NEWCASTLE Travel Blogs

Ik ben net in Newcastle aangekomen. De rit er naar toe ging sneller dan verwacht. We hebben er ongeveer 5 uur op gereden. Ik zit weer in een YHA. Dit hostel ligt dicht bij het strand en is gehuisvest in een oud gebouw. Vanavond gaan we ook zelf koken. Ik ben benieuwd of het iets wordt. Ik heb net g…

At 6:00am the alarm on our mobiles went off, signalling us to wake up, wash up, have breakfast and get ready to leave the Vibe Hotel and head on out the Menzies Hotel for our pickup. It was time to leave Sydney and start our journey along the east coast all the way up to Cairns, some 3000 kilometer…

Christmas creates a vast complex network of expectations that bind family together. There are often unarticulated and usually impossible to fulfil, but they are still enforced, creating bonds of guilt. The religious usually have the worst of it, with an increased sense of importance for the occasio…

Louise, (loumac86) joined TravBuddy on July 26th and I looked at her profile photo and thought I could change this nice shot and maybe improve it a little by lightening it up.  So I downloaded the photo and changed the lighting, and color balance.  I hope you like it! Welcome to TravBud…

Ok, when I told my dad that I was scrubbing toilets and showers in a hostel for free accommodation, he wasn’t very impressed, did I spend 5 years at university for nothing he said!  Still, I thought this was an opportunity too good to be missed. I worked 2 hours every day in Newcastle’s YH…

Photos and travels from around Australia.

Australia is an amazing country/continent. Traveling through Perth, Darwin, and Newcastle adds to a new traveling experience. Williamtown, 45 kilometers outside of Newcastle, has a great Koala farm called Oak Vale Farm. The animal attractions are like no other in the world. At first, we were reluctant to feeding the animals, but after seeing the kangaroos, koalas, and goats, we wanted to get in on the action. For only $14, you get to interact with animals that roam freely within the farm.

Australia 2006

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

One week holiday with family to Sydney and surrounding area.

I haven't updated this for a few days, mainly because I haven't had too much to say. Stayed in Bondi for the last few days getting more and more bored by the second. Picked up my bank card and Medicare card; just waiting on my taxfile number now. I went out with Carla and her housemates a couple of…

Quick stop in Newcastle . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

From the Hunter Valley we headed up to Nelson Bay, stopping off in Newcastle en route to visit Blackbutt Nature Reserve.It's a fairly small nature reserve, but afforded us our first sight of some of the famous Australian wildlife, including koalas, emus, and the ever-cure wombats. We also spotted a…

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