Oceania Travel Blogs - Page 4

After being a week in Sydney and haven't seen any thing, except car dealers and the well known party area of town Kings Cross with lots of clubs/bars/strip clubs/gentlemen clubs/junk food and lots of people from all around the world (yeah it's a great place :p), it was about time to be a tourist an…

The sun had only just risen when I set out this morning on my day trip to the north of the state. I wasn’t sure how far I would travel, I was happy to see where the day would take me. The Midlands (or Heritage) Highway runs right through the centre of Tasmania from Launceston in the north to Hob…

My journey to Auckland from La Paz was by Santa Cruz - Bolivia and Buenos Aires - Argentina and it have a duration of approximately one day with several hours at transit airports. That was the first time that I crossing the line of change the date and I lost one day during the outward journey…

Tokoroa : Talking poles, Parks, Lakes and Bush.I guess if this is New Zealand through my eyes over the past 40+ years then it makes sense to begin at the beginning, the day I arrived screaming into this world.  It would have been a chilly winter's day in Tokoroa and I've been reacting the same…

Crazy busy day exchanging money, buying equipment for Thailand, buying toiletries for the next leg etc. Added to which I had to see Anna and Annika, Swedish friends I met in New Zealand, in Fremantle, Cedric, my road trip Frenchman, Neil, my legendary saviour and landlord, and Sancha, who got too d…

What started out to be a rather cloudy day, I was forever thankful the sun decided to come out and shine upon us. Not wanting to spend another weekend doing the housework, shopping and laundry. I decided to be a tourist in my own town and visit some of my favourite places in Perth. Kings Park is su…

I would like to thank all of you who sent your prayers and thoughts to those who lost so much last month in the devastating Victorian bushfires. I also wanted to let you know the fires are out and the people of Victoria can now start to rebuild their lives. Although it may be possible to rep…

We rijden om 11:20 uur weer weg en zijn om 12:00 uur terug in Greymouth, ondanks dat we onderweg een keer gestopt zijn bij een View Point. We tanken de huurauto voor de laatste keer vol en gaan dan op zoek naar het treinstation en het Budget Depot. Als we een I-site zien ga ik naar binnen om “dir…

Both the trips we'd planned to do today were quickly dismissed on viewing the grey clouds from our hotel window. Instead we went down for a leisurely breakfast before deciding to hire a car and head out to do some exploring under our own steam. First up was Yorkeys Knob, a place we'd seen roadsig…

This is a collection of photos taken over the years in Sydney of different sights. I will keep adding to this blog as I slowly find the time to scan my old photos.Stay tuned...I'll add new photos to the beginning so you know which ones they are.

Beep… beep… beep... The ECG monitors broadcast their electronic heart beats as I walk down the corridor of the Cardiac Unit.  Each beep represents a heart beat.  I’m struck by the irony - life reflected in soulless monotone.  As I pass each room, the acrid smell of iodine, inf…

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street,  oops I mean Seaworld. Well we are in the Gold Coast which is Australia's capital for  theme parks there is Dream World, Movie World, Wet and Wild and another 2 parks.  We have a 5 year old boy who can't go on many of the rides…

Have not had any travels outside Sydney since Fraser Island, but just thought I’d post an update.   I moved out of my flat in Elizabeth Bay at the beginning of May and into a new flat in Bondi. I thought it would be nice to live close to the beach (a bus ride away no longer seems close!) I…

Our 9days holidays in Perth City - Swanbourne - Dunsborough - Margaret River - Busselton - Farmstay at Gingin - Fremantle- Rottnest Island - back to Perth city... i love Perth.. thanks for my friend B for arrange everything for me... i gave him too much trouble hehe  xxx We took morning flig…

Ilone, (Missy84) is having a birthday today and when I stopped by to leave my firthday wishes I noted that her profile picture from Australia with the great bridge and opera house in the background was marred a little by a fence on one side of her and dead branch on the other side, so I downloaded …