Blogs from Oceania - page 6515

Following the greyhound bus journey from Brisbane arrived in Noosa and was met by the courtesy coach for Kola Backpackers resort where I had booked for 2 nights. On arrival into the dorm the room was filthy and the shower had green algae going up the walls, I asked if they had another dorm but was told no. During the afternoon went down to Noosa heads then came across the YHA asked if they had space for the hostel and sat outside the room on the balcony for the evening. ... read more

Well I've now been in Sydney since the 28th December so this is definitely the longest time I have been in one place throughout my travels. Can you believe it has been over 4 months now? Anyway, was sad to see you guys back home are having severe storms at the moment. I know what you mean about adverse weather, it's just to bloody hot over here at the moment and way too sunny, all this squinting is making my eyes sore, and you think you've got it tough with a little wind! Ok, so where was I? Sydney is pretty cool, I definitely preferred to be on the move but its nice to just be in one place and get to know it rather than just passing through. So much to do here, great nightlife, ... read more

We were back in Melbourne after another overnight on the XPT for the start of the 1 Day cricket series. As the Australian press put it with the advent of this series and the Twenty20....now for some real Pommie bashing..... and so it proved, as Gilchrist in particular proceeded to test the catching skills of the 78,625 crowd. After the contest the became irrelevant, the so called "feral minority" of the cricketing public (probably numbering 20,000) proceeded to make everybody's life uncomfortable by hurling plastic beer glasses (not always empty) and other debris to hand during the irritating Mexican waves. We thought it best to change sports at this point - so it was off to the Australian Open tennis. The qualifying rounds at Melbourne Park are free and in amongst the hopefuls scrambling for the ... read more

Hey all... How has everyone been?? I have noticed how many people are recieving our blogs, and how many people are actually commenting and sending messages...Im less than impressed....do better!!! NOW!! I think we left you off in Wellington. Well it was a nice little city as I said I believe. We went to the Te Papa museum, which is the national museum of New Zealand. Now most of you who know us, know that unless a war was being fought, I am not that interested in History. And Jen, well Jen doesnt like me liking wars, and like history even less...Especially the arty type stuff. However, this musuem is probably the coolest museum I have ever been to because it is so interactive and modern. We felt what it was to be in an earthquake, ... read more