Destination: Australia

Early start

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By scrubwren | Views [287]

Tags: train

Sunrises, surfing & sharing bunk beds!

Thu, 9 Jan 2014 | By gcadventuresdownunder | Views [503]

Hello again, Hope all’s well & that the weather is starting to improve back in Blighty. Know we won’t get much sympathy but we're in Sydney & it’s been overcast, drizzly & pretty chilly (very unusual for them). It’... Read more >

Photos: Snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef

Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By thomasz | Photo Gallery

Photos: Noosa, Aroona, Brisbane, Surfers

Sat, 4 Jan 2014 | By gcadventuresdownunder | Photo Gallery

Photos: Photprints

Sat, 4 Jan 2014 | By gypsyfruit | Photo Gallery

Photos: Cape Trib, Cairns, Whitsunday, Fraser Islands

Thu, 2 Jan 2014 | By gcadventuresdownunder | Photo Gallery

Too Easy!

Thu, 2 Jan 2014 | By gcadventuresdownunder | Views [566] | Comments [4]

Happy New Year. Here's hoping that 2014 is a good one for you.  Since our last blog we've been experiencing a bit more of what it's like to actually live in Oz by staying with 2 lots of friends. We started off with Duck & Claire in Noosa, ... Read more >

Time to get ready for big trip

Thu, 2 Jan 2014 | By witchwaeonthemove | Views [290]

Counting down the months till we head off on our big adventure, taking the scenic route via Beijing, Tokyo, Yokohama, Aomori, Hakodate, Kushiro in Japan pick up Voledam cruise ship & head off across the Pacific ocean to Kodiak island, Ketchikan both ... Read more >

Photos: SS Maheno on Fraser Island, Australia

Wed, 1 Jan 2014 | By annacalvert | Photo Gallery

Tags: 70 mile beach, australia, beach, fraser island, shipwreck, ss maheno

Fraser Island's shipwreck - SS Maheno

Wed, 1 Jan 2014 | By annacalvert | Views [1571]

The SS Maheno is a beautiful old wreck on the coast of Fraser Island, Australia.  The sandy Fraser island lies off the coast of Queensland and is a short ferry ride from Rainbow beach or Noosa.    The SS Maheno was built in Scotland ... Read more >

Tags: australia, beach, coastal, fraser island, maheno, quuensland, ship, shipwreck, ss maheno, wreck

New Year's Eve, Sydney

Wed, 1 Jan 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [421]

What a way to welcome in the New Year and yes, the fireworks were indeed spectacular. We started with a boat trip from our luxurious apartment down the Paramatta river into Sydney Harbour. It was a real festival mood with hundreds and thousands of ... Read more >

Photos: Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair

Tue, 31 Dec 2013 | By johnsteel | Photo Gallery

Cradle Mountain to Lake St. Clair, Tasmania 6 day walk 21 - 26 December 2013

Tue, 31 Dec 2013 | By johnsteel | Views [958]

Plodding onwards ‘I have been walking for 4 hours carrying a 12 kg pack, sloshing through mud; my back and feet ache. I am clambering over slippery roots and rocks and I am told there is another hour’s walk to the hut. It is Christmas ... Read more >

Tags: cradle huts, cradle mountain, lake st clair, overland, tasmania

114 days until we fly out!

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 | By susiejo | Views [229]

Paul keeps reminding me how many days it is until we fly out.  The trip is still far away enough that I am not shitting myself just yet.

Blue Mountains - canyons, cliffs and waterfalls

Sun, 29 Dec 2013 | By clare-tamea | Views [1424]

The Blue Mountains - never heard of them but so glad we came. Two hours out of Sydney is a high sandstone plateau, carved into canyons and cliffs by rivers which now tumble thousands of feet over the edges. Covered with trees and plants only ever seen ... Read more >

Tags: blue mountains, trekking