Oceania Travel Blogs - Page 10

A very quick entry with the last 15 minutes of my very expensive internet time...  The 2 days I spent on Beachcomber Island were great.  The weather cooperated so I got to work on my tan a lot!  It was nice to have our tight-knit little group from the FeeJee Experience all together -…

After dragging ourselves out of bed, Rachel and I checked out of the Serpent Hostel just before 10am. While we were loading our luggage back into the car, we tried to figure out what we should do to kill time before we could check in at the hotel in Kuranda after 3pm. We agreed it would be a ve…

Traveled through Australia for 5 1/2 months, 1st month with a friend. After that on my own.

Today Kevin Rudd, on his first day of leading parliament, finally apologised for the Australian government's actions towards the Aboriginal people. “Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. We r…

Today was zoo day. The zoo is always a full day but it was nice that this was a smaller zoo to the south of Cronulla called Symbio. (I'll do a review when time permits.) It was great. They had an bird cage where we could interact with the birds. We could also feed the kangaroos and pet a koala…

This was only the third time I had been home in 8 years and it was by far the longest time I had spent here. So much had changed in those eight years that I feel I actually felt some kind of culture shock while i was there.  I had heard people getting culture shock after returning to their cou…

I've had a great time in the Cook Islands. After nearly missing the flight in LA and being a bit indifferent to it at the time, I'm really glad I made it. I've been staying on the main Island of Rarotonga which is around 8 miles across. It is a island with a mountainous interior covered in rainfore…

oi you lot! I haven't written for so long had another scooter accident so had to come home earlier because I broke my knee.... I think. An orthopaedic surgeon said my patella was fractured, a paramedic said it was slightly dislocated, another doctor said I had bone fragments floating.  who kno…

Unfortunately, I did not discover the glory of TravBuddy until months after my trip to Australia. Still, the events are fresh in my mind and could definitely be used by many of you who wish to travel to such a lush country in the future. When the majority of people think of Australia they either …

Saturday 22nd April Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! I finally arrived in the land of Bruce and Sheila, of venomous animals, the former island of convicts and has-been cricketers. I landed early in the morning and deliberated about having a look around Brisbane before my connecting flight to Cairns la…

Still in zombie mode, we fought the tiredness and made the most of our first and last night in Auckland by visiting the Sky Tower, the tallest free-standing structure in the southern hemisphere, at 328 metres. We planned to go as the sun was going down, but were obviously a few minutes late as the …

Auckland es una linda ciudad. Tranquila. No hay gran trafico, y no apura a la gente (todo lo contrario de Hong Kong). El clima esta agradable. Llegue al aeropuerto y la chica del informacion turistica me dijo donde tengo que ir mas o menos, en conclusion, 10 dias maximo e irme a la isla sur. esta…

Wahey! Here I am at last. Seems like I've been planning this trip forever. My flight out of LAX was peaceful. Qantas is one of the best airlines I've flown on. I'm very happy with the service. I got a nightpack, eye mask, socks and toothbrush and paste. Food was filling, and they served wine as w…

well sorry everyone but i am having way to much fun to sit and write stories right now but i will do my best to fill you all in when i get some time to waste. In the mean time please enjoy my photos. Many more photos and videos to come!

well here is my final oz instalment i guess- aaaaah! so after the cricket (what a let down eh?) i flew to canberra to catch up with my aussie friend jason who i'd met in england a few years ago. jase showed me the sights of canberra, stuff i'd been to before on my bus trip to melbourne but i…