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Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands January 22nd 2007

Hi All, We are just about to leave our paradise resort of Nanuya Island to boat over to another Island to stay at another resort. I've a little while creating a poem for the hosts of the island which I left in theguest book and as I'm quite pleased with my efforts I thought I would share it with you here for your amusement. How lovely it was to stay here, With the sun so bright and the ocean so clear, The snorkelling was great, The fish divine, We ate so much food, All of it so fine, We came from near London, a town so far, But it was worth it to see Terry dance on the bar, We progressed our way through the cocktail list, And at the end of the night we were ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Kerikeri January 22nd 2007

First up I had some issues with my first NZ blog, so if ya didnt see it then hit the previous journal button aiiiight. Ok, so after being away for so long I definately have a new found appreciation for NZ, it's beauty and its people. This place is awesome and Im stoked to be a kiwi. So after Christmas it was off up North to a Bach at Mangonui which Ju and Abbey had hooked up ..... Nice one Ladys. While here we sampled some of the best fish N Chips in the world and watched a couple a 2 metre sharks cruise around below us as we ate ....... perfect. Then it was off to Tapu to meet up with some more friends to celebrate the New Year the way it should be done ... read more
Jules and Abbey rented a Bach here .... Shot girls
Tim lovin the attention from Samantha, Cara and Abbey
Shane posing at Mangonui Fish N Chips

Oceania » Australia » Victoria January 22nd 2007

And onto the second part of our insane road trip. So we had made it into Victoria, staying the night in Portland in a caravan in a backyard. We decided to head up to the Grampians, as by now we were used to driving all day. On the way to the Grampians, we decided to stop at Mt Eccles, which had a little blurb written about it in the Lonely Planet. It was an extinct volcano, rich with the trees koalas love so much. On our drive, we saw what we thought must be Mt Eccles, as the mountain in the distance had a distinct volcanic shape to it. Like a Mt Fuji without snow. But the signs led away from our volcano, and it turned out that the hill we had seen was Mt Napier. ... read more
Surprise!
The Grampians
Growing in the Ashes

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast January 22nd 2007

Barrytown, a paradise on the west coast but with a heard of sandflies which irritate the shit out of you. I've been on this backpaker Stray bus for a week now its good when there is a good group on the bus. We were lucky for Barrytown and we all dressed up in crap and had beers with the locals. My friend Mattias and I met some boar hunters and went shooting down the beach in their pick up truck and had a wicked bonfire. We had such a good nioght here we stayed on to do exactly the same thing the next night but with a different bus load!... read more
Barrytown Fancy dress party
Barrytown Fancy dress party
4am bonfire!

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Albany January 22nd 2007

I've done a little more this week than last week. On Thursday we went down to Albany to stay for two nights with Ian and Jean and to explore the South, everything is so far apart that it took a couple of hours even from there to get to the places that were 'close by'. The drive down wasnt the most scenic and mostly involved trees and more trees and yep you guessed it more trees . Nat did spot our first wild Kangaroo and we spotted alot more hopping in fields by the time we got back. On the Friday we went to The valley of the giants and took the 'Tree Top Walk' the highest point being 40metres and the walkway had a slightly uneasy sway about it when too many people got on ... read more
The Bridge
Grandmother Tingle
Bluff Knoll

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour January 22nd 2007

Hi There. Well, I had an only child day today. Went into Syndey on my tod via the Sea Cat (small boat with animal name). Fantastic views! Although it was pretty windy and I arrived at Darline Harbour with a huge afro. I went to the Sydney aquarium and saw Nemos, touched star fish and got scared of the sharks. Saw a sting ray the size of a dining table! I gave him an angered look just so he knows we're all mad about Steve Irwin. Ate some Calamari when I came out of the aquarium. Feel guilty now. Then tottered off to the New South Wales art gallery for some Aboriginal Art. Lovely Jubbly. All drawn with dots (but not dot-to-dot). I then took a very grown up stroll in the Botanical Gardens. Well, it ... read more
Gulp!
This guy won the stare out
My Fair Sydney

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Akaroa January 22nd 2007

Hello again! I'm not sure when I'll have internet access again, so I thought I'd send a quick update on today's activities. Today Bishop and I left Christchurch and headed about 1 1/2 hour south to Akaroa. We were planning to swim with Hector's dolphins, ones only found in New Zealand. It was a beautiful, warm day, so we were very excited. Well, our expectations were far exceeded. We donned our wetsuits and joined the small group on our boat (there were 8 of us in all) and headed out into the bay. After only a few minutes, the captain of the boat found some dolphins and we all slid into the water. The dolphins were very curious and swam all around us. There were about 5 of them, which is the typical size for a ... read more
And even more dolphins
Dolphin enjoying the wake of a boat

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane January 22nd 2007

sry we havent updated the last couple of days, but we have spend loads of time in the confrences... And we honestly havnt taken that many pictures, since we have spend pretty much all the time on Long Point Camp. Anyways, as im writting this we are on the way to brisban, actually im on a motel in a place called Cougf's Harbor (I think).. ! Well abit about what we have been doing.! Well as far as I remember, (doing this in notepad cuz we dont have internet here, so I cant check what the last we wrote) Anyways the last think I remember I wrote about was the kids day at LPC! So ill take it from there.! The next day must be the 8th, which means meeting in the evening... which meant we ... read more
On the Way
On the Way
Coff's Harbour

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown January 22nd 2007

Hello All !!! How's it going? Things here are going alright, I can't complain. This last week I've been working tons. The plastering job is going well, we're on the second coat now and should be done in about 6 working days. The boss goes out of town Thursday so I'll have a few days to relax. The dishes are still being washed. The job is better than I thought it would be. I get a free meal when I work, which is 6 nights a week. The food isn't that good, but it keeps me alive. I spent most of this past weekend sleeping. The days go by so fast. I get up at 7 and work till maybe 5. I start washing dishes at 6 and that goes until 8:30 or 9. I usually ... read more
Wash those dishes
my bed and tv
the rest of the room

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Timaru January 22nd 2007

היום עזבנו את דונידין (אחלה עיר!) והמשכנו צפונה לכיוון טימארו. בדרך עצרנו במקום שנקרא מאורקי בולדרס - חוף שמלא בסלעים שנשחקו ממי הים וקיבלו צורה מוזרה וממש מגניבה. תראו את התמונות ותבינו.. אחרי זה המשכנו למקום שנקרא אומרו. שמענו שאמורים להיות שם בשעות אחר הצהריים פינגווינים צהובי-עין, אז החלטנו לנסות את מזלנו והתמקמנו בחוף החל מהשנייה הראשונה שבה הם אמורים לצאת מהמים.. אחרי משהו כמו שעה וחצי, זה הגיע!! כמה פינגווינים מ-ד-ה-י-מ-י-ם התחילו לצאת מהמים והלכו במהירות לכיוון המערות שלהם, ולנו היה את המזל לצלם אותם ואפילו להסריט כמה שניות (מבטיחים לשלוח אותו בקרוב..) . משם המשכנו לכיוון טימארו, שבה אנחנו ישנים הלילה אצל זוג נחמד בשם גיילין וגארת'. ממש לפני שהלכנו לישון גארת' סיפר לנו שיש הלילה כוכב נופל שדיברו עליו בחדשות. לא הבנו למה, עד שראינו את זה בעיניים: כוכב שנופל במשך משהו ... read more
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פינגווינים!!!!




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