Blogs from Oceania - page 6517

Well, we survived!! Today after a long recovering night of sleep we thought we'd give a quick update of the last few days on the largest sand island in the world - and also Jill's birthday! What i thought would be a macho 3 days of driving a 4x4 was slightly dampened by the fact the jeeps were painted bright PINK!! This was so they could be easily identified (and they could definitely be) apparently! The first day (Sunday) we did the group shopping and faced a race against time to get to the barge due to some key problems! I then had to reverse park the 4x4 on the barge at breakneck speeds to keep the not so friendly barge staff from screaming at me - this was a terrifying experience! We then heading along ... read more

After a 15 hour Journey the day, Which I’ll have to say was pretty uninteresting, as bus journeys are known to be. I arrived late that evening in Carnarvan, where I was picked up by Doug and taken back to the local motel where the rest of the family are staying. After a good nights sleep, it's up early to have breakfast and meet everyone again. Doug then heads back to the station while Me, Tiff and the kids do the shopping before leaving the town behind us and head into the outback, to Middalya Station. All the kids seemed really pleased to be heading back and couldn't wait to show me their home. On the journey there, I told a lot about what to expect. The station it's self is half a million acre's. ... read more

Hey, weer internet! En wat voor internet...volgens mij staat er achter it wandje een 368 met een 28k-modempje te pruttelen. 5 Minutes remaining... -zegtie al 3 minuten. Nou ja, ik vind het best. Laat ik een kijken of dit gaat werken. OK... na 2 nachten hotel zijn we in Christchurch voor het eerst op de fiets gestapt. ik was blij toen we de stad uitwaren! links rijden in de spits in ene stad waar fietsers nog uitgevonden moet worden is geen pretje. Hoewel, oven een vluchtstrook trappen van een snelweg waar de dikke vrachtwagens je rakelings voorbij razen is ook nie theel comfortabel hehe. Maar goed dat de drukte al snel plaats maakte voor de rust en verlaten weggetjes zich anaboden. Vervelend is wel dat m'n pa al snel een klapband kreeg (hoge druk door hitte) ... read more

G'day folks! So, I've finally arrived! The flight was relatively painless. I managed to sleep enough, listen to "greatest number one hits of 1996"...including everyone's favourite...mr blobby! (Argh!), eat and watch the little mermaid! It was all good! I arrived at about 3am...so went to bed at 4am and woke up thinking "TURN THE HEATING OFF!" but it was actually sunshine shining through my window....then the reality kicked in..."wooohooo sunshine...im in australia!" I could have slept all day but decided to get up! Plugged in my adaptor and there was a huge green spark! Hmmm!!! Basically just toddled around with my cousin today...met a couple of her friends, they seem fun...and very australian! :P Went to a shopping mall type thing to get some 'sunnies' (im already talking the talk! :P) and a new sim card- ... read more

Well, it's 2am here in Darwin. It's really odd to think that I probably won't be back to Darwin again. At least, not to visit my parents... they're selling up and moving to Victoria later this year. It's been lovely spending time with them the past few weeks. My sister Amanda, her partner Darren, and my nephew Damon (aka 'my favourite boy in the whole wide world') were here over Christmas and New Year, which was fantastic. The last family Christmas in Darwin, as it shall forever be known. My friend Nicole flew up from Adelaide for a few days, and was witness to (and key participant in) my first and last big night out in Darwin. Very sore head the next day. Good night out, though. The time here has been kinda hectic. In between ... read more