Blogs from Oceania - page 6512

Well, it seems like while the rest of the country has been having average weather, we seem to have stumbled upon the one place in New Zealand where the sun has been shining. We don't know quite what to do with ourselves. Ben had the great idea that we would turn two or three decent trips into a mega trip of about 14 days. The plan was to start on the Caples, throw in the Routeburn, dash up the Dart river, hop over cascade saddle into the Matukituki, get to the Wilkin via some contrived route through the Albert burn and finish off with Gillsepie pass and the Young Valley (14 days or so) This was a fine idea in principle, but the reality hit home when I tried to put on my pack at the ... read more

The Road Trip began the day after Boxing day in Sydney. (That's the 27th December Bish) Myself, Daz, Shaz, Mum, Dad, Anna and Benjy all piled into a Kia People Carrier and headed up the East Coast. The aim was to reach Australia Zoo which is of course famous for being Steve Irwins Zoo (RIP Steve, we luv ya but you have got the most annoying daughter in the whole wide world). It is located in Beerwah which is a couple of hours north of Brisbane. After liasing with a few local Aussies in Sydney they couldn't believe that we were planning to reach the Zoo in a day. Well we set out to prove them wrong,.................we didn't!! It took us 3 hours to get out of Sydney but we felt that a 12 hour stint ... read more

Hey again Well the alcohol problem thingh did kinda work... it has shot that blog up to equal bottom in the ratings... (the newest ones are always bottom fairly obviously really actually i lie... its not second bottom because i just looked at it to see where i was at last update) yer so, that has been some sort of a success and i didn't think its been that long since i did it last but, Becks given me hassle for not doing it in a week so, i figured i'd update you on my startling progress.. i figured that maybe some pictures would boost the ratings even further so, there should be a few added and they're pretty awesome i think any way So i went to fraser island .. it was pretty awesome.. its ... read more

This is something I would often told my girls when they were trying out their wings and forgot to pack their parachutes! As I dusted them off, I would say; "You'll get to Z from A just as surely if you go from A to B and then C ....." It's a long way from Australia (there's the 'A'), to Spain and South America. And there is only 'me, myself and I' on this trip. So Singapore is a good place to try out many new things. Customs & Immigration in a post-September 11 world, hostel life, huge crowds of people everywhere and wrestling with the combination locks on my small case. Necessary, because I've left my glasses inside and I can't see the numbers! The Singaporeans are a smiling, friendly, very multi-cultural group of people. ... read more

Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the city of Melbourne and it is the seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Melbourne. Melbourne was officially incorporated as a town on December 13, 1842, however, it wasn't until 1854 that its first Town Hall was completed. Begun in 1851, the work ground to a halt with the beginning of the Victorian gold rush. The foundation stone of a new, grander Town Hall was laid on November 29, 1867 by the visiting Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, after the demolition of the first. The current Town Hall officially opened on August 11, 1870 and is another piece created by architect Joseph Reed. The building is topped by Prince Alfred's Tower, named after the Duke. The Tower includes a 2.44 ... read more