Destination: Australia

Port Macquarie (2)

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 | By bert166 | Views [1009]

Well, I stayed another night in Port Macquarie, cause I met a really nice bunch of people in the hostel. The town itself was surprisingly quite, at day and night, but we found the “refreshments” needed in the hotel near the harbour. We had an excellent ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, on the road

Gallery: WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 | By lena | Photo Gallery

Not Long!

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 | By jessica184 | Views [533]

Only one more sleep and then I'm off to Asia!! =) I'm going to be travelling through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singpore! I'm backpacking for 7 weeks and then on the 12th Jan I fly to London! I'm going to update my journals as ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Melbourne or Sydney

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [630] | Comments [1]

Melbourne or Sydney? It’s a tougher question than you might think and one I do not fail to ask everyone I meet. The variety of response is spectacular. To people’s loud and enthusiastic “Melbourne hands down” I get an equal “Sydney is so beautiful”. To ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Adventures in Oz

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Photo Gallery

Home

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 | By jessiejames | Views [495] | Comments [10]

Hey all, Just seeing how this thing works. We (Eric + me) leave Tuesday morning and get into Seoul Tues night for a sleeping stopover. We arrive in Rome Wednesday night and have at least 3 days booked there to get over the jetlag and wander around. ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Fremantle

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By esther | Photo Gallery

Go West

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By esther | Views [768] | Comments [3]

Getting to Perth was a bit of an adventure. We got the late bus to Townsville (so good they named it twice) only to discover the airport was closed and we would have to wait for four hours to get in. We had no accommodation and it was after midnight.... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Gallery: magnetic island and bowen

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 | By mpowlesland1 | Photo Gallery

Off to see more of Australia

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By millionme | Views [499]

It is finally almost over! I have been studying for my exams for the past three weeks, already had two exams, and have only two more to go tomorrow. Time's been going fast and slow at the same time, but now that I am really excited to start my journey it ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Port Macquarie

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By bert166 | Views [974]

Taree to Port Macquarie. I spent almost the whole morning with driving across the Manning area. Gerd, the vet, told me about a place called Possum Brush, which I unfortunately wasn’t able to locate. Did not matter, it was so much fun just ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, on the road

The vet’s backyard

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By bert166 | Views [1016]

Sydney to Taree. Taree…hmmm…never heard of, you might say. Damn right!! Me neither. But from the beginning: I was supposed to pick up my new home for the next 21 days at 12pm in Williams St / Woolloomooloo …in fact I was sitting ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, on the road

The Greeks in Australia

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [1003]

I met my first Australian Greek in Darwin. Dimitris spoke perfect Greek with an Ozie accent and worked at a lovely caffe on Mitchell street. As soon as I walked in I got suspicious. I first saw loukoumades on a table next to the laptops a couple of business ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Perth

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By esther | Photo Gallery

travelsick.

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By darcy | Views [461]

oh, it's a picture of perfection ah, and the postcards gonna read "fuck yeah we can live like this... we can live like this." two weeks until the trip begins. starting exams now. feeling sick with anxiety... and excitement. i'm finding it ... Read more >

Tags: Work