Blogs from Oceania - page 7266

We got dropped off at Hervey Bay as our base for the Fraser Isalnd experience. Our Hervey Bay accomadation was called The Woolshed and was really nice. We had a tv in our room which was a missed luxuary we were very grateful of, especially as we had the worst weather for the first day so stayed in our room and watched some commonwealth games. We booked a 2 day and 1 night tour of the island fearing that cyclone Larry would create bad weather and we wouldn't be able to do much. We got to the island and started the tour straight away visiting the rainforest and then the beautiful Lake McKenzie. The rain forest lived upto its name and it started to tip it down as soon as we started walking through it. Thanks ... read more

Left Port Fairy days ago. Cruised coast. Found the limestone cliffs and rock stacks, bridges and bays. Through the sweet smelling trees of the Otways and up to Apollo Bay. Through Lorne to Torquay. There it was a kind of sticker heaven. Best run ever I think. And the next day it continued. Went to Geelong Saturday morning and found yacht club. Met skipper, Brian, with very large boat who knew my skipper from Perth. Sailed on Corio Bay (Kor-eye-o). It was 16 knots and warm and sunny. Just perfect. Beer and shower at club. Drove to Ocean Grove for evening meal. The Bell's Beach surf classic on Easter Week. That will be a big crowd and a lot of surfers are on side. The only downside was a stone on the windscreen. Crack now working ... read more

Helloooo everybody! After leaving Cobram and sitting on a bus for three and a half hours i arrived in Melbourne city centre. My first port of call was Melbournes beachy suburb of St Kilda. I was booked into a hostel there for three days to chill out for a bit and relax my aching bones. However my journey wasnt quite as easy as it probably should have been. i stumbled across the tram stop for St Kilda beach, which was where my hostel was, and climbed through the door of what felt like a moving sauna, and that i should have been wearing just a towel and definately not my big backpack. After making the mistake of getting off about thirty stops to early i decided that insted of wait for the next tram ill just ... read more

A couple days after I posted my last blog entry, I left the orchard. I wish I had some funny story to tell you, like I got fired for throwing apples or something, but unfortunately I don't. I left because my allergies were killing me on the farm, and after a week of sneezing 24 hours a day I just had to get out of there. I honestly wouldn't have left otherwise, apple picking is garbage but we met some cool people. Actually come to think of it, it was only the 2 Irish guys that were cool. Other than them, there was a Japanese couple who barely spoke english and would pick the apples on Alan's trees, a weird Finnish guy who wore a shoelace around his leg and thought everyone was stealing his bread, ... read more

Well the first month of melbourne living is drawing to a close. Alot has happened, weve moved into our new house, ive got a job at a place called BikeNOW which is in south melbourne, just on the other side of albert park - so about 10-15mins from our place. ill attach some photos of the house, i dont have much time to write cos were in an internet cafe (stus applying for a job) so hopefully the pictures will tell the story. our internet gets connected next week so ill fill in the gaps for march. hope all is well back in perth, if youve got any spare time send an email, would be good to hear how things are goin back home. ps weve got a new email as of next week some time. ... read more