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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Bundaberg March 25th 2006

Bundaberg. Home of Bundaberg Rum!!! a delicacy! well its alcoholic and pure bliss. So I'm sure you can imagine Sara and I had a thoroughly high expectation of the home of aussie rum (Oh and I should perhaps mention the ginger beer of which Sara and I have become firm fans). We selected the Cell Block hostel as our place to kip and were met at the greyhound by a crazy man who was so enthusiastic! We were thrilled by the hostel's authenticity....a converted police station complete with cells should you wish. (apparently a padded one...into which i must find a way!!) We were in a normal room but its an old building with high ceilings and huge windows. Very nice hostel. Clean Huge bathrooms and a great bar complete with $6jugs in happy hour. and ... read more

FORSTER-TUNCURRY

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales March 25th 2006

FeetUpKen

Hello everybody, Just a quick update to let you know that we are presently in a wonderful little place called Forster - Tuncurry. It is sunny, peaceful with wonderful beaches and a lake nearby. We are keeping this short and sweet because there is only one internet cafe in town and it is horrendously expensive and the machines are very, very slow! We will tell you all about this wonderful place at our next stop. Ken & Linda... read more

Australia: Sydney

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney March 25th 2006

Bondi Beach morning

The Postmen

Sydney... read more

Its like a zoo only better

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Dunedin March 25th 2006

phartell

The following morning my legs didn't ache and I was out of bed really early - even surprised me after walked 50km in three days. We packed up the car and headed off to Dunedin. The road to Dunedin was very winding and scenic but the towns on the way were all very small with nothing to see or do. We did manage to find a cafe for a coffee and a sandwich but that was it. Dunedin is a university town and is one of the busiest in the south Island. Despite Christchurch being the largest city Dunedin seems to have all the cars and for the first time I had to queue. We had a list of places to stay and started to check them out. The first place was called Kiwi's Nest and ... read more

Long bus trips and the outback

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory March 25th 2006

Mount Isa

Disco and Rat

Day s 132-134 We left Cairnes after having lunch in a little cafe and headed on our first bus down to Townsville. On the way we saw the effects of Cyclone Larry - one whole town was absolutely trashed by it, whole banana and sugar cane fields were flattened. It must have been so scary for them. We then caught our connecting bus and set off into the night. We arrived in Mount Isa after a total of 17 hours on the bus at 7 am! Grim! We found a hostel and slept for a while then walked to the lookout over the city. It claims it's one of the biggest cities in the world but we weren't convinced. In the evening we went to see the sunset which would have been gorgeous over the orange ... read more

A Place In The Sun

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay March 25th 2006

Hervey Bay Marina

pummel

Most people come to Hervey Bay to get to Fraser Island - but not me! I leave for Fraser from the much closer Rainbow Beach in a few days - weather permitting. I'm staying in Torquay - one of four towns which make up Hervey Bay. It's a strange but pleasant mix of cafe's and restaurants broken up by the odd grocers or fishmongers. There is a lively feel to the place, and its a small town - but it seems that the bigger brand names are yet to take it over. The day is spent walking along the seafront - up to the marina, a sushi lunch on the sea wall and hand feeding sharks in the small but well stocked aquarium. A good chillout! The next post will be more interesting... I promise!... read more

Fraser Island.

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island March 25th 2006

Quite literally the RAINforest

danandem

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

Byron Bay gets weird!

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay March 25th 2006

Gangster!

Big Si

The weather has come to beautiful Byron to spoil the play for a few days, how dare it!!! There is a large cyclone up the north of the east coast and the tropical storms contained within the cyclone have hit us down here in Byron and the rain has been on and off for the last few days. It will be amazingly sunny one minute then huge terrential rain the next... this is not the fine rain the soaks you through but the large golf ball size rain drops that soak you under one drop. But as we had booked ourselves into the hostel for the week we had to nmake the most of it! A 'Pimps and Ho's' had been advertised around the hostel for Thursday night so we thought with our new crazy dressing ... read more

Geelong

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Anglesea March 25th 2006

ozflag

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

Britain-bound

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland March 25th 2006

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Kiwi Sal

I guess Kim and I are destined to be flatmates in the UK! Which country should you REALLY be living in? The United Kingdom You have pride in yourself and pride in your country. You believe that history and culture is an important factor to the future of your country, and that traditions and values should be upheld. You love your scones and tea, and reading soppy romance novels. The UK is where you should be... http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&quiz_id=1435... read more

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