Blogs from Oceania - page 7427

This is another local walk that Dan and I did alone as Peter went off celebrating his birthday (again) by playing golf with visiting friends from the West Coast. The walk was around West Lakes and over Delfin Island, a man-made housing development (circa 1975) constructed from the swamps of the Barker inlet. It is an easy walk, about 5.5 km, originally shown to us by Willy, and it would take about 1 1/2 to 2 hours depending on the age of any children accompanying you. Most of the walk is around the lake, however private property means that you need to head into the streets at several places to make the journey. You can find out more about this area and the Port Adelaide waterways here "Urban Ecological Communities 3: The Barker Inlet-Port River Estuary" ... read more

Her er kart over de plassene jeg har vaet/er paa. Litt unoeyaktig i enkelte land:P http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_ER.html har lagt ut bilder i galleriet ogsaa naa, desverre bare fra telefonkameraet, ikke saa bra kvalitet. Skikkelig varmt ute idag, maa ha en pause fra sola. Har vaert aa besoekt Elisabet paa jobb idag, paa et ekslklusivt kjoepesenter ved navn David Jones. Ellers saa har Ida, Kine og Signe reist til Melbourne naa, men jeg skal flytte inn hos Elisabeth paa tirsdagen. Frem til da blir jeg paa det noe saa nedslitte hostellet som jeg har vaert paa siden jeg kom. Ligger paa rom med syv andre naa. To gutter fra New Zealand har vaert paa rommet siden jeg 'flyttet inn", de er skikkelig koselige. Foer vi dro ut i gaar kveld fikk vi beskjed om aa ikke prate med ... read more

I can't believe that my trip is nearly half over. Time has really gone by very quickly. I left Airlie Beach and started north to Cairns. I was suppose to spend two nights on Magnetic Island, but I decided to leave a little early. Magnetic Island is just off the coast from Townsville... the city that supposedly gets more sunshine than any other spot in Australia. I worked my magic and surprise.... I brought rain. It absolutely poured rain while I was there, so it wasn't a hard decision to leave early. That night we stayed in Mission Beach. The hostel was really quite nice, but this was a pretty quite place with not a lot happening. I was able to try some kangaroo at their restaurant. Not too bad, but nothing beats Alberta beef! On ... read more

Figured should start heading back North if we were to return by Tuesday (It's a bank holiday weekend for those of you who think we are slacking; you know who you are!). Took a quick detour via the tourist info to book accomodation after last nights escapades. And headed up Mt Egmont, a serious maontain at 2.5km high, could see snow on top. Views a bit Lord of the Rings like. Drove up North along the "Forgotten World Highway" It was like driving through Jurrasic park, even the bit where they is chased by the T-rex (although that might have been drug induced in this case.) Made it out of the jungle after guzzling half a tank of petrol (fortunatly read the leaflet which said fill up before you go, otherwise would currently be crapping in ... read more

Yesterday, we spent the morning at a big open-air market in the parking lot right next to our hostel. We met up with Brent, the owner of the organic farm we had contacted about WWOOFing and arranged for him to pick us up Monday to start. So we've officially got our first job in NZ! We also picked up some really nice organic fruits and veges while wandering around the market. We spent the afternoon wandering around a bit and then sat and read at Queens Gardens for a while. Then we stayed in for the evening and watched 'The Piano', for its Kiwi pioneer theme. After dinner and some NZ white wine we headed back to the room. No one else had moved in so we took advantage of having it all to ourselves and ... read more