Blogs from Oceania - page 7351

So sorry for the delay in this our last blog, but we have been wrapped up in trying to settle in to our new country (South Africa), which required adjusting to the new culture, finding jobs doing other admin and most importantly spend time with our new Golden Retriever puppy Gaucho. AUCKLAND AND THE CUMMINS’S As we taxied up the runway to Auckland International our minds immediately kicked into Spanish preparation mode, this was force of habit when arriving in a new city after a long flight/ bus journey. We were going over the words in our heads to make sure we had all the vocabulary and phrases in place to handle the interactions with immigration officials, customs and the rental car agent. Having just completed a thirteen-hour flight crossing 10 time zones and the International ... read more

hello all. PICTURES Sorry for the massive delay in posts but there really isn't much internet to speak of when you are in the outback. Well from our last post we have course come to Australia and been here for some time. We landed in Sydney to begin our journey. We walked everywhere is this massive city and saw most of it. The botanical gardens were massive, amazing, and at night the sky was filled with massive bats that made their home there. After a short walk through the gardens we were greated with an impressive view of the Sydney opera house and the harbour bridge (a symbol of the entire country). Even seeing it during an overcast day, was still impressive. But what really amazed us was seeing it at night. The lights reflecting in ... read more

Spent the day today travelling to the various sites in and around Katherine which included the old train station and locomotive (took some piccies for you dad), Katherine Hot Springs (an idyllic spot for a spot of natural bathing), Low Level nature reserve (a nice spot for a picnic) followed by Kathrine museum where I read up and watched a video of the 1998 Australia day floods that devasted Katherine when flood waters caused the neary Katherine Gorge water level to rise 20.4m completely devastating the town and causing 3 fatalaties, amazing considering the level of the water and the destruction around town. We're off to Katherine Gorge tomorrow, early start as it will be a 3 hour walk along the gorge system and we want to do it early on before the sun gets too ... read more

Interesting statistic: it is safer to jump out of a plane in midair, than it is to finish the flight in a more orthodox fashion. Skydiving is also safer than travelling in a car. These kind of facts are comforting when you are about to hurl yourself out of what appears to be a perfectly good plane. 12 thousand feet up is quite high. 12 thousand feet seems especially high when you are looking down at the scenery below from an open doorway. With a word from the man who is going to save my life in the next few moments, we jump. The feeling is so surreal, to be falling and have nothing beneath you. We freefall for about 45 seconds. I scream my head off, partly with joy and partly with fear. It's a ... read more

Hey guys , just a quick travel blog.... Kayla and I have been working the past couple days. At the hostel they posted a notice saying workers needed cash at hand at the end of the day yadada...i already told you in the last blog. we thought we were just setting up tables....but really , that was only the first part. we have been working in a huge warehouse selling PRADA , BURBERRY, CAVALLI , DOLCE AND GABANNA , COSTUME NATIONAL , etc. all the major overseas european , italian etc. lables....its soooooooo freakng cool ,i love working in retail...and with such expensive clothes...i feeel so special. the only down side is that we are standing on our feet for 8 hours...are feet are killing...but thats the price you pay to have a job we didnt ... read more