Oceania Travel Blogs - Page 15

After 5 months of exploring parts of Western Australia, Northern Terriorty and outback Queensland, I made it to the east coast city of Cairns. Along my journey from Alice Springs to Cairns, I met another backpacker who had spent some time in Cairns working on a Liveaboard Dive boat working as a coo…

Okay so i decided to try the bungy at the Auckland Harbour Bridge because 1) Bungy jumping is in my list of “things to do before I die”, 2) Auckland Bridge is only 43m, hence perfect for a first-timer, 3) I’ve always wondered how it feels like killing myself, and 4) I didn’t wanna be a wuss…

Watering the vegetable garden when Andrew messages me to tell me that he and the cocker spaniel have walked out to the headland and there are many whales playing in the bay.  I hop into the car and drive down and as soon as I arrive see several breaching all along the coast!  There a…

I'd been in Railway Square YHA for over a week at this point and I'd been going more and more insane with each passing day. I'd gone to Travellers Xpress, an agency especially for Working Holiday Makers (particularly the British), helping them find office jobs during their stay. I filled in the for…

On my first big "Overseas Experience" (1992-93) I flew direct from Auckland to London.  24 hours in an Economy Class plane seat.  Being 184cm makes that hard going!  A total of 36 hours of travel including far too many sitting in transit lounges in Sydney, Perth, and Singapore. …

G'Day all,This is just a  journal entry to share my travels and talk about Australia with you, and to how I ended up where I am today. I guess because I have lived in Australia for most of my life, I never really took many photos or kept a travel journal. But I’ll do my best to tell my story…

Have u ever wondered, which country is diamond placed far on east, and far on west, one of the most mysterious and wonderful places in our planet? Eastern from Australian urban metropolises and deserts, is located heaven called Aotearoa. In this amazing country, you can experience NZ Alps, fjords on South Island, but also many volcanoes, geysers, beautiful beaches on North Island. This is the only place where u can see famous Kiwi bird and do bungee from the tallest tower in southern hemisphere!

Outstanding service I think the ship’s biggest asset was its staff. We simply couldn’t fault them. They were always friendly, polite, obliging, hardworking, and they all had freakishly accurate memories!   We had a steward assigned to our room who cleaned it twice a day, a dri…

The moment I arrived in Australia I was looking forward to try this weird creature.My boyfriend told me how it was unique to a certain part of Australia.I think I read afterwards they are to be found in different parts of the world also such as India.Well however he also told me that it was weirdly…

Our second day in the Northern Territory was also spent at Uluru. The sunrise was beautiful. We sat next to each other with hot milo and biscuits, enjoying the atmosphere and each other's company, as Uluru slowly changed to a vivid red colour with the change in light. After the sunrise we …

Alas! My time in Europe, extended, extreme and extraordinary as it was, has come to a close. It was incredibly hard to leave Amsterdam and the amazing people I met there and equally as hard to know that it will be a while before I see all the friends I have made all over this wacky continent. Too…

I'm all packed. Farewell to Mike and Alana, and here's to re-seeing them again soon. I take an early bus to the airport for my early flight. All is peaceful. I hate leaving a country I feel a part of. So far this has only happened to me in Korea and Nepal outside of Perth. I board the p…

  Coming off the flight I had to keep my adrenaline in check.  Knowing I probably had about an hour before I'd make it through the final arrival gates and see my sisters I was trying hard to swallow the butterflies in my chest. Waiting in the long queues at customs I decided to see if m…

One of our other friends, Nonna (Pam), has been in New Zealand and taken some magnificent shots at Milford Sound.  If you haven’t seen it yet, take the time to go and visit her blog and the wonderful pictures she has taken and shared with us.   But one of the shots included a little b…

Photo's of various trips around Australia for weekend camping and hiking trips to week long holiday's.