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Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory October 10th 2002

Dinsdag Na een precies op tijd vertrekkende vlucht, waarbij Jos en René genoten hebben van de cd met Balinese muziek, kwamen we zeer vroeg in de ochtend aan in Darwin. Niet eerder waren wij deze reis zo vermoeid geweest! Vooral Jos en René hadden het zwaar. Bij aankomst verbaasde ons de strenge controle. Bij aankomst in de hal stond al een hond te snuffelen. Freek had een gitaar en Jos een houten schaakspel dat bij de douane aangegeven moest worden. Dus om 05.00 uur in de ochtend moest Jos diep in zijn tas duiken om het schaakspel voor de dag te halen. Wat een klus! René had niets aan te geven en moest plaatsnemen in een rij die ten eerste langer was en ten tweede werd hij tot 3 maal toe ondervraagd wie hij was, wat ... read more
Outback
Aboriginal rock paintings in Kakadu

Oceania » Australia October 5th 2002

My first time to Australia, how exciting! Met up with Sarah and Rachael at Chek Lap Kok airport at about 5ish. Our plane was boarding at 1910, Qantas Airways. It was quite sad leaving my parents (for the first time...apart from the trip to Devon for 5 days when I was in year 6...!) As soon as we got to Cairns we took a bus to Wild World...tired and feeling skanky we looked at all the animals and took a photo with a Koala. The koalas were extremely shy and rather "Drugged up" but were immensely cute to cuddle up to. I had never come so close to "wild" animals, so was a bit worried when kangaroos actually ate from the palm of my hand. I was also shocked when we watched the bullfrog race, it ... read more
Sarah and I in Sydney

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia September 26th 2002

Touch down in Perth, WA, chuffed when the locals said G'day, they started off on their Ozzy dream, by sharing a dorm with a guy called Raquim, late night drug deals & cheesy feet, when he stole their bread, they had nothing to eat, undeterred they loved the place, met cool people like Christian & Jace. Heaps of things to see, they found, the Pinnicles protruding from the ground, In Freo, a late night prison tour, a sweat broke out from every pore. Then off to Rotto to ride a bike, met the resident Quokkas who were rodent-like. Wanting to see what the west had in store, they hired a car so that they could explore. They walked though caves & amongst tree-tops, visited a cove with elephant shaped rocks. The bar in Albany was kind ... read more
The Pinnicles
The Pinnicles
Monkey Mia

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth August 13th 2002

I had decided to leave life in beautiful Frankland on the 13th of August to allow for a weekend of fun in Perth before beginning my adventure up the west coast. This happened to be a Friday. Normally I am not a superstitious person, but this day has changed my perception. Naturally, before I could leave Frankland I had to have a bit of a farewell bash. And, naturally, this involved me having one or two drinks too many (ie. getting rottenly drunk and not recalling a whole lot of the evening’s events). Not to worry!!! It has happened before and I have no doubt it will happen again!!!! None the less it was a little concerning to wake up in the morning with not much recollection of the previous night and no idea how I ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales August 11th 2002

Growing up in Australia was the best time of my life. After living in the USA for about 15yrs as a Navy wife, it was time to go back and visit.. My husband left on deployment for 6months and I packed up my bags and went to visit my childhood home and dedicated this trip to my darling daughter.... read more
Harbour Bridge
Circular Quay
First encounter

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin July 14th 2002

I saw Darwin as an ideal starting point for my trip around Australia, bearing in mind that May until October is the dry season when there is little or no rain and temperatures peak at 32C. From November to April, temperatures average 33C with high relative humidity and heavy rainfall (406mm of rainfall in January). This makes access to many of the territories natural wonders very difficult as the access roads are buried under water! After insuring and registering a 4WD van for the year, Michael (a Swiss backpacker) and myself would leave Darwin for the township of Katherine taking in a trio of major attractions en route. I had met Michael in the Chillis backpackers in Darwin (www.chillis.com.au) were he had been looking for a companion to do a two day canoeing trip ... read more
East Point Reserve

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney July 11th 2002

A bunch of us from Swanston Street C.O.C headed to our first Hillsongs Conference for 7 days. I was with four other girls in one apartment, with one bathroom. Surprisingly we didn't kill each other! I remember Lil being on the mattress next to mine on the floor. When you're seeing and living with the same people every day for 7 days, you develop a bond and Lil, Von, Chrissy and I are still the best of friends until now, despite Chrissy being back in Mauritius. ... read more
Harbour ferry.
Train ride.
Lazing on the train.

Oceania » Fiji June 1st 2002

During the time i lived in New Zealand, some friends and I decided to go to Fiji for a week. We've book a pretty fair proposal in a local travel agencie somewhere in Queen's Street. The flight with Air Newzealand took almost 5 hours and we arrived in Nadi, which of course is the capital of Fuji. To be continued...... read more
Beach in Fiji after sunset
Village market
Nadi Town

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay May 7th 2002

G'Day everybody, For the past 3 months I've been living and working in Byron Bay. The hippie capital of east coast Australia, along with my best buddy fron Uni, Andrea. It's been a pretty eventful time with lots of ups (piss ups) and downs (working). We learnt the hard way that these two don't necessarily go hand in hand..... like the fateful Saturday night we decided not to call the restaurant to see if they needed us to work, deciding instead to get hammered and go out. Two hours in, and both completly drunk we recieved a phone call from our boss. Giggling like scool girls we asked our flatmate to answer and say we weren't in. Half an hour later our later our boss phoned back and screamed blue murder at our flat mate, saying ... read more
 Byron Bay
Our home in Byron Bay
Flatmates

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island May 1st 2002

In May 2002 i went to Auckland, New Zealand for about 14 weeks.... read more
Auckland downtown
The north
smoky landscape




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