Blogs from Oceania - page 7306

Rocked up to Wellington feeling a little sore from the rafting and spent a very chilled day wandering round: Oriental Parade and the marina with tons of running people (doing it in their lunch hour, presumably; looked like far too much hard work if you ask me); and the afternoon in the Te Papa (maori for "our place") musuem. The musuem was brilliant. Learnt all about emigration to New Zealand: apparently the Cotswolds and surrounds were from where a lot of emigrating farm labourers originated. I watched a documentary with a woman from Ashton-Under-Wychwood talking about her relatives who decided to seek a better life in NZ in the 19th century. And there is a memorial in Woodstock (I think) that lists the several families that perished in a stormy sea when their boat to NZ ... read more

Day 2 of the safari was a bit of a rude awakening, as it started to rain!! The rain wasn’t heavy, but it wasn’t comfortable when you’re sleeping outside in a swag. Nevertheless, it was the best alarm clock considering we needed to be up by 07:40!! After a quick breakfast and a clean up around the camp we headed for ”The Rock”. The morning started with a leisurely 9 Km walk around the base. This allowed us to take photos, where permitted. Unfortunately, no beautiful pictures of sunrise were possible due to heavy cloud cover. Once again the flies were out in force, this made for some uncomfortable moments as I had left my fly net in the bus!!!! The option of climbing the rock was not available, as it had rained. This will have ... read more

Just returned from our 3 day tour of the outback Red sand ,green bush and 3 dimensional clouds were just the beginning we set off with a group of 17 plus 2 guides Lumpy and Mickha after we hiked the Olga’s we watched the sunset at Ayers Rock ( Uluru) and camped out for the night. Our sites consisted of wood frames covered in canvas with bedrolls and sleeping bags. Our guides cooked us campfire lunches & dinners with cast-iron camping ovens we tried Kangaroo tail cooked in the coals then rose at 4am ( 4 am!) to watch the sunrise. The highlight of the trip was Kings Canyon , unlike the Grand canyon it is caused by a crack in the earth rather than a river because it had rained we were able to see ... read more

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We spend the whoooooooooole day shoe shopping. This was so we could get in somewhere for Skinny's birthday. I found some, Wendy found some even though she wasnt looking, but Skinny didn't find any... read more