Blogs from Oceania - page 7656

(Gem writes...) We are in Byron Bay at the moment, we have been here for two days. Before that we were in Brisbane for 2 nights which was just a time for r and r and to sort out and book activities for the next few weeks on the East coast. Anyway, this blog is all about the previous week before we arrived in Brisbane, we spent a week in the Red Centre experiencing the Outback. On the monday we flew from Adelaide to Alice Springs. We stayed at a hostel called Annie's Place and just spent the first day getting used to the heat and getting ready for our 3 day tour on the tuesday. We had a good look around Alice Springs, an interesting little town with a large aboriginal community, which you don't ... read more

Greetings from Paihia, a town on the Bay of Plenty. We're back on the N. Island for a short respite before heading off to Bangkok. Today we took advantage of free items activities prov. by the hostel. We kayaked, individually, out into the bay. We both managed to get our bums pretty wet. After eating we then took mt. bikes out for a spin on some paved and dirt roads to a somewhat disappointing waterfall. After a tasty meal of fish sticks, canned beans, and rice (I was responsible for 2nites menu), we headed across the steet to watch rugby. The good guys won! The All Blacks beat Aus. clinching the tri-nations championship. We plan to stay 1 more night here to actually relax (that was today's plan before the activities got the best of us). ... read more

Arthur's Pass - 3.9.2005 Ranne pocasie nas velmi nepotesilo. Stale mrholilo a okolite kopce boli zatiahnute v oblakoch. A tak sme (s nemalou radostou) predlzili nas spanok o nejaku tu hodinu. Nakoniec sme vsak vybehli na kratsi track do Otira valley, ktory viedol uz k spominanenmu vrcholu Rollestone. Po kratsom uvodnom strateni turistickej znacky sme opat objavili spravny chodnik, ktory nas doviedol krasnym udolim az k upatiu vrchu Rollestone. Rollestone nas privital niekolkymi hlucnymi lavinovimy pozdravmi a my sme boli radi, ze sme tentoraz kvoli pocasiu nechali lyze v aute. Po ceste naspat do Christchurchu sme sa zastavili pri neobycajnom mieste - maurskom mieste pokoja - Castle Hill. Je to miesto, kde su najneobycajnejsim sposobom roztrusene velke bouldrovacie skaly z vapenca. Pajka dal aj par bouldrovacich pokusov a ja som si uzivala chvile s fotakom v ... read more

Greetings from Australia, the land of vegemite, kangaroos, and great surf! What can I say - I love Australia and have had the most amazing time here! I love the landscape, the dry sense of humor and the “no worries” attitude towards life, the local pubs, and even vegemite! I came here six weeks ago to work as a project leader for International Student Volunteers, an organization that brings students from the US, Canada, and the UK together to work on conservation projects throughout Australia. After two weeks of physical labor, the participants get to celebrate with a two-week long adventure tour throughout Queensland. My first two weeks, I led a group of eight students (6 American, 2 Canadian) on a Conservation Volunteers Australia Project in northern New South Wales. We spent our days tackling a ... read more

So let me fill you in with the last month!!!! Jesus time passes quickly. So car had to be fixed so local bar gave me and jess work as they had been too busy therefore started work in the pub and guess what still here!!! Tried to leave last week and couldn't as car broke down again so came back to the pub! So the town of 60 people has been home and obviously celebrated birthday y'day with all the locals which was good fun! So what else have I done.... been up in a helicopter! Went mustering in a helicopter where you have to find all cattle in huge area running wild (I mean huge) and get them to go to their pen with just aid of helicopter... the pilot was amazing! would near enough ... read more