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Sydney 2006/07

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By kezza30 | Views [487] | Comments [16]

Cant believe I have finally made it to Australia. My dream of seeing Sydney Harbour for NYE has become reality. Celebrating 75 years of the bridge with the best fire works ever!! Its been an amazing 4 days with so much packed in already. Lunch and Dinner ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

For the Spider Skeptics

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By trailrunr | Views [14795] | Comments [15]

The spider was a "Brown Huntsman" or "Wood Spider" that come in assorted sizes to over 10 inches in legspan. Since I found the first one, I've found what I really HOPE was papa bear (who got away), mama bear (who didn't make it ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

NOTICE FOR THE DUTCH VIEWERS

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By yanni-timmie | Views [459] | Comments [14]

Zooo………………..Hallo, Ik ben Ryannan Vooral een groot HALLO aan Jacqueline, Frans, Nicky en Willem aka de lelijkerd (lange pauze en nerveus rollen met de ogen) Ik denk dat dit schrijven over het internet nog moeilijks is dan mezelf gewoon voorstellen ... Read more >

Tags: People

Hard Work !

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 | By edinoz | Views [294] | Comments [14]

Hi all, A quck update before getting back to work after lunch, Been working really hard as always ! mustering cattle and sorting them into yards for letting back out, being sold, branding, and sending away for feeding.  Started at 5am today and will ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Melbourne o alice springs

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 | By martina | Views [368] | Comments [13]

hej o ha! nu har vi flygit hit till australien. vi var en dag och kollade runt i melbourne, en jatte fin stad. valdigt ordnad och jatte fina hus. men vi ville ivag och se resten forst och tar melbourne igen sen nar vi kommer tillbaka! sa vi drog upp ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

melbourne

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 | By martina | Views [319] | Comments [13]

har ar det varmt med tok kalla vindar som viner... vet inte om det ar vinter eller sommar... men vi har knallat runt har ialalfall och sett museer o gallerior som vi hittar lite har och dar! i torsdags sa akte vi till phillip island for att kolla pa ... Read more >

Tags: Markets

Fraser island

Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By rob_hoeks | Views [3242] | Comments [12]

I arrived three days prior to my trip to Fraser island in hervey bay,thinking that there should be something to do in hervey bay. Boy was i wrong. Hervey bay turned out to be a boring little place. the only reason to go there is to get the ferry to Fraser ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Dia 87: Sydney

Sun, 13 May 2007 | By nortina | Views [822] | Comments [12]

Gracias al auspicio de mis queridos Faramarz y Marlene, pude, al fin, ir a Sydney!! Y debo decir que supero mis expectativas... Me fascino, me maravillo!! Chicos, hice realidad uno de mis sueños: desde pequeña soñe con pasear por el Darling Harbour, ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

4th Biggest City In The World

Fri, 11 May 2007 | By edinoz | Views [512] | Comments [12]

Hi All Hope all is going well back home.  I have a day off today & have managed to get to the fourth biggest city in the world (Area not population).  Mt Isa is the closest city to Cloncurry, and has a mine right in the middle of the town.  I ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Día 170: Lista a seguir...

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By nortina | Views [357] | Comments [12]

Siguiendo a mi heroína, Bridget Jones, he hecho una lista con las cosas que DEBO y que NO DEBO hacer: NO DEBO: 1* Quejarme por todo 2* Ser tan exquisita (fussy) 3* Acostarme tarde 4* Morderme las uñas 5* Olvidar dónde dejo las cosas 6* Perder ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

faskally caravan park

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [424] | Comments [11]

dear all, our employment has begun!! the caravan park is awesome, has a pool, free laundry for us and there are 12 of us that all live in the farm house together. jobs include toilet cleaning, bar, kitchen, night patrol, cleaning caravans and general ... Read more >

Playing Hard, Working Harder, Broken Nose

Thu, 8 May 2008 | By edinoz | Views [317] | Comments [11]

Well, what a time I've had since I last updated this.  Plenty of work, mustering branding, mustering selling, mustering branding etc !!  Plenty of partying too. Willy, one of the brothers I work with / for had a 21st a couple of weeks back and we wwere ... Read more >

