Blogs from Oceania - page 7664

Guten Tag, alle zusammen! Bungee jumpen, wandern, Fallschirm springen...das alles kann man auch in Deutschland machen. Was in Deutschland nicht geht (zumindest nicht unter freiem Himmel - vielen Dank Neusser Skihalle!!!) ist skifahren im August... :-) Am Sonntag morgen um halb acht haben sich drei mutige Abenteurer - Air Henrik, The Englishman James und Sascha Knoxville - auf den Weg gemacht um eine der letzten Bastionen des Schreckens und der Abenteuerlust zu bezwingen. Zugegebenermaßen, Mt. Hutt ist ein süßer kleiner Hügel im Vergleich zu den Alpen (grad mal 2000m hoch) aber dafür ist er auch nur 90m min Fahrt von Christchurch entfernt...ha! An diesem Sonntag hatten wir Glück, es lag tatsächlich ein wenig Schnee. Das ist nicht unbedingt selbstverständlich, letztes Jahr um diese Ziet hatten die hier 2m, dieses Jahr rühmen sie sich stolz mit 30cm...naja, ... read more

Unfortunately we had to pack up and leave our boudoir motel room and the owner (Wanda!) gave us a lift into town so we could go to the local markets before getting the bus to Airlie ... It was a load of tat basically but quite nice to have a stroll around. On one stall selling crocheted hats(!) there was a sign saying "Pidgeons for hire - release pidgeons on your wedding day" and acccompanying photos of some tacky weddings with the bride and groom releasing these birds out of a white cage sat on a pink puffed satin plinth! Brilliant! What are pidgeons with a D anyhow? I thought that was what people in Papua New Guinea spoke? And how do they get them back in the cage afterwards? The mind boggles. Anyhow, enough of ... read more

we got woken up just before sunrise - it was still totally dark, the stars were still out and all my clothes that i'd put on the end of my swag to dry overnight were totally soaking, dammit! upside - the campfire was still going so i managed to dry them out :) after cooking toast on the campfire (sooo much quicker than a toaster!!) we headed back up to the viewing point near camp to watch sunrise. and i thought that sunset was good!!!! before the sun came up, uluru was dark, almost grey and surround by mist. then, as the sun gradually hit the rock it changed and became more and more red, surrounded by the most picturesque pinky purple sky. kodak moment for sure :) it was a lot lot warmer and sunnier ... read more

Sunday morning came early and we headed to the airport. We were so sad to leave Lynds, but just kept praying that everything would work out the way it was supposed to. MN and I arrived in Sydney at about 12 p.m. to a most beautiful day! We were so excited to be outside, it was awesome! Before we left we had decided to rent a car, because our apartment was a $75 dollar taxi ride away. So after getting all that squared away, he hands us the keys and we put our luggage into our Holden Astra. MN and I were really really nervous because of the left lane and driving in the passenger side. I volunteered to drive and we were on our way. Talk about a scene! MN had about eight maps out ... read more

Hey Just a quick note to post a new piccie - it shows Craig and I on our way to do the third bungy on the Gondola in Queenstown. Take a look at my new hat purchased to warm my little ears against the cold NZ air! TTFN K&C xx... read more