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A year long road trip driving from Sydney to Southampton in a BMW X5 checking out progress on the Asian Highway Project and visiting 100 world heritage sites along the way

Traveling across the world

Woke up really early but stayed in bed til around 10am when I met H to do some washing as our clothes were absolutely filthy. Had a smoothie and waited for stuff to dry which took til past midday. We then went with K + R to the Art Museum at Fannie Bay which was free. Caught the #4 bus from Cavenagh St for 50 cents (bargain, so much cheaper than Melbourne!). The museum was great. It had heaps of Aboriginal art, a Cyclone Tracey exhibit, a natural history section, 'Sweetheart (a 5.1m stuffed c...

- Ubirr rock, incredible site and sight- Saw aboriginal kids swimming in the water on the way back from Ubirr rock.  Beautiful smiling faces.- Stopped for lunch at the East Alligator river to see if we see crocs catching Barramundi at the tide change.- Swum at a pool at a campground- Pit stop at Bark hut Inn- Cruise on Mamukala Wetlands back and enjoying our private crocodile and wildlife cruise on Corroboree Billabong- Drove back through Humpty Doo to grab a stubby holder listening to t...

After dumping the bags we have a little walk..... Darwin is not my type of town! Its really a party town for the NT - kids everywhere - clubs and bars full of drunk teens - what is this! Its the wrong place for this - why is it here! I can see the camper parked in the yard across the road - the company is right across the road from the hostel ... good planning Karina! time for some sleep ......... Its hot.... humid............ its hard to breath and my body is covered in sweat ....... is ...

After an uneventful flight I arrived to what I came for..some heat! Although with that I paid the price with some rather sticky humidity as an added bonus.Darwin isn't as large as Perth [and I found that pretty small] but has a totally different feel to it, it has much more of an Asian influence, which is hardly suprising given its proximity in relation to Asia as oppose to Canberra, and certaintly feels like a young city. Its a place where people come to chill, party or join a tour [I on the...

Spent two weeks up in Darwin northern Australia in 2004. Did a 3 day backpacker tour of Kakadu NP then hired a campervan and explored Litchfield NP, Katherine Gorge, Mataranka Hot Springs then back into Kakadu.

Me and a big bird

My year in Australia. The experiences of yet another Paddy living and working Down Under.

so i am finally up to date on my blog! boy its taken a while! and i still have some of marc's photos to add to the kakadu part! that can wait till alice i reckon! so we've spent 4 nights in darwin, in luxury...ok, a bed! we went to the N.T. museum and art gallery (very informative and interesting!) then on to mindil beach night market. if you only do one thing in darwin this is it apparently. heaps of food stalls and art and craft stalls, as well as free entertainment as you walk around! var...

Last minute 8 weeks down under...

We left Guam and heades west to the Serago Strait through the Philippians. Due south through the Sulu Sea and into the Bali Sea. As depressing as it was we past Bali in through the Lombok Strait and into the Indian Ocean.

Leaving Darwin 07:00 for Alice SpringsFlight Number: QF1945Quantus Airways - Operated by Quantuslink - National Jet Systems

Parcours à travers l'Asie du sud-est, l'Australie et le Japon.

I went to Australia with a program called People to People Student Ambassador Programs, founded by United States President Eisenhower in 1956. We went to many places around the country and it was an amazing journey! Please enjoy the blog! (I am sorry for not updating it fully, but it will be done soon! Thank you for waiting!)