Destination: Australia

The Kindness of Others...A True Exchange

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By blue_skies | Views [3570] | Comments [2]

Our first week in Australia has been an amazing one, due in no small part to the kindness of others we have received. Cairns Through our Hospitality Club membership (one of the organizations I researched for an article on ... Read more >

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Gallery: On the road

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By candjmcshane | Photo Gallery

How Refreshing…and It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By blue_skies | Views [1473]

After six weeks in Asia, there are a number of things we find amazingly refreshing about Australia: The ability to express affection in public. Every once in a while we’ll engage in a liplock in the middle of a busy street ... Read more >

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JimPanZees

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By alex_ward | Views [483]

So we eventually got on the Oz Experiance bus after a full night out in Sydney. We didn't need accomodation so we pulled an all nighter to get the bus at 6.00am the next morning. Everyone had said that when you travel you bump into people that you know, ... Read more >

Day 220: A day on the Gold Coast

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1622]

Thursday 12th June We didn't have a particularly early start that day, but we eventually got ourselves organised and headed out for a day of touring about the local area. Mum, Dad, Marie-Therese and I were joined by Seamus McCarthy's sister Mary ... Read more >

Hopes and dreams shattered in one lunchtime

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By rage | Views [362]

Today I met with Hannah from Elizabeth Norman International www.elizabethnorman.com who I was put in touch with by Andy from AML Resources www.amlresources.com.au. During this meeting Hannah was going to tell me a little about the Market Research industry ... Read more >

Off to Ireland and Spain!

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By coconuts | Views [574]

Hi all. We fly from Cardiff airport today at 5pm for Belfast. Then on Thursday at 2pm for Spain for one week. I know, it sounds crazy! But then we go back to Ireland for the next three weeks, before leaving the sunny British Isles for the last leg of ... Read more >

Blue Skies ahead

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By ambassador | Views [1637]

We (Nora Dunn & Kelly Bedford) were never the sort of people who do things in small measures. We don’t just bungee jump; Kelly is an instructor and I have jumped all around the world (including the world’s highest bungee jump in ... Read more >

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Day 219: Sydney to Brisbane

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [853]

Wednesday 11th June I was up at 07.30 and said goodbye to Liz & Iain before they set off for work. I took my time in packing my bag and getting myself in order. I went out for a walk along the coastal path, strolling along the clifftops about ... Read more >

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By esther | Views [966] | Comments [3]

Over the past ten or so years I've often been asked why I have a fascination with Australia. Why I'm so interested in the culture, the history and (most often) why I support the sporting teams. Is it because I'm a closet Aussie? Is it because I've been ... Read more >

End of Japan, Beginning of Aussie! (Cairns and Great Barrier Reef)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By kimbo46 | Views [786]

Oh my goodness, I havent been able to write a new entry in ages!  Soooo much has happened since the last time I wrote, so I apologize for the length of this story!  So after seeing the baseball game I didnt do much for a few days as I was still trying ... Read more >

Taking our Ambassadorship to New Levels

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By blue_skies | Views [1586]

We (Nora Dunn & Kelly Bedford) were never the sort of people who do things in small measures. We don’t just bungee jump; Kelly is an instructor and I have jumped all around the world (including the world’s highest bungee jump ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, brisbane, world nomads

Gallery: Grampians

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By james74 | Photo Gallery

Grampians Victoria

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By james74 | Views [555]

Its the long weekend due to the Queens Birthday and on Monday every Aussie thanks the lord they are British. So I decided to take the opertunity before heading off east or west to go to the Grampian mountain ranges in North Victora. Before the Grampians ... Read more >

Day 218: Taking it easy in Sydney

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [747]

Tuesday 10th June I had a bit of a lie-in, getting up at 08.30. I did some laundry and then headed into Bondi Junction to take a look for some jeans, which I badly needed as the only pair I had taken away with me were becoming threadbare. I wandered ... Read more >