Blogs from Oceania - page 7795

OK, so it's been a while since I last updated this website. I would apologise but I've been having too much fun! In case you were wondering, yes we are still away and currently in Australia. Let me take you back a few weeks… We arrived in Sydney on 11 December where Mark, my Brother, and Sal, his girlfriend (she's Aussie as but don't hold that against her) met us at the airport. We had time to do a bit of shopping and washing before a flight the next morning to Hobart, Tasmania. Our next week was spent travelling round Australia's biggest island - a full tour of the map of Tassie. Following some sea kayaking near Hobart we moved on to the Mount Field National Park for a couple of walks to Russell Falls and ... read more

Andrea's first trip to NZ ... ... read more

We’ve recently returned from the first half of our Christmas holiday - four days in Rotorua, the thermal capital of NZ. We’ve had a full-on few days - here’s a sample! We left Auckland at the crack of noon on Boxing Day, heading first for the airport to collect our hire car. We were pleasantly surprised that the cheap car we had booked was actually pretty new and shiny - bonus! Graeme took the wheel and we headed south for Rotorua. We arrived at about tea time, and after checking into our hostel (we were meant to be camping, but after lots of rain the previous week, decided to opt for the comfort of a roof and a bed) quickly found a nice pub in which to eat dinner. We had a relatively quiet evening - ... read more

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