Blogs from Oceania - page 6576

Viimeiset pari paivaa ovat kuluneet lahinna keskustaa ihmetellessa. Tutustuin eraaseen suomalaistyyppiin, jonka kanssa olemme viime paivat katselleet niskat kipeina pilvenpiirtajia. Rahaa on palanut kiitettavasti, silla uusia vaatteita on tullut hommattua ja lahes kaikki ruokailut on hoidettu ravintoloissa. Ruoka on taalla yllattavan halpaa! Thaimaalaisen ja muiden eksoottisten ruokien lisaksi pullamossomatkailija voi vetaa naamariinsa tuttuja ja turvallisia McDonaldsia ja Subwayta. Big Mac -ateria maksaa noin nelja euroa ja Subwayn patonki on irronnut halvimmillaan kolmella eurolla. Kaupungilla kiertely kay tyosta, silla paivan paatteeksi jalat ovat aivan hajalla ja koko kroppaa sarkee muutenkin. Ostamani rantasandaalit ovat varmasti itse Paholaisen suunnittelemat, silla niin huolellisesti ne ovat repineet jalkojen ihon rikki! Jokainen askel alkaa tuntumaan entistakin kivuliaammalta... read more

My new years resolution is a quest to find more on my family history... So off I trot from Nelson, New Zealand to see my Papa, wife Heidi, and half brother Paul. They pick me up from the airport and drive me half hour into the adelaide hills to a cute 'hick' town full of history itself; Kanmantoo. The original streets are dirt roads, dry stack wall fences, and some of the locals still live in the first Bluestone and limestone houses from the early settlers (1840). They are so old they look like they're about to fall over... the houses, not the locals! The bright blue skies are filled with the squarking sounds and colours from the flocks of pink and grey Galas, and they nesstle in the tall gum trees. Down the road they're ... read more

After an unadventful flight I arrived in Perth. Where I was picked up by Tracey and her sister. They took me back to their parents house for the night. It was great to see Anne and Brian again as we had met briefly before when they had stayed us in england. The next it was time to get every thing sorted for the appartment we all renting for the week in Scarborough. By the end of the day me and Tracey had everything sorted ready to pick up Mum and kelvin from the airport that evening. The next morning was big chill out and Aunty Barbra came round for Tea and cakes. In the afternoon after picking up Carl from the airport. We took a trip to Kings park for a quick look around before heading ... read more

After the New Year and the cockroach incident we made a swift exit from Sydney to the Blue Mountains. We caught the train from Sydney and after a little snooz i woke up to see a differnet landscape to that of the coast. The scenery was beautiful with mountains that glowed blue from the eucaliptus oil and a little town called Katoomba with lots of little cafes and a coutryside feel. We jumped off the train and headed to our hostel (central backpackers) that we had regretfully booked into for 2 nights. I have learnt my lesson now - never book into a hostel for longer than 1 night unless you have checked it out first. . Unfortunately it rained for pretty much the whole 3 days we were there but that didn't stop us. We ... read more

The second day was slightly more relaxed as we were due to fly out to Tasmania later that evening, we hit the beach in a town called manly whitch is in one of the outer suburbs of Sydney. The place seemed really chilled out and the beach was a great place, with quite a bit of surfing going on. After cooking myself for a few hours we headed to a steak house for steak (suprisingly!) and chips and beer.....appy days. We dashed back to the apartment for a quick change of clothes then off to the airport and met up with the rest of the guys. In the group was Nicks mate steve whose apartment we'd been crashing at, Suzie and her fella Jimmy. Again the customs a security people took a shine to me, this ... read more