Oceania Travel Blogs

Itinerary: Day 1:    Friday 16 November 2007    Work 0700 - 1500                 Flight JQ 724 DEP HBA 1925 ARR SYD 2110           &nbs…

Well, my car is all packed and looking good, I am at my friend Jacqui's, where I stayed last night. We had a lovely dinner with her parents, Ann and Max, who were sweet enough to adopt me when I moved to Tassie. Ann is very disapointed her youngest daughter is running away from home. :) It's no fu…

WAAAAAAAH!!   FINALLY the day HAS ARRIVED!! The flights back home can start! It will still take 2 days before I'm back home, but I don't mind! This will go fast.. Don't get me wrong!! I really had a good time, and I've seen and done so many things, and I'm so happy I did this! Met so m…

Shane, my boyfriend and I flew into Hobart from Sydney, we hired our rental car and made our way down to Kettering, a small town built around a quiet bay, this is where the ferry to Bruny Island leaves from. We enjoyed a quiet lunch in a resteraurant overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Br…

Back once again! This is my fourth visit to Sydney on my trip, but it just keeps getting better and better. What a city; the weather, the harbour, the coast, I'm constantly falling in love here. While I'm getting extremely pumped for Asia, at the same time I can't get enough of Syddy. This tim…

Today I performed another wedding ceremony.  It turned out to be a lovely day weather wise. The forecast was not good so we were glad that it was wrong.  The wedding was in a park. The flowers are blossoming. How pretty it is. Not a great story but it was a lovely day and I just wanted…

My very, very last day in New Zealand began with rain, which meant the weather conditions underlined my mood quite well even though I was really happy to see my family at home again pretty soon. What an odd feeling!   After I had said bye to my neighbours in Hamilton my Kiwi family drove me …

Back in Brisie, the builders have finished renovations at my auntie’s house.  I arrived just in time to help out with some painting and decorating, great!  Of course it was lovely to see my auntie and uncle again, cheers Jan and Andrew for putting me up (and putting up with me!) one mor…

Het is vandaag maandag 12 januari en ik wacht totdat de winkel (waar ik iets besteld had) open gaat. Ik ben met de trein naar Bondi Junction (groot winkelcentrum) gegaan en heb net zelf een kaartje uit de automaat voor de bus gehaald. Ik hoop dat ik het goede kaartje heb. Ik wil namelijk gaan wande…

I'm uploading pictures from my first couple days in New Zealand.  I will be back later to add commentary.  I've got limited time right now because I'm catching a bus today up to Kerikeri!  Julia Scahill's family was so kind to invite me to stay with them!   Overall though -…

So, do you know your wacky events? How many places did you nail? In my search for information about the various events and festivals, I came across some other wacky events here in Australia, in time, I may add a few more to this list, but for the time being, I hope you enjoyed this wacky trip …

This morning we were picked up and driven to the airport to check in for our flight to Auckland. We were a bit early but we didn't have time to do anything else.  Then the flight to Auckland. When we arrived our chauffeur was waiting. A hotel limo, at an extra cost of course. By the time we we…

My dad came back to Tassie for another visit last Saturday, his second since I moved here in 2005. He was here about a year ago and we had a wonderful time exploring this wonderful little state. This year’s visit was no different. I had plans for us all day Monday and dad wanted to drive t…

I was making my way to Port Arthur on the southern tip of the Tasman Peninsula. I had decided to go back for a second visit. It had been nearly 10 years to the day that I was there last. The last time I visited was just after the two-year anniversary of Australia’s worst massacre and Port Art…

So we woke up at Andy's at like 8am..soo early..My neck hurt really badfrom the way I was sleeping which was sweet. We stayed in Andy's room for a bit and then watched some videos on youtube before they called some people to come pick us up. Louie and Hamish came in one car and Dick and Steve Lewis…