Blogs from Oceania - page 7830

I would'nt say i was dissapointed in cairns, i felt a little under the weather because we knew that our East coast tour is ending here and that everybody we have met long the way are going their seperate ways - Darwin, Thailand, USA, UK.... plus coming from the Whitsundays and Fraser island, cairns is really not that pretty, especially as the sea front is nothing more than a mud bath. Nevertheless we decided it would be best to purchase one of those vintage 5 litre Stanley wine boxes drink it and go sample the nightlife. Cairns nightlife! wow. its maddness abit like an 18-30's holiday in Tenerife. As all the Oz Experience buses either start or end here, the town is brimming with excited backpackers. There is a great atmosphere here and the hostels are ... read more

27 May 2003 After driving four hours yesterday I arrived in Sale, which is in Southeast Victoria. The trip down was done in fine weather and the motel I'll be staying in, until Friday is good. My first day's job was thirty kilometres to the west; a small town called Rosedale. It was a foggy morning trip but I still managed to arrive in plenty of time before the children came through the door around nine o'clock. The morning went well and by time I checked my watch around eleven thirty the last of the children had been photographed. The town wasn't far from the coast, so I drove down to Seaspray, near by was part of the Ninety-Mile Beach. Parked the car and took a short walk over some sand dunes and found the view ... read more

Greetings from the land down undah I 2nd Liza's joy in response to all the new participants in Blog-Life. What a digital happiness it creates in my cyber heart. It is also quite hip that we are representin all over this fine planet. YO Eric, i think we are in the same time zone now, so we should celecrate somehow. but it sounds as though things are mighty fine for most of you(except liza who is either dead or ditching us). Glad to hear it(not liza's potential death but the goodness of ya'll). as for me, a few more days have passed...and i have been here over a week now.I have been playing lots of spots...as the guys around here are pretty competitive. So far it has primarily been basketball and volleyball...and this odd variation on ... read more

25 May 2002 I paid the accommodation and food bill then left Deniliquin just as the sun was starting to climb above the horizon. Thirty-three klms northeast of Deniliquin the town of Conargo was passed. I travelled east towards Jerilderie then Lockhart. Although it was a back road I was still able to maintain a good speed until I came across a large heard of cattle. Some of the stock decided to cross the road so I had to stop. In fact they took so long to pass I decided to drive, very slowly through the their ranks, filming with the video camera as I went. Eventually I arrived at the junction to the Hume Freeway and my speed climbed to the legal 110 klms per hour. Gundagai was used as a rest stop where I ... read more

3 June 2002 This is the third year I have worked in Griffith and I must say the lady’s who run this Kindergarten are very helpful and easy to get on with. Today I only had nineteen children to photograph and they gave me lots of smiles and were a pleasure to work with. In the afternoon I went to a National Park about twenty klms east of town. The last time I was here I found a walking track that I promised myself, would be explored at a later date. At the end of a fifteen-minute walk I found a rock face that during the winter is the Falcon Falls. Unfortunately, because of the drought there was no water to be seen but I did spend a good hour climbing and exploring the cliff face. ... read more