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Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne March 23rd 2005

i'm still just playing around with this making sure i know how to use it before i go away. photos come up quite well really... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach March 23rd 2005

This camper (if I can figure out how to put the photo on) will be our home for the rest of our time in Oz. We're cruising down the East coast and currently in Airlie Beach. Spent a few days at Cape Tribulation, where we stayed with some crazy croc-hunting Aussies and got to know quite a few insects, lizards and toads (and a lovely Irish couple). Went on a little catamaran and spent the day snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, which was awesome mate! Saw lots of colourful fish and coral - there are some v. weird things out there in the sea! Tomorrow we start a 3 day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands so I've stocked up on the motion sickness pills and Karl's stocked up on the VB. Hoping to survive ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fremantle March 23rd 2005

It was soooooooooooo hot today, 42 degrees, I bet it was snowing at home, wasn't it, come you can tell me, don't be shy, we're all friends here. It was the hottest March day on record, it's meant to be heading into winter here, not likely, ain't had no winter like this before, or summer come to metnion it, the expected temperature is around 29-31 but we've been getting an average of around 37, cannae be bad as my old man would say. Fiona got a job today without even applying for one! We went into town and looked in on Lara in her office, we were meeting the bosses when one of them mentioned (they’re in the recruitment business) that a client of theirs was looking for a receptionist, the client being Rolls Royce. Anyway ... read more
Andrew
Fiona

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales March 23rd 2005

We flew down to Newcastle from Brisbane last night. This place seems to be fairly small as it only had one luggage carrousel in the tiny airport. The main attraction to most backpackers seems to be the surfing. We, however, came for the wine tour which should have been more appropriately labelled booze shopping/the drinking bus. We didn't get the explanation on how wine was made like other places (ie. Okanagan, Niagara-on-the-lake). We did, however, get free samples galore starting off with the semillon (famous in the hunter valley) to shiraz (also famous in the valley) and sweet sweet port. Hmm... most memorable drinks (that I'm certainly not packing home) would have to be a chili liquor which most certainly leaves a fiery aftertaste in your mouth and a slight burning sensation as well as the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 22nd 2005

So...I arrived at the Thebarton Theatre not sure what to expect and found a treasure of a venue only a ten minute bus ride from my flat. The theatre was built in 1926 and regardless of many years of renovation, I could picture early Aussie theatre goers and high society piling into the place for a big night on the town. The place actually really reminded me of The El Rey in L.A. Opening for Gomez was Paul Dempsey, the lead singer of Something For Kate, a Melbourne band I have yet to give a listen to. I only caught a few of Dempsey's tunes but was very impressed with him. Perceptive lyrical twists, aching vocals, a dirty guitar backed by a masculine melody,mmm. I will be keeping an eye out for a solo album and/or ... read more
Whippin Picadilly
Tom
Ben

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road March 21st 2005

Landskabet er ledt bølget med nogle enkelte større bakker. Da vi kører over en af disse, ser vi en kæmpe højderyg som skyder op af nærmest ingen ting. Vi er på vej mod The Grampians, en stor nationalpark, der dækker et område hvor jordskorpen har vippet. Havbund fra millioner af år siden stritter flere hundrede meter op i luften og er blevet eroderet til de mest fantastiske formationer. Vi ankommer ret sent og når lige turistinformationen inden den lukker. Efter en times jagt på beboelse (hvor kvalitet og pris hænger sammen) finder vi et top moderne vandrehjem. Da vi kun har planlagt to overnatninger i parken er der reelt kun en dag til rådighed, hvilket viser sig at være alt for lidt. Der er store afstande at køre og flere steder skal man gå ture på ... read more
The Grampians
The Grampians
The Grampians

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth March 21st 2005

Well I finally got around to adding some text, apologies and that but we've been so busy. I don't know what we've been doing 'cos I don't feel like we've done much in the last fortnight but you'll have to trust me, I have been busy, and if I keep telling myself that then I'll hopefully stay out of the rat race that is getting a job. Anyway on to the story, are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin...... We met Andrew and Marina at Lara and Frank’s party on Saturday, and despite the impression that we made they still invited us on a boat trip to Carnac Island. They were entertaining clients, they're in the Oil and Gas business, and had room for us on board, quite frankly they had room for a small army ... read more
Fiona on the boat
First ship to find WA
Ron & Frank

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane March 21st 2005

We've been in Brisbane for the last few days. Although this city doesn't hold a lot of sightseeing attractions itself (other than the typical museum, art galleries) we've made the most of our time here. Saturday, we checked out the south bank of the city and watched a free aerobics class going on in this artificial lagoon created (complete with beach and lifeguard) on the site of the former Expo 88. We also checked out the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Most australians would say they havn't been there since the age of 5 but I figured since we came down all this way, I was determined to see a live koala before my very eyes. random koala fact - baby koalas are called joeys. We weren't done with australian fauna as sunday, mom and I went ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane March 21st 2005

21st March 2005. Brisbane, Australia. Am so glad I decided to spend first night of Big Adventure in Brisbane. Everything is unfamiliar but still Australian, still understandable. Spent yesterday and most of today with Jessie G, my old school pal, who's a Brisbanite, wandering about the city. The public transport system puts Cairns to shame. I don't think you can go three minutes without spotting a bus going somewhere, and when one was actually five minutes late there was a lot of consternation amongst the locals, whereas in Cairns we pretty much plan our schedules around the guarantee that the bus' will be late. We stayed the night in a house-cum-backpacker hostel I found on the net, pretty nice with pool and all for only $20 each, but we didn't get in (after original check-in) until ... read more
Peace Pagoda in Brissie

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Burnie March 21st 2005

Oh dear me . Still stuck in dreary, culturally impoverished Burnie. Gotta get of here, just gotta get out!!... read more




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