Destination: Australia

Day 3 & 4

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By love_boat_captain | Views [500] | Comments [3]

After writing the last post we headed into Patong for some action. IT WAS AWESOME. Erin, you are a loser for not liking it. Booked all of our tours which included 1 day trip to phi phi island, 1 sea canoe trip in phang nga bay and james bond island, ... Read more >

Flights

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By love_boat_captain | Views [377] | Comments [6]

Hi everyone, we have come across a problem. Our resort has advised that when they checked our flights to confirm for us, they have not been sent through to Thai Airways by our travel agent (meaning we have no flight). We are sending her an e-mail ... Read more >

ACT Quickly

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By mogsie08-09 | Views [569]

I arrived in the Australian Capital Territory for a short visit on a cold and wet morning. I was intrigued to find out what I'd make of Canberra having heard very mixed stories about the place. By the time I left again I could see why opinion is divided ... Read more >

Port Macquarie

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By danivant | Views [1101]

 The first real Aussie lad we met was on the bus ride from Sydney to Port Macquarie. He pointed to kangaroos outside our bus window and gave us the whole low down on the differences between kangaroos and wallabys. Wallabys are smaller by the way. The ... Read more >

Tags: australia, beaches, dolphins, hiking, kangaroos, port macquarie

Gallery: Packedin Fiji Main Island

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By iainob1 | Photo Gallery

Broken Hill and Outback NSW

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By ed | Views [694]

We went on holiday a couple of weeks ago...hit the road to NSW and Broken Hill (the BH out of the BHP - the mining company). The town is in the middle of nowhere but has the largest silver / zinc deposit in the world so a fair amount of history. Also ... Read more >

Gallery: Broken Hill and Outback NSW

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By ed | Photo Gallery

penguin island

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By leah | Views [2082]

Today we finally made it to Penguin Island, where I've been trying to go for a few weeks now. The largest colony of Little (or Fairy) Penguins in Australia live here. Unfortunately they are nocturnal animals, and they spent all day hiding in burrows ... Read more >

Tags: fairy little penguins, penguin island, perth, western australia

Gallery: penguin island

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By leah | Photo Gallery

Some Sun..........

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By dave_sarah | Views [595]

and lots and lots of rain! Whoever said it was always sunny in Oz was lying! We've had some absolutely beautiful weather and really hot days but then there have been some very impressive storms - we had to sprint to get to undercover (a very convenient ... Read more >

Gallery: Carins to Brisbane

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By snowy | Photo Gallery

Cairns, Whitsunday sailing, frasier island, Brisbane

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By snowy | Views [1846] | Comments [3]

I arrived in Cairns on the 21st Oct, stayed for a week in this great little place called the girls hostel. Cairns is like a student town full of backpackers who all hang out at this man made lagoon. Nice little town, great night life. I spent a weekend ... Read more >

Gallery: sydney zoo

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 | By wills_77 | Photo Gallery

Day two

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 | By love_boat_captain | Views [377] | Comments [3]

Ok, so i'm useless hey. well guess who slept for an extra 5hrs after his little journey entry? The breakfast buffet was the best thing since sliced bread!! We ate extra so we didnt have to worry about eating anything at lunch. After brekky we went ... Read more >

The beginning

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 | By veti | Views [507]

So the plan is to teach at Argwins Kodhek secondary high school in Mutumbu for the better part of six months with the occasional sprinkling of visits to Rangala Babies home. I am hoping to find  time to catch up with my 'family' in Kisumu and get down ... Read more >