Blogs from Oceania - page 7658

Today I drove the group of us north to Auckland for the game. The van was full, Jared, Kim, Kira, Kendra, Jess, and I packed up and went on the spontaneous trip. I won 6 tickets for the All Blacks game on www.trademe.co.nz and it worked out to be about $100NZ a ticket, so about 70 $ US. I drove all the way up there with only stops for gas and food because it was getting late. We finally found Kira's aunt/uncle's house and stayed the night there.... read more

Drop bears, in the Blue Mountains, what the??????!!!!! Okay, so how many people know about Drop Bears?? Why on earth didn't you tell me then!!!!!! We started out on our trip and i do vaugely remember someone once talking about drop bears years ago, i wish i had of remembered the story now. Nick and Michael seated in the back started talking about drop bears, of course i was very interested as i was dying to see some real Aussie mountain animals or something at least almost wild. On they went, advising me on what to look for, how to spot them and then manage to get far enough away from them to observe. Even Anne-Marie had a few tips. I was so excited, i spent hours and hours over the weekend looking in trees, up ... read more

Prichod na NZ (28.8.2005) Po prilete na Novy Zealand som si musel vyzut topanky a zobrali mi ich do oddelenia “Department of Food and Agriculture” kde mi ich dokonale vycistili a dezinfikovali, zevraj na nich mohli byt nebezpecne europske mikroorganizmy. Musel som sice 10 minut cakat v ponozkach, ale aj tak - diky za ocistenie ! To iste spravili s nasim stanom, fakt skvele sluzby hned takto po prichode.. V Aucklande sme vybehli von z letiskovej haly v paperovych bundach a s nasadenymi mackami a cakanmi pripraveni na Novo-Zealandsku zimu.. Aky bol ale nas uzas ked bolo vonku asi 25 stupnov a ludia chodili v trickach a sandaloch.. Nase obavy o nezvycajnej zime sa potvrdili cestou z Aucklandu do Christchurchu ked sme z lietadla videli ze snehova pokryvka je na horach dost sporadicka.. zacali sme mat ... read more

On Thursday, after watching the sun rise onto Spring, we travelled the 800km Donahue-Plenty highway from Boulia to Alice Springs, skirting the top of the Simpson Desert and visiting NO towns on the way. Mid-morning we crossed into the Northern Territory (and set our clocks back 30mins). The highlight of the day (except for the awesome nothingness) was finding a Thorny Devil. The lowlight was meeting the most extreme flies we've even had to suffer poking in our noses, ears and eyes! We arrived late evening for dinner in Alice. The next day we walked into town, climbed Anzac Hill for comprehensive views and then visited some of the historic buildings including taking a tour around the Royal Flying Doctors Service base and marvelled at the completely dry Todd river.... read more

Well the year is nearly over but I still remember the first day of this year vividly. Not only did I have a great night before, but stayed up partying till the sun came up 6am!! And what is even more special is that I was in Gisborne NewZealand, which is "officially" the first place in the world to see the sun. That is because the GMT timeline starts in there, so it is a special place to greet the New Year. Very funny moment when we were at the lookout with about 40 other people (kiwis and tourists alike), and I said to my cousin Anna "Wow-look at that beautiful skyline" And she replied "where'? as she looked around the carpark!! She has been in the city too long, because the word Skyline to her ... read more