Destination: Australia

Ready to Jet

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 | By duncan_urquhart | Views [272]

Only 8 days to go now until we all leave, can't wait! It will be an amazing feeling to finally be free of routine, free of drama, and ready to embrace an amazing change. It will be sad to say goodbye to everyone and leave Australia in many ways. ... Read more >

Madrid 4

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1080]

Hi All, Went to Australian consulate in Madrid hoping to find out some good news on the Schengen zone. Took a couple of tries to get there as the consulate location in the lonely planet was incorrect and we ended up at one of the tall buildings which ... Read more >

...on the road again

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [643]

Hi all, Just a quick update for everyone... I've FINALLY booked my trip and have a date! I'm leaving on the 11th May, 2009... very excited! I'll be flying to London with a 3 night stopover in Kuala Lumpar on the way (no reason to rush things... ... Read more >

Tags: france, london, planning, start of trip

Our Guide

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 | By melissamain | Views [604] | Comments [4]

He´s got one leg longer than the other and only one eye. He is lean and smooth with minimal visible parasites. He is a happy-looking individual, silent, following no rules, eating when he can, swimming and drinking in the lake and seemingly unbothered ... Read more >

Tags: dog, el perro, guide, heladoria

Gallery: Brisbane

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 | By schiri | Photo Gallery

Time to say goodbye to Australia

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 | By pdrozinsky | Views [676] | Comments [2]

Hi everyone, so very sad that our big adventure has  come to an end. We are now in Sydney at the airport hotel waiting overnight to catch a flight to Fiji. Australia has been fabulous!!We have been so very lucky with the weather considering this poor ... Read more >

These boots are made for walking

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 | By mlisaho | Views [434]

I go 2 months from yesterday! It's really coming on fast. And I'm not even close to prepared. Looked at shoes today. Need a combo hiking and walking shoe that's a reasonable price, looks more or less alright, and is, most of all, comfy. Don't want the ... Read more >

Into the Countryside

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 | By liam_omalley | Views [621]

Well after the excitement of the Bridge Climb (every day I wake up, see the bridge and think, I climbed that!) I decided to have a couple of relaxed days, and had some time off from the city. On Friday however, Peter offered to drive down the coast ... Read more >

Tags: drive, eucalyptus, sydney, wollongong

Gallery: Globe Hostel

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 | By josh2009 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Sydney

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By liam_omalley | Photo Gallery

Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By liam_omalley | Views [1453] | Comments [1]

Has to be the best thing I've done so far during my trip! Got up early to catch the ferry into the city this morning before making my way through "The Rocks" (an area of the city not actual rocks) to the Bridge Climb Centre. Once there you ... Read more >

Tags: bridge, bridgeclimb, climb, harbour, sydney, view, walk

Hobart - Launceston

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 | By smorg | Views [992] | Comments [2]

Hobart was filled with excitement. Me and this french dude spent a day in port arthur which is one of the old convict settlement prisons in Tasmania, in 1996 it was home to australia biggest mass murder event where a lone gunman by the name of martin ... Read more >

Tags: hobart, launceston

Gallery: The rest of Tasmania & south east Australia

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By ligia-richard | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Taronga Zoo

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By liam_omalley | Photo Gallery

Taronga, Fantastic Hillside Zoo

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By liam_omalley | Views [1151]

Yesterday I decided to take the Ferry into the city, which has to be the most impressive way of entering the harbour. The ferries opporate very regularly from two streets away at a nice little wharf, and then run directly into Circular quay in the ... Read more >

Tags: birds, harbour, house, opera, sydney, taronga, zoo