Blogs from Oceania - page 7791

This is our first trip interstate. Been Central Queenslanders all our lives! Time to get out and have a look around Cant believe it got down to freezing overnight, then 2 days later it was heading for 30+ degrees even though its right in the middle of summer!... read more

I've got it all wrong... I was pretty cocky in planning this trip.. the timing of things, the exotic locations I had selected..they were all perfect... but I have got it wrong. In allowing a year to explore the world, and 2 weeks for the South Pacific, I have got things the wrong way round... a year here would be just fine... this place is simply the place that daydreams are made of. Tahiti.. the name conjours up images in your mind, I bet, of reef fringed lagoons of baby blue water, swaying palm trees, pretty polynesian girls wearing floral patterns and flowers in their hair etc etc... now I hate to disappoint you, so I wont... it's all true. Well, the outlying islands are, anyway.. Tahiti is the biggest island and hub of French Polynesia.. ... read more

Hello and Happy Christmas to all our family and friends. This is just a wee Christmas message so that you can catch up with what we’ve been up to. We both finished work on Christmas Eve (they work you hard here!) - Graeme had his work xmas lunch after they finished on Friday, then went to the pub with some work mates. We started our Christmas celebrations on Friday night with a bbq at Luke and Kenny’s - it was a big family affair. Luckily the rain held off long enough for the barbie to be used, and we were even able to eat outside. Our Christmas Day started at Luke’s Uncle Clive’s (sorry, I totally failed to take any pictures there). You’ll just have to believe me when I say that it was warm and ... read more

G'day all, Tue 21st Dec Went for a visit to Melbourne to go and stay with Judys daughter Melissa for the evening. It took us a couple of hours to get there and it was a really hot day too. Melissa is lovely and is so bubbley and so full of life, she does yoga all the time and massages for a living. At her place she has two little dogs called Oscar and Archie and all they do is follow Melissa around everywhere and yap all the time but they are very cute. We all go into town for lunch and plan to watch Bridget Jones at the cinema later that evening. Melissa comments on how lovely and thin i am and asks if i work out as i look really toned (she obviously needs ... read more

PNG News - Three Countries December 20, 2004 Summer Solstice I want to reassure you all I am fine and wish you a fine summer/winter solstice and a happy 2005. I am at no risk. A month in Brisbane allowed me some perspective into the tight hot world of my Madang existence. On arrival back, brother Andrew told me the news- brother Hugo, the Swiss religious farmer come DWU driver, killed a local who was passed out on a one-way bridge near the RD Tuna plant. This is just about the worst thing that could happen to this gentle, conscientious driver. This fellow takes his time, he is willing to spend weeks burning stumps of dead trees just to clear the grounds. The silver lining in this dark cloud is that the university has stepped up ... read more