Destination: Australia

Gallery: Tasmania

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By gilesy1601 | Photo Gallery

New Jobs Hooray!!

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By rebretto | Views [591] | Comments [1]

Hello hello everybody Well things have been quite mixed of late as you can all imagine. Lots of ups and downs. I have been working in some different departments over the last 10 days, which have brought me some different experiences and increased knowledge ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

...in the beginning

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By jacquelineastill | Views [256]

Tags: The Planning Phase

Coffs Harbour to Byron Bay

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By kim-n-frankie | Views [2939] | Comments [1]

So we made the decision to move onward from Sydney in search of a more backpacker, beachy type town. We had heard good things about Byron Bay -we spoke with Gary about it, and he said it was great and would really be "Our Thing." Luckily he ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Home of the stars and sharks

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By wayne | Views [595]

This is the lighthouse at Byron Bay.  Aparently Byron Bay has the homes of some famous people like Nicole Kidman. It is also the home to great white sharks that nibble kayaks and surfboards.  There was a newspaper report of a girl whose sea kayak got bitten ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Sydney

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By kim-n-frankie | Views [698]

Apologies for not updating this sooner! Sydney was really good. Very city-ish though, and kind of similar to a lot of other big cities! (Aside from the fact it's got beaches and is much hotter!) It's a great place to start though, as you meet plenty ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: The Outback

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By clayontheroad | Photo Gallery

Finally on the road

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By themaccas | Views [1044] | Comments [5]

A week ago we had planned (no.1 lesson. leave the plans in the storage bay with all the other unnecessary "things"), to leave.  One severe nappy rash on baby Lucy (changing Lu definitely needs to be considered as an Olympic sport?), feeling ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Day 9 - 13

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By clayontheroad | Views [1128] | Comments [2]

Day 8-9 The Legendary Ghan   Today I board the overland railway called the Ghan as I start to head South. The cheap seats were booked by a huge group so I was forced to get a sleeper car for the 2 day trip down to Alice Springs. What a blessing ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Adelaide

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1480]

"All right me old mucka", "I've had a look at your blog and it's pretentious crap" says my Aussie mate Jason in a way of a greeting.  I knew there was a reason I'd stayed a week longer than I'd liked in the Adelaide area.  Staying ... Read more >

Gallery: Adelaide

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Weeding, snakes and more ... Farming Australia

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By thomaspichl | Views [1277] | Comments [1]

Hallo zusammen, es ist 6:50 Uhr in Sydney an einem schoenen Fruehlingsmorgen und hier am Computer der YHA Railway Square sitze ich nach 12 Stunden schlafloser Busfahrt und vertreibe mir die Zeit bis die Stadt aufwacht. Soweit die Einleitung. Nun ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Storm coming!

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By wayne | Views [505]

We made it to Coffs harbour before the bad weather.  It's summer storm season and the photo shows that one is on it's way.  The picture is a view from our apartment overlooking the marina. A perfect spot from which to view a tropical storm with forked ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Sydney

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By kim-n-frankie | Photo Gallery

More news from down under

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By fozzy | Views [635] | Comments [5]

Hi Guys Well what can I say BIN SHOES FOR 12 POUND!! MEN PERFORMING TRICKS WITH THEIR BITS!! AND T&D THINKING THEIR CATH ZETA DOUGLAS OR RENEE ZELL.!!(WILL NOT SPEAK TO YOU EVER AGAIN IF RICHARD GERE IS IN YOUR CLASS!) What am I missing?! Down ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine