Blogs from Oceania - page 7361

I found my own little wonderland today. At 10 am I set out for the train complete with picnic...cheese and salad sandwiches...and jumped on the 2hour train to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains...very beautiful From the station its a hike along the road, maybe 1.5miles, to Echo point....tourist central. almost got photographed by all the oriental coach tours but managed to slip off down a trail and found myself alone...The trails and bush walks lead all the way round a huge sandstone valley, with cliffs and waterfalls and lookouts. Every now and then there would be another couple of people armed with their cameras but mostly I had the trail to myself. The sun was shining but it was a little hazy. Had my picnic at a secluded little lookout with spectacular panoramas. will get the ... read more

A horrendous hangover saw me and the boy wonder (Adam), trudge down to Central station at ridiculous-o'clock in the afternoon, I say ridiculous because the aim was to get out of Sydney as early as possible to get the train up to the Blue Mountains and get in two full days of bushwalking, but the Beer Monkey had other ideas and had obviously drugged us the night before and been jumping up and down on our heads as we slept. With our loaded backpacks, and thumping headaches and the standard hangover panacea - McDonalds - we journeyed up to Katoomba. In usual fashion, we had no idea where we were going, other than a train station, but I'm starting to learn that flying by the seat of your pants isn't always destined for failure, and sure ... read more

So it was time to say goodbye to Australia last week but boy did I do it in style! My friends Nick & Mehal who I was staying with had been invited to a 'Sporn' fancy dress party, which was basically under the theme of sports star or porn star. The party was in this huge house in Bondi so you can imagine that a lot of people go to an effort to impress, which meant I had to spend my Saturday afternoon trailing around charity shops looking for some kind of budget outfit! I finally came across a red racing jacket and cap, so decided to go as a formula one racing driver/life guard as I only had Nick's red shorts to wear... yep interesting combination but I also wore a 70's porn moustache so ... read more

We move on to Wellington on the south coast of the North Island and stay at Wildlife House Backpackers, a big zebra-striped building, hard to miss. The bus journey takes us through rolling green hills and beautiful scenery all the way. That evening we plan the next section of our trip on the South Island by booking ferry tickets and a hire car which we will pick up in Picton.... read more

Sorry so long to write about perth, we were having a wicked time in Perth with Em's Untie and Uncle and cousin. Wat can you say about Perth, laid back, relaxed, boiling, entertaining, friendly and fantastic scenery! We loved Perth, if you are reading this and want a relaxing holiday (but also have loads of entertainment) then go to perth!!!! As soon as we arrived it was fantastic cause for the first real time we were in civiliation!!!! People spoke Engilsh and new wat you were saying without laughing at you!!!!!! We stayed at Em's uncles gaff and it was like home, are own room, t.v, cable(with pause/record live t.v!), good food everyday, and a lovely family to stay with! We stayed in Canning Vale which was just outside of Perth city. We stayed for 3 ... read more