Oceania Travel Blogs - Page 14

Ok I'll be honest I knew nothing about Heron Island before this trip. It's the typical dilemma of knowing and dreaming of foreign lands and not appreciating what is in your backyard. The only reason I've had the chance to go here, was due to my brothers advice. He was coming back to Australia for a…

Today I went white-water rafting on the Tully River.  My raft (Team F-Yeah) consisted of me, Louise (Aussie), Kristy (NY), Adam (UK), Andrew and Craig (Canadians) and our Kiwi guide Sunny.  The river had huge rapids and we flipped our boat several times.  I have so many bruises, …

Spent a semester abroad at Sydney Uni.  Talk about the hardest international history classes I've ever taken.Photos of the campus and my apartment in Glebe.

OK, so I got a bit sidetracked in Borneo and had to cut some corners in my itinerary: Australia got the chop in favor of New Zealand, I only stayed a few days in Sydney (I suppose close to a record for any tourist taking the trouble to go to other side of the world). First shock was the weather, it…

(another old entry out of the archives)December 16th 2004 At times life can be slow, relaxing; however, the past couple days have to be far from anything considered slow. My journey on the Intercity bus from Christchurch to Queenstown was filled with hazy semi-concious mirages of  p…

Finding Victoria. Many countries across the globe have honoured Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Commonwealth. On my travels I will keep my eye out for various namesakes.

This morning was an early start as we had to be at the Port by 8:00am to catch the Yasawa Flyer at 08:30am.  The weather could have been better but I had a good feeling once we hit the Yasawa Group, the sky would clear.  We were told that we where heading for the Top Island in the Yasawa'…

I lived in Dunedin, NZ for almost 6 months and met some of the most amazing people ever. We spent most of our time drinking but in between all that we traveled the South Island. Here is a summary of some of the places we visited.

The village of Hyden is located 350km East of Perth. It is a long detour on the way to Albany but we were both interested to take a look at this impressive granite cliff, 15 meters high and 110 meters long shaped like a giant wave by the erosion. And it is quite spectacular! Fe couldn't resist jum…

Ok, I'm sorry for all the English speaking people who read this but this time I'm gonna write in Swiss German!! Am 15. Novaember han ich Australia verlah ond ben met em Flugi uf Neuseeland. Wommer so druebergfloge send han ich also scho betz en Schock gha. Uf de Berge heds doch tatsaechlich no Sch…

Marlen ist also kaum abgreist, da kam schon die Gosia angedüst. Mit viel guter Laune und zahlreichen Reiseideen im Gepäck gings los.Brisbane CityMackayLismoreRomaStraddieByron BayMooloolaba...und das alles in 3 Wochen. Zusätzlich stand dann ja noch mein Geburtstag auf dem Plan, zu dem es passend…

Christchurch is one of the most beautiful cities in New Zealand, certainly it is the largest city in the South Island. The city is built along the lovely Avon River, a wonderful asset to the city, with its willow lined banks and fresh open water ways used by many for punt rides and canooing. Th…

Well well... That was that but I'm not sad to leave this work. I'm sad to leave behind a lot of nice and wonderfull people, my former boss not included... For almost 2 weeks he hasn't spoken to me because he is mad that I'm leaving. So I thought that he would at least drop by today... Nop!!! So I p…

if you wanna see real australia (and, i mean not only the paved roads ;-) ) and see places others dont, you really have to buy or rent a 4wd. but as soon as you spend more than approximatly 12 weeks in down under it's cheaper to buy a car (and re-sell it again) than to rent one. i bought a - quite…

Wake up time...... Sunshine streaming through the window ..... Suddenly I realise where we are! After breakfast we pack and leave the bags in storage and head out - our flight is at 2000 to Darwin After some shopping (I wanted a hat!) we meet up with Rowan a friend of Karina's who she met on he…