Blogs from Oceania - page 7796

Hi All Arrived in Nelson on Tuesday pm after almost 3 days of rain as we travelled up the west coast. Stayed in Franz Josef Sunday night hoping for weather change Monday but by 9am it was still v cloudy over the mountains and no flights we going. Decided to move on up the coast to Westport - a long day driving but not a lot to see on the way if the weather's poor. Apparently the views are great over the mountains when the weather's fine. Stopped for 2 hours at Hokatiki to se the kiwis in an artificial nocturnal setting in a small eco nature place. Great to see them and almost impossible to see them in the wild. Nothing much to see at Westport but went out to Foulwind Point - very appropriate ... read more

Bula Vinaka! What a beautiful country!! 'Lapped by clear warm turquoise coloured water, fringed with vibrant coral reef and cloaked in the emerald green of the tropics fiji is the paradise seekers dream come true'. From Lonely Planet 2004. i cant put it better than that! Stepping off the plane at Nadi airport your body is instantly envoloped with a warm suffocating humidity & you immediately feel you are in a foreign land. There is a party atmosphere everything is totally relaxed (fiji time). Which basically means you add 20 minutes onto everything. Which means everybody here is a lazy git. Which means i was at home here. Your senses are bombarded with the smell of fresh fruits on a nearby market, the fijians have tendancy to spontaneously break out into song with drums and guitars! ... read more

Hello all Comtinuing to have a great time. Weather remains good with lots of sun and very little rain. It's been quite a busy 3 days since the last entry. We moved on from Dunedin and headed south towards Te Anau. Took a detour of about 100km from Balclutha when we went to see the wildlife around Nugget Point and Surat Bay. Not much at the former except seals swimming below the cliffs but at Surat we met up - almost literally - with the sealions. We went for a walk on the grassy track behind the beach and could see a female sealion on the sand about 10m away. Whilst quietly watching it flick sand over itself to keep cool in the sun Joan saw a bull sealion heading for the beach. It came out ... read more

Hiya everyone, Tue 9th Nov Up at 4.15am to make our way to Cairns airport to fly back to Sydney. We manage to make it to the airport with plenty of time to spare (you only need to be there an hour before) i very nearly left my swiss army knife in my handluggage, how stupid am I. We didn't have to wait long for the plane and we were soon boarded and on our way. I think the flight took about 2hrs 30min im not too sure because the time is different in Sydney to Cairns and i got confused in my tired state. We get off the plane and get our bags, which all happens very quickly and then head to the train to get to Sydney Central. I texted my friend James who ... read more

Hello everybody, I said i would maintain email contact, and so far i haven't really, but i guess it's only been just over a week. Nothing really too eventful to say so far. I'm in melbourne, in a beachside town called St. Kilda. It's really nice, although it's a bit of a trendy place. Full of trendy clothing shops and cool cafes. Places to spend money, when i don't really have the funds to spend money, or the room to accumulate things. But there's always just hanging out at the beach. But there hasn't really been much, if any nice weather yet. A bit of rain, and quite a bit of grey skies. I think i have about a month until consistently nice weather. I'm not minding it too much, because it's still better weather than ... read more