Destination: Australia

Sore Feet, Gorgeous Trek

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [744]

Day three of the Overland Track! The weather was brilliant all day today and everyone was up early, set for the long day ahead. Definitely next time: more food, less clothing. I've only been eating one meal a day, but perhaps it's good to give my digestive ... Read more >

Sydney 21st - 25th April

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 | By mm12767 | Views [401]

The two of us arrived to Sydney Central station an hour early so grabbed a coffee and took a seat to wait for Amy who was supposed to be meeting us at the station when the bus came in. Because she had got the same bus the day before, she had known it ... Read more >

Anzac Day on the Overland

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [936]

It's Anzac Day. Up at 5:40 AM I could've made the dawn service if there were a "bush service." To commemorate the 101st anniversary of Gallipoli I donned my Anzac pins and shared a few of my homemade Anzac biscuits. Clouds covered Barn Bluff but since ... Read more >

Photos: Overland Track

Sun, 24 Apr 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

Overland Track - It Starts

Sun, 24 Apr 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [964]

Today was the first day and hardest bit of the Overland Track. The weather was brilliant today yet it was very cold last night; cold enough that frost formed on my tent and boots. With all my gear packed up I walked across the road to the holiday park ... Read more >

Just another crazy day in paradise.

Sat, 23 Apr 2016 | By geistzeit | Views [413]

Okay, where to start with ? Sooo many things happened, I can't even try to put everything in words... but I'll try. Living in beautiful Byron Bay, Australia, now. In the most amazing house on the beach on a creek and it couldn't be better. Well, ... Read more >

Tags: beach

Photos: QLD Whitsundays

Sat, 23 Apr 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

QLD Whitsundays

Sat, 23 Apr 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [705] | Comments [6]

Hi all, you are all going to feel very sorry for us when I say this (not), we are now on our last 2 weeks in the mini-beast and our last 3 weeks in Oz.  Time is slipping away fast now.  We have had an action packed couple of days in ... Read more >

Photos: Northwest Tasmania

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

Ye Olde Van Diemen's Land

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [767]

Tasmania I reckon; ya olde Van Diemen's Land mate! I reckon the name was changed because the former name would be a pretty ominous name to a hitchhiker; I wouldn't want to get into a van with a demon. A couple of days ago I stepped off the plane absolutely ... Read more >

Byron Bay 18th - 20th April

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 | By mm12767 | Views [349]

The three of us (Amy, Katie and I)  arrived to Byron Bay at about  11am  and spent the first day wandering around the town, checking out the beach and having coffee at one of Byron's many, many cafes. Byron seems lovely, very hippy, very ... Read more >

Photos: QLD Eungella Nat. Park

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

QLD Eungella Nat. Park

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [605] | Comments [3]

On our way back to the coast we stopped for a couple of nights at the Eungella National Park.  Fabulous place right up on a plateau over looking the valley bellow.  The main reason was to see the duck billed platypus which we have been trying ... Read more >

Photos: QLD Inland & Carnarvon Nat. Park

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

QLD Inland & Carnarvon Nat. Park

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [590]

We left 1770 and drove inland for about 8 hours.  Great drive through the real Oz without the tourist gloss.  We passed cowboy country, mining towns and huge open cast mines, cotton growing fields and sheep farms.  The landscape varied ... Read more >