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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cardwell March 13th 2006

Well today saw us pass the 14,000km barrier on our ozzie road trip. Quite something in just over 3 months! We set of from Townsville this morning to begin the trip up to Cardwell, our overnight stop on route to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef! On route we drove 28km up a winding mountain side to a village on the summit called Paluma. During this treck we stopped off at Little Crystal Creek falls and then travelled further up to the rock slides, a large stream of water which has eroded away at the surrounding rocks creating a natural water slide. To be honest it looked a little dangerous to me, but Oli went in and had a go while i just took a splash in the pool area which was refreshing and well worth ... read more

Views of the city

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Mt Coot tha March 13th 2006

lizard enjoyin the sun

littleramwell

I caught the bus up to the huge Botanical Gardens out of the city in Mt Coot-tha reserve. The gardens seemed a little dry but then Queensland is having drought problems....a number of the fountains in the city have been temporarily deactivated. The planetarium was closed but the fern hous, Japanese garden adn highly comical Bonzai house were entertainment and relaxation enough after all my action in Byron. Mt Coot-tha provided stunning panoramas of the whole city and valley, looking back towards Byron and on towards the gold coast. The evening held more intrigue as i used my day pass from the bus on the City Cat boat that runs along the river. I caught it in the south bank parklands and cruised along to the Riverside Centre from which i meandred up to china town ... read more

Port Adelaide

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 13th 2006

ozflag

Woke in Whyalla. Farewell Lee. Here a public and personal thanks for a great trip. Drove on very hot day to Port Adelaide. Found Yacht Club and shower. Sunday 12th Walked piers of Port Adelaide and spruiked Semaphore St cafes. Someone said Glenelg would be busy. Wandered the scene there. Someone said the festival in the city would be busy. Went there. Rundle St, center of Adelaide life. Late afternoon had beer at bar with jazz band. It started to rain. Met a young couple. He's a truck driver. Told my Nullarbor crossing story. Monday 13. Rundle St. crowd. Spruiked all day. Very busy. Lots of street acts. Fun.... read more

MELBOURNE AND DISTRICT

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Wallen March 13th 2006

MELBOURNE

FeetUpKen

Well folks it's our last day here in Melbourne. The last week has been terrific. We have been into Melbourne as well as visiting lots of interesting places in the surrounding area. Following a very quiet weekend during which Linda revisited her culinary skills by cooking a wonderful Sunday roast dinner (whilst Ken went for a swim in the communal swimming pool with Richard, Ellie and Georgia) we ventured into Melbourne on Wednesday. We were first of all staggerred by the cheapness of the train fare - less than £2 each for the equivalent of a trip from Bicester to London! On arriving in Melbourne our first stop, more by luck than good judgement, was the Rialto Tower - the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere, according to the official blurb: we seem to be making ... read more

backdate

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 13th 2006

ozflag

March 8 Wednesday Esperance. Thought to take SC&B for a walk on jetty. Met lovely lady and talked of our lives. I Said to fisherman sticker for fish. He gave me herring and mackeral cleaned for breakfast. Cooked on seaside barbie. Mobile coffee van wanted stickers. Spruiked in front of newsagency. Manager came out and wanted me to move. Got foul. I was sooo reasonable. Training. He actually shook hands and said to send cops to him to sort it out. My education and discipline continue. Went to beach which shocked me with its beauty. Swam. A runners dog pissedon my shirt. She was horrified. Washed shirt and pants and hung to dry near pier. Previous lovely lady came for coffee and made donation for stickers. Watched seals and dolphins frolick in bay. Went to town ... read more

Defensive Driving Course

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth March 13th 2006

Drunk Cows???

