mee gorengs dan bintangs. thot i wanted to write more but im too tired and my brain is fried from getting everything together for this trip!!! Boohoo i hear you say, oh well some one has to do it hahahaaaaaaaaaahahhaa check ya's ... read more