Blogs from Oceania - page 7268

Today is the final day of fun and frollicks in a favourite car. Having woken to find a council dude prowling the carpark we decided to make our get away. We took our time coming home, a nice convoluted route past Lake Cootharaba...huge but brown...nice! then the Louis Bazzo Drive (!) lead us north to Kin Kin, which I think must be officially australia's quaintest town. Proper, hicksville country town with a very old traditional Hotel and a general store. The school was built in 1911 and is a stunning building. Locals were genuinely shocked at the sight of tourists and declared loudly that we must be mad to come here on purpose. But we liked it. The nearer to home we got the less keen we were to keep going. Parting with the car would ... read more

Hi all, On en etait ou deja.. ah oui, on en a eu marre des 2 jobs.. donc on a arrete de bosser pour Amnesty le mardi 21 mars et au resto, Claire a continue quelques soirs de plus.. et puis on a profite de notre liberte!! Le soir meme, on est allees se promener sur le Darling Harbour.. jusque l'Opera House, encore..! Et oui mais de nuit cette fois: c'est splendide! Vous en jugerez par vous meme en regardant les photos.. (NDC* : les photos donnent pas mal, mais la realite... : c est tout autre chose!) Sydney est une ville toujours animee: On est retournees le samedi et le dimanche soir se promener pres de l'opera. Il y avait une soiree ''classe'' en plein air avec live music.. au bord de l'eau.. evidement on ... read more

Ahhh today we invited ourselves to Darren's granny's B&B!!!! The boys have been staying there all this time....... She lives in a little Beautiful place called Rye...................... Got the train there...................... then the boys picked us up in the "yute"!!! Only room for 3 so Darren climbed into a sleeping bag in the back of the van for the 30mins drive!!!! Ahhhh granny had a big chicken dinner ready and waiting for us when we arrived!!!!!!! as well as a few boxes of Goon (cheap Aussie wine!) Very nice to be looked after................................................. read more

Just needed to get some photos off to all of our fans! Paris is going to school in Whangaparoa, New Zealand for a month. He has to wear a uniform and his school is called a college; Orewa College. He is in 10th grade which is equivelent to the 9th grade in the states. He is living with our friends Angela and David Howie and their two daughters, Nancy (16) and Anna (11). We will be picking him up again in a few years! The following photos are of Natalie, David and I (Christie) traveling on the North Island. We drove from Auckland to the northern tip of the island and back down to the southern tip. Now we are in Queenstown getting ready to do the Routeburn Track which is a 3 day hut trip. ... read more

Bundaberg is famous for its Rum, So I thought it rude not to pay the distillery a visit. Having left my camera, watch and everything else in a locker to prevent me blowing the plant up with a miniscule spark, and having donned some sexy rented shoes (which I swear offer less protection than my fairly sturdy sandals...) I was off on the tour. The guides were interesting enough, but their sense of humour appeared to a generation gone by... a long time ago. Their attempts to 'get down with the kids' were shocking, and possibly even illegal! Cunningly the tour ended with a double tasting in which I tried Bundaberg Dark And Stormy (Bundaberg Rum w/ Bundaberg Ginger Beer) and Bundaberg Royal Liquer with cream (Rum, Sugar, Coffee, Sugar, Chocolate, Sugar). It was only after ... read more