Blogs from Oceania - page 7367

After spending two days in Arrowtown Janet and I have moved on to Te Anau. When we left Wanaka there were clouds looming in the sky and sure enough by the time we arrived in Arrowtown it had started to rain. We went to lunch at a restaurant called Saffron, which we had heard was one of the best restaurants in the world. One of the best steaks I've ever had . . . We then wandered around town for a bit trying to find a Lord of the Rings filming location that was close to the city center. On our search it started raining, but we didn't let the weather get us down. We returned to our accommodation (where the lodge our room was in was called the Oregon lodge :) to pick up Bill ... read more

So I finally made it, I am in Australia now! Melbourne reminds me a lot of Vancouver except that it is sunny and hot unlike the 30something days of rain that I left behind. I can't say I am upset about that at all. I am living in the suburb of Fitzroy which is a lot like east van. It is filled with tons of vintage clothing shops, artsy bookstores, vegetarian restaurants, pubs, bars, the usual. I have spent way too much money here though, I can't stop this shopping addiction that I have. The women here are beautiful and they have an amazing sense of fashion. Anyways, I haven't really done anything touristy, umm we did drive out to this little surf town last weekend, Flinders, and soaked up some sun. I have put together ... read more

HI! Ben dus in Melbourne aangekomen. Makkelijk met de bus naar mijn hostel, no worries! Eerst maar even een rondje in St. Kilda gelopen en aan het strand ontbeten, dit is toch wel echt vakantie. Via hostel een 2 daagse trip naar de Great Ocean Road geboekt. In de middag naar het centrum met de tram. Begonnen op het Observation Deck, een uitkijk punt in het op 1 na hoogste gebouw van Melbourne. Daarna lekker door de stad gelopen naar Federation square en daar omheen. Weer zo'n stad met van de mega gebouwen, blijft wel wennen. Is een mooie stad. S' avonds even een pizza gegeten en op tijd gaan pitten, heb in het vliegtuig niet kunnen slapen en ben echt gaar. Wordt al om 7.20 uur opgehaald voor de trip. Woensdag ochtend: weer niet kunnen ... read more

hey all, well we are in perth now... and man it is sunny!! gunna have to buy some sunnies!!! anyways ash is at uni camp and im supposed to be looking for a house for us but there are no rentals in perth at the moment!!...grrr... damm uni students.... may have to wait a few weeks till some come up... then i have to look for a job!..ahhh work..!! thats just a bit too scary! here are av few photos from thailand.. the last week.. in bangkok we were sitting in a restuarant and i say to ash.."if we sit here long enough we'll see some one we know!!"...then an hour later some creatures crew walk past....!!! its was really weird... well they werent weird... they were great and we spent the next few days hanging ... read more

WOW!!! Can't tell you how much i've seen in the past 4 days... Pengouins, kangooroos, koalas, wombats, wallabies, ikidnea, crayfishes, lizards, dingoes.... All that in the wild...the real Australia!!! Our tour was really cool!!! (Autopia tours) We saw topns of stuff, stayed at incredible places (Asses Ears Wilderness Lodge: definitely the best place during this tour, lsot in the middle of nowhere with kangooroos in the backyard!!) Hiked the Grampians, the part taht wasn't burnt by all the bush fires of the last month. Met people from around the world: 14 people in our bus; 2 from Israel (did you know that girls need to do 2 years in the army after high school and then they can choose to study in what they want after...?) I japanese guy who didn't talk english, 1 french who ... read more