Blogs from Oceania - page 7360

We spent 3 days in the bush near Alice Springs. Our trip took us to Uluru, Kata Tjuta and King's Canyon. We slept in swags (it's like a canvas cocoon) under the stars. Fine if you are not worried about snakes, spiders, dingos and huge centipedes crawling into your sleeping bag!... read more

It was so tough being in Sydney that Orla and I decided we needed a week in Fiji, so we duly flew to Nadi with no plans and no place to stay and hoped that we would have a Pacific adventure. We were not far wrong with all sorts of wrangling and comedy of errors including missing boats, seasickness (not us, thank goodness!), torrential Pacific downpours and being ripped off by (probably) well-meaning, but unclear, travel agents. However, it was all part of enjoying "Fiji time" i.e. being so laid back we were horizontal and you couldn't help but have a great time on these beautiful islands: Treasure Island, Musket Cove on Malololailai, and Sonaisali. We felt almost like the Famous Five given the names but didn't think that George, Anne, Julian, Dick and Timmy the ... read more

Sorry about the delayed message everyone, my internet just was just hooked up today. Well it’s official, I’m at school in Australia. Oh sorry, Uni, they don’t like the word school, it only means elementary school to them, and since I look like I could be in elementary school, it just throws everyone off. So I’m at “Uni”, just arrived today and whoever said Perth was picturesque was a genius. It is so damn beautiful here, it makes the rest of Australia look like the ghetto, no offense to all my friends over on the east coast. Alright so before I go on gushing and make everyone vomit, I’ll just quickly reminisce on the rest of my Sydney experience. So the second day we were in Sydney, Char and I dropped off Becca at the university ... read more

24 February Queenstown is the home of Bungy jumping. So early this morning we headed out for the bridge at Kuwarau Bridge, where it all started. They start jumping at 9:00 am. We got there shortly thereafter. The place was already busy. They fasten you around the ankles, but there is an extra harness which goes around your waist and thighs. If you want, they will dunk your head in the river, but most people don’t want it. When you are finished bouncing around a small row boat comes over to get you - they pull you in and un-hook you. It was really quite cold there today, and one girl jumped twice with only her bra and jeans. So, did we or did we not jump? Now, this evening we are in Oamaru on the ... read more

Ben net in Byron Bay aangekomen, heerlijk weer de bewoonde wereld en warme douches. Surfen en kamperen met zo'n 35 man is een aparte ervaring. Heb nu niet zo heel veel tijd, zal morgen proberen in Brisbane wat langer te schrijven en de foto's erbij te zetten. Maandag was voornamelijk met de bus rijden naar onze bestemming, een hele mooie baai, Point Plomer, in een nationaal park, her Limburners Creek Nature Reserve. Toen we daar aan kwamen hebben we snel de tenten op gezet en toen kregen we de eerste instructie op het strand. Daarna was het proberen in zee..... Best een vermoeiende sport dat surfen, je moet onwijs veel paddelen en je voelt je armen en rug echt behoorlijk, je wordt behoorlijk stijf. Ging best goed eigenlijk. s' Avonds bij het vuur gezeten en lekker ... read more