Destination: Australia

The plan

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By besoka | Views [611]

OK, probably time to give a rough outline of our various trips while we're in Europe.  We fly out of Brisbane on 8 April and return on 30 December.  Our home base will be with Emma's aunt and uncle in Rockhammar near Örebro (sort of midway between Stockholm ... Read more >

NZ pt.2 (More to Come)

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By gators1335 | Views [791]

We left Kaikoura Sunday morning and dropped a bunch of people off at the tip of the South Island to take a ferry to the North. We picked up a bunch who had just come from the North and then we continued our trip around the west coast of the South ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

Sailing and Snorkelling The Great Barrier Reef

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [423]

Hey all, Well we last wrote a week ago before our surfing lesson and I'm sure you've all been waiting with baited breath to hear how good we were... Well we were bloomin awful!  Seriously terrible.  Carl spent more time under the water drinking the ... Read more >

Gallery: Some Snapshots of Bondi Beach

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By dhoffman | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Our Inaugral Barbie

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By dhoffman | Photo Gallery

69 Glenayr

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By dhoffman | Views [468] | Comments [1]

So my house is pretty incredible.   We have a really nice, big place that is an approximate 6 minute walk to Bondi Beach.  The house has a fantastic kitchen and the housemates just joined financial forces to buy an amazing grill.  I was lucky enough to ... Read more >

"You're right. You're right. I know you're right."

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 | By marge | Views [433] | Comments [2]

I'm watching When Harry Met Sally with Danny and Lindsay. It makes me miss home in the kind of way you miss the way school smells after a long summer. You don't REALLY want it.  Not right away.  You just miss it.   Pleasantly.   And when it's time ... Read more >

Halls Creek and Kununurra - welcome to Croc Country!

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 | By hussyhicks | Views [2852]

So we got a bit of an inkling that there might have been some confusion when the security guard in Fitzroy Crossing said "Hey aren't you playing in Halls Creek tonight, it’s written out front of the pub." In a bit of a panic I ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, crocodile, halls creek, kununurra, outback

Hervy Bay from Sydney

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 | By edinoz | Views [657] | Comments [2]

Hey Again all. I'm sticking to the rule of not letting those two write anymore so I'll let you know myself. We have been in Sydney for a couple of days, and met with (HSBC) Nige & Sarah.  The are both looking really well and enjoying there time ... Read more >

"Full Stop"

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 | By marge | Views [331] | Comments [2]

First of all. We went to the beach yesterday. St. Kilda. We had fun but it was DISGUSTING. We found 3 jellyfish on the shore. One that was the size of my face with tentacles the length of my arms. I threw a rock at it and it jiggled. There ... Read more >

Gallery: Queensland, New South Wales

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Photo Gallery

The Beauty of the Rainforests - Springbrook

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [1013] | Comments [1]

The heavy, dense smell. The ground and fecundity. The filtered light. Dappled greens with a splash of red berries. And the dripping water. The sound of little streams, or the heavy rush of a nearby waterfall. A Rainforest. Springbrook . We ... Read more >

Tags: forests

Jett's Packing List

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [1421]

This is the first post dedicated to the art of list making.It begins quite modestly, and after a few trials, grows into a creature of its own. Leaving for the weekend. Jett is 8. He's old enough to read. I am a mother who fosters ... Read more >

Tags: children, lists

WARNING! - Personal Opinion Only - Never take a road trip to Broome....fly if you must go!

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By ruudee81 | Views [19120] | Comments [2]

Note 24/05/2014 - I wrote this almost 6 years ago and it was not intended to be a formal review. It was my personal experience of a not so great road trip. In hindsight I do not think lack of planning was the problem, we actually planned quite a bit, ... Read more >

Travellers Auto Barnstards

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By candjmcshane | Views [748] | Comments [4]

The people of Travellers Auto Barn have decided to make our lives a misery. We should have been out of Sydney on Tuesday morning, heading up into the Blue Mountains with the wind in our hair and a hole in our wallets. Instead we just have the hole.... Read more >