Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4793

I would have to say that my visit to Mt. Lofty Summit and Cleland Wildlife Park were the highlight of my week. Mt Lofty Summit was incredible. It was only a quick ten-minute stop on the way to Cleland but it was all I needed to take in the breathtaking views of Adelaide. I really did not realize how very close I live to the ocean. I am surrounded by water! As you look through the pictures you might want to note that I live in the upper right hand corner of the city. What an amazing place to live… Mt. Lofty and Cleland are only a 30 minute bus ride outside of the city and definitely worth the trip. Cleland was quite different from my experience at the zoo. I actually fed kangaroos and mingled ... read more

When it comes to a purchace of all thingsgreat and small ,especially our first home,we are very methodical about it.. We sold our dream car ,a HJ 2 door coupe Monaro 327 chev to help with the purchase of WhyWait. No more speeding tickets for us...lol We searched from our back yard all the way to the other side of the country and the suburbs inbetween,we looked at many and we realised as we went along that we needed a unit that Dean could stand up in, We also needed these things ; A shower, Solar Power, Innerspring Mattress, L.C.D TV, Laptops , Broadband Internet ( Wireless ), Yes , We were going to rough it for 6 years...... We found WhyWait at Moffats Beach Sunshine Coast,we purchased her on the 27th of Feburary 2005. Then ... read more

Today I have stopped. Not stopped anything in particular. Just stopped. As in being still. Looking at the planes in the sky and dream of getting on one of them. I think the girls in the travel agency thinks I am a bit of a sad nutcase. Every week I come in and ask for a price to a different destination. Sometimes I come by several times within the same week. I think they think I will never get anywhere. But they are WRONG. Sometime soon I will also be flying through the sky. To foreign lands and all that.... read more

A glimpse of Adelaide, South Australia.... read more

2005/02 Entry 1 Well, i'm not sure how i should be updating this blog, but i've written stuff in my journal that i may as well just type into here - it'll save me having to think about what i did again, plus in case my journal gets stolen or something......hopefully it's not too long winded for you, and if there are any spelling mistakes, it's because i'm rushing it - or i have no idea, anyway.....here comes day 1 !!! DAY 1 : Orange -- Trunkey Creek ODO = 79km, DST = 79km, MAX = 51km/h Well, there was a huge rush in the morning trying to get everything sorted out. By 11am i had everything checked off and it actually all fit into my panniers - even the food esky seemed to work out ... read more