Rained Out

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 | By edinoz | Views [235] | Comments [11]

Hello again. Mty second update for 2009 and again been really busy.  We have had 7 days in January without rain so the country is looking a lot better.  Plenty of green grass about at the moment, but this dose also cause some problems. . . 1) The ... Read more >

Tags: rained out - floods

Preparations

Tue, 20 May 2008 | By mavis_prosser | Views [230] | Comments [11]

We have stocked up the cupboard for Emma with esentials like cans of dog food , Maggi noodles, honey, weetbix,cans of spagetti and baked beans etc and left detailed instructions for her like no parties or gatherings. Our bags are packed with travel ... Read more >

Adelaide to Alice

Sat, 17 May 2008 | By george | Views [1187] | Comments [10]

After a day and a half of rain, which was so unusual that it made the front page of the papers, Adelaide looked a lot better in the sunshine. The grid of the small city centre is surrounded on all sides by big parks - like a greenbelt right in the ... Read more >

Tags: outback, bush, desert, adelaide, uluru

Bunderberg Rum

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 | By edinoz | Views [890] | Comments [10]

Hi All I have made it to Bunderberg and was in the pub last night after a day at the beach - it's all hard work y'know ! I have also been for a tour round a rum distillery for the Australian dark rum Bunderberg.  They make 70 million ltrs a year and ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

TRES MESES EN AUSTRALIA

Fri, 18 May 2007 | By nortina | Views [769] | Comments [10]

90 dias... y contando... Si me pongo a pensar en estos meses que he estado lejos de mi pais, de mi familia y amigos, me da una especie de revoltijo en el estomago, una mezcla de nervios, incredulidad, alegria y pena. Es que a veces ni creo que me ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

A Couple of Yarns - Eat your heart out Peter Kay

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 | By edinoz | Views [620] | Comments [10]

Just thought I should tell you a couple of stories about some of the guys that work in NW Queensland while I remember. No 1 After a long Tuesday night in Quamby pub, a Aussie fella and a German fella decided to drive home.  They were both pretty ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Melbourne first month

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 | By jeje-nadia | Views [576] | Comments [10]

French Bonjour a tous et Bonne annee, Ca y est on commence le blog "pour de vrai". Arrive a Melbourne le 10 decembre,les premiers jours se fut recherche de jobs et d'une piaule en colocation. On a trouve la chambre parfaite dans une grosse ... Read more >

Tags: work

The Coconuts go a hiking

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 | By coconuts | Views [255] | Comments [10]

Hi there and welcome to the pre trip planning stage of our epic journey around the world. Two 50+ backpackers plan to hike through India, Nepal,onto Europe, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Only 12 wks to go before we head off from Perth, ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Up the boomerang

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By esther | Views [191] | Comments [10]

We left Sydney in the middle of a terrible thunderstorm that seems to be chasing us up the coast. You can take the girl out of the Weege but the weather will obviously follow her. Byron Bay was nice. It had been described to me as hippyish, but it's ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

It's November!

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 | By raspberrybullets | Views [175] | Comments [10]

Well I'm excited, November is finally here and in exactly two weeks I will be with Ronald in Nederland! Just testing out my new journal to see how it works.

Tags: The Planning Phase

Home

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 | By jessiejames | Views [157] | Comments [10]

Hey all, Just seeing how this thing works. We (Eric + me) leave Tuesday morning and get into Seoul Tues night for a sleeping stopover. We arrive in Rome Wednesday night and have at least 3 days booked there to get over the jetlag and wander around. ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

PHOTOS!!!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [157] | Comments [10]

dear all, all is fine in scotland, another week of birdman, karaoke, vodka, toilet cleaning, bar, cleaning poopy drains and clearing out the dog poo bins..dans favourite job. there are new photos of all our activities at faskally. love to all ... Read more >

New Plans

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By love_boat_captain | Views [126] | Comments [10]

Due to us not being able to enter Bangkok we've had to cancel all our plans :-( All previous bookings are now cancelled and we won't be going to Cambodia or Bangkok anymore (To reach Cambodia we needed to go via Bangkok). This is really upsetting, both ... Read more >


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