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Australia's biggest attraction is its natural beauty. The landscape varies from endless sunbaked horizons to dense tropical rainforest to chilly southern beaches. Scattered along the coasts, its cities blend a European enthusiasm for art and food with a laid-back love of sport and the outdoors.
Visitors expecting to see an opera in Sydney one night and meet Crocodile Dundee the next will have to re-think their grasp of geography in this huge country. It is this sheer vastness that gives Australia - and its diverse population - much of its character.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [13]
Just before Christmas in 2004 we set up our tent on a shaded site in the nearly deserted Malacoota campground in New South Wales. Incredibly, a caravan pulled in and set up right beside us, ignoring the hundreds of vacant sites. "How long are ... Read more >
Wed, 16 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [22]
The floor of Darwin International Airport is carpeted. Giant water lilies, very Monet-esque float upon blue-green water. Attractive, yes but it doesn't make for a good mattress or a good night's sleep! We arrived at the airport and settled in for ... Read more >
Sat, 12 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [34]
"Litchfield Do, Kaka Don't," is the mantra of Darwiners (or Darwinians or Darwinites or whatever they call themselves) when it comes to distant Kakadu National Park v. nearer Litchfield. Even our disappointing Rough Guide quotes the advice.... Read more >
Thu, 10 May 2012 | By acinonyx | 
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Thu, 10 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [64]
Cooinda, Mary River and Pine Creek are prominently shown on our NT map. Like Burma Shave limericks without the punch-line, signs announcing their approach - "Pine Creek 201kms," "Mary River 90kms" - line the roadside. Signs and ... Read more >
Thu, 10 May 2012 | By johnsteel | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 10 May 2012 | By johnsteel | Views [38]
What is it that has lured us
back to Tasmania for the third time? Is it the strange mixture of wilderness; the
dark convict history; good food (especially the apples); beautiful old
buildings and quaint wooden cottages; the feeling ... Read more >
Tags: bathurst harbour, bushwalking, deny king, fagus, mona, tasmania, trekking
Thu, 10 May 2012 | By waz_and_bec | Views [28]
Tue, 8 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [36]
Even Nicole at the Flight Centre told us not to miss a morning boat trip on the Yellow Waters Billabong. It is home to thousands of birds, resident and transient crocodiles and huge barramundi, the Top End's most sought after gamefish. At $A99 a head ... Read more >
Mon, 7 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [63]
The local indigenous people recognize six seasons but there really are only two, "The Wet" and "The Dry." April, the end of the Wet, averages one inch of rain per day, July just a few tenths for the entire month. May is somewhere ... Read more >
Sun, 6 May 2012 | By emmagoltz | Views [43]
My departure for London is one week from today. My blogging credentials are heavily laced with a hint of unreliability - so do not expect much from me. In fact, there is a high probability that this will be my first and last entry. But against these ... Read more >
Thu, 3 May 2012 | By merantau | Views [59]
Indonesian Odyssey –
beyond Bali.
As soon as we walked into the
showroom I knew which one Inez was going to choose. There they were, lined up
in a neatly spaced row, - Honda Vario
scooters - each one a shiny-bright, 110cc, ... Read more >
Tags: road trip
Thu, 3 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [58]
"No worries, mate. We can get a visa extension done today. But it will cost you." was the reply from the guy at the government office in Darwin. When I asked how much, he said with a smile, "$A290." Which is exactly the same ... Read more >
Thu, 3 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 3 May 2012 | By jo_and_matt | Views [65] | Comments [1]
Hey all, A very very late happy new year!! Hope this finds you smiling :). We thought it was about time to send an update on our adventures - as it's been such a long time it's in two parts - 1st the end of our Australia journey and 2nd our time in ... Read more >
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