Oceania Travel Blogs - Page 2

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…

I needed to get out, I need to get away from my computer and studies, and I needed to stop worrying about all of the things I had been worrying. I wanted to go for a bushwalk and discover a waterfall somewhere. I was feeling hemmed in and about ready to burst. I didn’t think a walk to a water…

One leg of the Red Bull air race is held every year in Perth on the Swan River - The final is on Sunday with Qualification on the Saturday, I am lucky enuff to be within walking distance of the Swan River so I wandered down to enjoy Qualification Saturday - if u get the chance to witness …

Our first pit stop today was the Taroona Shot Tower. I visited here a couple of months ago and wrote a blog about it then, so won't write a lot about it here, except to say, dad climbed to the top while I waited at the base and took a few photos.

In the transit lounge in Fiji, just an hour from flying to Australia, it feels like we are already there. People with strong accents and thongs all around; Chicken Twisties and Cadbury Chocolate for sale at the kiosk; a branch of ANZ for currency exchange; Bryce Courtney books on the shelves of …

I've decided to take a last minute tour from Perth to Exmouth to go diving and swim with the whale sharks. I'd researched a bunch of tour operators and they all seem to have the same itinerary. I'd narrowed it down to two companies: Adventure Safaris and WesternXposure. After serious debating usi…

Yesterday a friend and I put on our walking shoes and headed north out of Hobart towards Mt Field National Park. I had been telling Jacinta about my ‘getaway to soothe my soul’ and how I had felt the need to ‘discover’ a waterfall, Jacinta, who has done a lot of bushwalking here in Tassi…

Prescriptive Misadventure & Bad Weather At LAX I think I was the very last person to check in at the Air New Zealand Desk. The second to last person was Andrew from the Isle of Man. Clearly we're kindred spirits in our tardiness, & from then on we became good friends and spent th…

I love flying and one of the things I love most about flying is what I see out the window of the plane. This is some of what I saw on my way from Hobart to Sydney, some very pretty scenery.   I flew out of Hobart where the clouds streaked across the sky, and I got a great views of Mou…

Well, once I started this tour, I stopped writing in my journal, which is a real shame because I had more amazing experiences during my 3 weeks in NZ than any other trip. But I have a really good reason for abandoning my writing. Listen:That first morning, as we were driving around Auckland and I p…

Today, I came to see more of Sydney.  Gina was sooo nice to drive us around the city, and even to some outskirts. Everything I expected and wanted to see and do in Sydney, from Opera Harbour, to some daring bars, to native animals, was accomplished. I just fell in love with Sydn…

King's Park in the center of Perth is the ideal place to go to on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Just beautiful views on the city and the river, and magnificent botanical gardens... Also a place to remember the sacrifices made by all those to whom we owe so much!

There is not much to tell in this entry. I flew Qantas business class from Hobart to Sydney, then collected my baggage from the carousel and rechecked for my Jetstar flight to Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast).  I love flying over Sydney, I don’t think there is a more beautiful sight from the…

There comes the time to return, but before my return I remain in Brisbane, because I can't miss the understanding of this beautiful city. My return from Surfers Paradise to Brisbane, is also using the AirTrain, this time they collected me by taxi from my hotel and go to the Nerang sta…

today was a very nothing much to do day.. so my aunt decided to show me the new farm they just bought.. it was a very big farm but still being fixed up.. new roads and buildings to be constructed.. then i think we watched the ugly truth.. staring gerard butler and catherine heigl. worse american ac…