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Mon, 26 Mar 2012 | By mikeh | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [861]
When it comes to Australians, "friendly" is an understatement. They always have a "G'day, mate" for you and often lift a finger in greeting as they pass on the deserted roads. I am convinced that the introvert gene has been selectively ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | By our-lass | Views [376] | Comments [1]
Matt finally arrived in Melbourne on the 21st March, about a week after I arrived. It was so typical that the morning I had to walk for twenty mins to our hotel with all my bags and then another forty minutes to the shop for food it was absolutely throwing ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | By mikeh | Views [724] | Comments [4]
I drove to Airlie Beach from Hervey Bay and the cyclone from the north extended down to this area so there was lot's of rain. This was one of the place's to jump off to the Great Barrier Reef and either scuba dive or snorkel. After two days of waiting ... Read more >
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 | By yellowducks | Views [975]
I love the tropics.
That hot stinking humidity that envelops every pore on your
body. That wafting scent of thickness that only South East Asia can produce
with muggy resolve.
It was an ordinary night, so ordinary that it was abnormal. That
strange ... Read more >
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1807]
The Aborigines who have called this place home for thousands of years would probably disagree. After all, they have lived off the land, they can identify the medicinal plants and know which are edible. They can appreciate the endless blue sky and ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1007]
Philip is at Shark Bay waiting for the wind, so he can go kite surfing. Sometimes he waits for it to power his 45-foot catamaran where he has lived for the last six years. Michelle, his main squeeze, is waiting for her broken leg to mend, broken while ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [984]
Every time you take a breath, thank a stromatolite. These microscopic cyanobacteria dominated in the earth's shallow seas 3.5 billion years ago (Sorry, Creationists, but that's the way it is!) and are responsible for putting oxygen into our atmosphere.... Read more >
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By longdon | Views [176]
Feels like the first leg: drive to Doncaster to get a camera connection for the Ipad. Tulla lift-off 8:30 tomorrow; Qantas direct to BA, over Antarctica.
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By our-lass | Views [476]
Hi everybody. So I was planning on starting a blog the moment I arrived in Australia. However, you know how it goes...I got distracted, and now it is three weeks later. So, I'll just try to remember what I have been doing. My First Week Well, as ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By mikeh | Views [658] | Comments [8]
I've been Down Under for nearly a week and have spent time in the country's third largest city Brisbane. The city itself is a very energetic place, easy to move around in and the locals are friendly. I spent a few hours in the city's Botanic Gardens ... Read more >
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1749]
I expected Coral Bay, just a bit north of the Tropic of Capricorn, to be a glitzy resort town. It is, after all, the entry point to
Ningaloo Reef, one of the newest World Heritage sites and, if you believe
everyone in Western Australia, better ... Read more >
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 | By travelbug77 | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By colin_s | Views [537]
Right, so It's been a while since my last update, but i figure it's better late then never.
Gyranda was a farm in the Australian outback, several hours inland from the coast and nearby Duke's Plain. As you've read previously, Volunteered uncer ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [934]
There isn’t
much to see north of Cervantes on the Indian Ocean Highway except the
Australian version of wheat farms and infrequent glimpses of the ocean. Connie’s constant vigil for birds
provided the only diversion; a black kite, a brown goshawk ... Read more >
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