Destination: Australia

Sunday 18th March

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By longdon | Views [161]

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.

A Quick Catch Up - Week 1

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By our-lass | Views [446]

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 >

First weeks travels

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By mikeh | Views [617] | 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 >

Manta Rays of Ningaloo Reef

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1700]

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 >

Photos: Gemma

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 | By travelbug77 | Photo Gallery

Gyranada

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By colin_s | Views [490]

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 >

Tags: farm hand, jackaroo, oz

Lady of the Flies

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [886]

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 >

Photos: Queensland, Australia

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By mikeh | Photo Gallery

Photos: Ila Gorge

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By colin_s | Photo Gallery

Bangkok Women Really Are Fellas

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By yellowducks | Views [867]

Now now, before you drift off into your repressed memory of how you woke up one morning nursing a hangover and regretting that old adage no-one’s ugly after 2am..., the topic at hand is NOT lady-boys. As we’ve all geared up and stand there ... Read more >

Positive Footprints: Australia

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By positive_footprints | Views [9339] | Comments [2] | Video

Join Phil Sylvester, our Travel Safety Specialist and World Nomad as he sets of on a World Expeditions' community project in North East Arnhem Land, working alongside the indigenous Yolngu Aboriginal rangers to restore sea country by removing and cataloging ... Read more >

Tags: arnhem land, australia, community project, footprints network, volunteer, voluntourism

Caravaning

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [956]

What a difference a few nights of sleep and a couple of lazy days make.   I feel almost human again.   All of our chores are completed, taxes filed and we are getting back into the rhythm of camping - our first time since we returned from the ... Read more >

Photos: Australia - Sydney to Queensland

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery

Australia – Sydney to Queensland – From the “blue lagoon” to the big blue

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 | By pauluiza | Views [810]

Destination – Australia – Sydney to Queensland – From the “blue lagoon” to the big blue   We also stay with good friends in Sydney and pretty much go straight to the local pub for a perfect Saturday session, good Aussie beer, great old friends ... Read more >

Photos: Gyranda

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 | By colin_s | Photo Gallery