Blogs from Oceania - page 7363

Hi everyone, since my last entry I have moved from Thailand all the way to Melbourne, Australia. I've got a few bits of news from when I was still in Thailand and then I will update you on Melbourne and my forthcoming trip to Ramsey Street! Thailand: Our final day in Krabi was spent sun bathing and looking around the shops. I also sampled a traditional Thai foot massage. There are lots of massage shops lined up along the beach, although they all look very similar; a row of mattresses on a raised platform with a thatched roof covering them. Very basic but fitting. We visited massage centre number four because we felt obliged. A lady from the centre had approached us on the beach earlier and when we said that we would probably be visiting ... read more

After the boat brought the 4x4 back to the mainland it was only a short drive back to the hostel from there. We had been told specifically to come straight back and not go to any burger bars or anything and we did as we had been asked. On arrival back at the hostel we discovered that al members of the self-drive were being placed back at the hostel in the same room (except for Jurgen who wasn't staying there) and this was cool because it seemed a perfect outlet from which to hang out with everybody. That evening we prepared some of the food that we had left from the trip and we all sat and drank beer to gether as well. It seemed as though everybody had had a really great time and that ... read more

Well another day, another 40 degrees heat, another amazing afternoon thunderstorm and another 80% humidity (Sigh!) :( Well the bad news is my Acer Laptop is knackered. It needs a new motherboard at $900 so have bitten the bullet and bought a new Compaq one $1100 (double the spec) - oops forgot its Aussie set up so has no pound signs and the keys are a bit backwards - but then thats most of Australia for you. Also spent $260 having a man come out to fit a new front windscreen in Sheila as she took a chip off the road and with the tremendous heat causing the air to expand in the car the chip had spread into a 2 foot crack down the passengers window so thought best to replace it ahead of our ... read more

Buschfeuer im Grampians Nationalpark Hallo ihr lieben zu Hause! Hoffe, euch geht es allen gut! Unser Trip laeuft bisher ganz klasse. Nun sind wir ja eigentlich in Adelaide gestartet und ueber Kangaroo Island - Mount Gambier nach Halls Gap gefahren, aber es gibt so viele Leute, die schon gespannt auf die aktuellen Fotos der Grampians warten. Daher gibt's diesen Teil zuerst und spaeter nochmal den Anfang der Tour. In dem Grampians Nationalpark, der ein riesiger Nationalpark ist, hat es seit Mitte Januar ein riesiges Buschfeuer gegeben, bei dem 60% des Parks zerstoert worden ist. Das Buschfeuer ist durch einen Blitzschlag ausgeloest worden und die Feuer wurden durch weitere Winde schoen geschuert! Zum Glueck hat es dann wohl nach einigen Wochen angefangen zu regnen und mittlerweile sind die Feuer unter Kontrolle. Wir haben es nur noch an ... read more

As Chief Inspector Barnaby sat sipping a cool refreshing Chardonnay at the close of a long, hot mid-summers day, Sgt Troy came dashing through the patio doors alerting..."Sir, you'd best come along with me to the village green, there's been at least 4 seperate, but completely related, killings in Upper Middle Witchellton!!!!!!". .......Phew, sorry about that - for a moment we could have sworn we were back at home watching an episode of Midsommer Murders. It's just that Christchurch looks exactly like that. Check the photos if you don't believe us. Also kinda reminds us of that song we sang as kids ... 'What do you do if you're bursting for the loo in an Engish Country, Gaaarden? Pull down your pants and suffocate the ants, in an English Country, Gaaarden'. You know the one, we're ... read more