MajorTravelogues

Day 19 Monday 13th March Well it was back to work today as we both headed off to do the Defensive Driving Course. Hopefully we will now survive driving on the roads in Libya. After the course, which was in Jondaloop, we drove further up the coast to Minderie amd Mullalo hoping to find the bush and maybe some wild kangaroos. All we found was housing estate after housing estate. There are so many houses being built along the coast. It's no wonder so many people are emigrating to Australia as you can buy a fantastic property for a fraction of the price in the UK and moor your boat (if you have one)! Then it was back down to Cottesloe (our favourite beach) for supper and a quick look at the Sculptures on the Beach ... read more

Leaving Christchurch...

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch March 13th 2006

Pitstop on the way to Akaroa

showmekiwi

Leaving Christchurch Tomorrow morning I leave Christchurch after a wonderful stay in the "Garden City" and head west on the Tranz Alpine train towards the west coast. My experience in Christchurch was awesome and the bar has definitely been set very high for the rest of the trip. I will attempt to provide a quick recap of the past few days since we arrived. The flight to NZ went very well, even though it was bumpy and our seats were on the 75th and last row of a packed 747 for 12 hours. Between 2 meals, drifting in and out of sleep and 7 movie channels on my very own headrest screen, I managed to stay occupied. We arrived on the 10th and managed to skip over the 9th entirely. Friday Arrival day was full of ... read more

Sidste stop - desperat salg af Murphy

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch March 13th 2006

Mads og Andreas

Saa er vi naaet til sidste stop paa New Zealand. Vi befinder os i Christchurch hvor vi helt desperat prover at saelge vores elskede Murphy. Hvad sker der? Ingen er interesserede til trods for dens massive udstyrsliste og den fine glanspolering vi har betalt for. Vi sidder i ojeblikket paa en backpacker-bar i centrum, klokken er 21.30 og vi haaber paa at stoede ind i nogen der mangler en bil. Hvis ikke det lykkes saetter vi den paa auktion i morgen hvor vi kan, hvis vi er lidt heldige, faa ca. 800 $ for den (tab paa 1200$ , baaaaddd!!). Vi skriver nok ikke her igen foer vi er kommet af med bilen og skuffelsen har lagt sig. Cheers Mads og Andreas... read more

filmitähdet!

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Concord March 13th 2006

tämän päivän kuvauksista

rinsessa

mun ihana pikkusiskoni halus sitten eilen illalla viel kymmeneltä mulle soitella Skypellä, niin nukkumaan menoaika veny yhteentoista. Arvatkaa vaan oliko molemmat aamulla ihan maansa myyneitä! hyvä, että silmät pysy auki junassa! ei ollu kovin sosiaalisia tyttöjä tarjolla. Päästiin sitten kattoon kasvaimen poistoa ja se kasvain ei ollu mikään ihan pieni vaan sellanen lasten jalkapallon kokonen! siis ihan järkyttävä! no se leikkaus kesti joku 5tuntia. ja sit me lähettiin lounaalle, ku ne alko sulkeen sitä. mut olihan se ihan jännä kokemus. Hengailtiin heräämössä hetki ennenku päästiin kotiin. Meistä tuli sit filmitähtiäkin! ;) meidän sairaalalla kuvataan jotain paikallista sairaalasarjaa ja tietenki niil oli kuvaukset meneillään, ku me lähdettiin töistä... heh heh! oltas viety paketit postiin, mut noiden kuvausten takia meni vähän myöhempään.. eli ei me ehditty! noh käytiin sit vaan ka... read more

train trip and Hanmer Springs

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Hanmer Springs March 13th 2006

Katie Brigham

Hello! We took the train from Christchurch to Greymouth today. It was a very pretty trip, I took lots of pictures. They even had an open air car that you could stand in- cool, but very windy! Then we drove to Hanmer Springs. We went to the hot springs, which was nice and relaxing after driving on the left side of the street for 3 hours! We just had dinner and are just going to relax for the rest of the night. Tomorrow, we're going to Blenheim in the Marlborough wine region. We're going to take a break in the drive at Kaikoura, where I hope to see some seals! Speaking of wine, we went to a restaurant called Annie's Wine Bar last night. This restaurant is what all restaurants should aspire to be. We started ... read more

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