Blogs from Oceania - page 7435

Here we have a quick selection of pictures that we liked, as added by my lovely assistant...Miss lozza Tunni Saunders! The old VW camper was parked up on the pavement at Nimbin; stoners capitol of Australia! Painted up in lovely psychadelic, luminous bright colours with the stereotypical symbols for love and peace and generally the forward thinking slogan "get stoned." This rare peice of caner memorobelia marked the entrance to the Hemp Museum...fitting! Still it looked good and added to the general laid back atmosphere. It was a bank holiday on the day we visited Nimbin, so there were hardly any residents around to ask about their 'crazy' lifestyles! We even missed the weird odd almost naked man who sits on the side of the road and tells your fortune. As described to us by two ... read more

As part of our Round-the-World ticket, we were given a couple of 'free' internal flights within Australia. So we decided to fly to this Big Red Rock in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes known as Ayers Rock, sometimes known as Uluru (oo-la-roo) it really is quite extraordinary. The Rock itself is much bigger than I imagined. Nige has been here before, and we've all seen pictures of it, but it is very very big. Climbing the rock is now frowned upon and the local Aborigines (Anagu) ask you not to do it, although Nige walked up it eleven years ago. Instead we walked around some of the base which was great. Down the road are a group of smaller, but equally impressive group of rocks, The Olgas (Kata Tjuta meaning 'many heads'). In extreme heat, and ... read more

A blog update! Jessie left today to get to Christchurch which was quite sad. I have really enjoyed travelling together and we have had so much fun. We made it to Milford Sound and did an overnight cruise which was great. ON approaching Milford we were in a cloud and groaned at the terrible viewing conditions but as we descended the winding road to the harbour, things cleared up and the weather held out. We were able to appreciate the spectacular scenery and munched our roast lamb dinner out on deck watching Mitre Peak. Words can't describe the surroundings which were unbelievably beautiful. It really was worth the long drive to get there and afterwards we headed to Lake Manapouri and stayed in a great hostel where the owner took us out on his boat for ... read more

18th Jan Well we left Ceduna after a morning of drama trying to update our blog there. So after several hours there instead of 1 we were able to update. The good news however was that due to our late departure from Ceduna we were still in range to hear the news of Sammy being an Autie yet again with Moo moo, a boy without a name, being born to Craig, Lou and Finny. From there we had a short drive to Fowlers Bay where we camped for the night.The beach there is not fantastic for swiming as there is loads of sea weed however there is a nice pier and awsom samd dunes we climed up to enjoy the sunset. 19th Jan Fowlers Bay ended up being a mosquito haven so we decided rather than ... read more

This was a great windy day, perfect for Albatrosses to fly, so I decided to go out there to check out these amazing birds. It was so windy, that my car was shaking like crazy. I had difficulties walking to the building... But the birds seemed to love it, you could see them shoot through the air, I never thought that I would be ever amazed by a bird like this... Quick facts for all those who don't want to read this huge pile of information ;-) September: Birds arrive Beginning of November: birds begin to build the nest First 3 weeks of November: laying of the egg Egg: up to 500 g Incubationtime: 11 weeks, parents take turns every 2 to 8 days Breeding parent sleeps, the other one is on the sea End of ... read more