Destination: Australia

East Coast

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 | By auaround | Views [733] | Comments [3]

Eccoci finalmente....da dove cominciare.....mumble mumble.... Ci siamo lasciati che eravamo ad Alice e inesorabilmente il nostro Sparrow ne ha fatta di strada, portandoci fino alla tanta sognata Cairns. L'ultimo giorno ad Alice ci ha riservato una bellissima ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: da Alice Spring a Cairns

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 | By auaround | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Henley on Todd regatta

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 | By auaround | Photo Gallery

Update on our travel plans

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 | By andrewp-melissar | Views [752]

Hello everyone, we thought that we should update you on our travel plans given that we have had a few changes to the original plan of late.  Andy's Executive Chef suggested to him that the best thing for his career would be to complete one year here ... Read more >

Gallery: Brisbane to Sydney

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 | By rory2034 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: WA - South

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 | By swhateley | Photo Gallery

Saturday with the Girls

Tue, 9 Sep 2008 | By afischera | Views [569]

Saturday afternoon one of Jane's "mates" picked me up to go stay the night at her place in Chatswood (about five minutes from East Lindfield, similar to Bellevue).  She has the CUTEST little apartment where she lives with her sweet little Jack ... Read more >

Gallery: Cairns to Brisbane

Tue, 9 Sep 2008 | By jeje-nadia | Photo Gallery

First week in Australia

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 | By jaquita | Views [350] | Comments [2]

After a couple of days at our friend's Helen and Brad in North Fitzroy, we hopped on the train to Wagga Wagga on Tuesday 2nd to pick up our "baby" (bought via ebay). To be honest, its condition was even better than expected. The guy that used ... Read more >

Positive Footprints Documentaries - Where it all began

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 | By positive_footprints | Views [7144]

"You're a travel insurance company that shot a documentary series? How does that work?", is generally the response. As much as we think of ourselves as more than just a travel insurance company, it probably does seem a little left of field ... Read more >

Tags: documentary, marketing, nat geo adventure, positive footprints, travel, travel documentaries, world expeditions, world nomads

Yamba to Croatia & Slovenia

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 | By vacation_practitioners | Views [1493] | Comments [2]

  Yamba to Geneva & on to Avonnex… And further still We have a brand new very best friend – Barbara; and she drove us to the airport at Ballina at the beginning of this trip. She is house–sitting our place for a while as she has ... Read more >

Heading South with my head in the trees

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 | By swhateley | Views [324] | Comments [2]

So I made it safe and sound to the land of Oz and I am actually feeling pretty relaxed & chilled.  I had a wee spot of nerves when I chicked in at OR Tambo International (which I normally do for some weird reason) & by the time I had gone through ... Read more >

Bus Ride and Pub Crawl

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 | By afischera | Views [641] | Comments [4]

Friday morning I woke up to an absolute downpour!  Felt like home.  I stayed in and got my Aussie cell phone working.  So exciting.  I have numbers for six people.  Woo-hoo. That night I planned to catch the bus into North Sydney to meet Chris and Madellen ... Read more >

Our restaurant one dish grilled fish (no drinking)

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 | By jaybeen | Views [527]

We took the door man's recommendation for a local restaurant. Cha Ca Va Long which according to guidebooks is an Hanoi institution. We had tried the original one in Old Quarter for lunch but were too late. We had spent a wet day shopping after coffee ... Read more >

Gallery: World Youth Days, Sydney

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 | By enidan | Photo Gallery