Destination: Australia

Gallery: perth

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | By moley | Photo Gallery

Planning

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | By nikki | Views [481]

Still going crazy trying to plan everything.  We are still waiting to hear about our excess baggage so that we can take 15 kg of aid to an orphanage in Ethiopia including medicines, baby formula and baby clothes. This has been unbelievable stress trying ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Gallery: My training

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | By jeremysimons | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Broome

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | By steph | Photo Gallery

A city built on pearls

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | By steph | Views [1263]

So the Kimberleys were ruled out for me and I didn’t want to dwell on it. The decision was made, I had to move on. Destination Broome, and along the way, I figured I could still see a few things, like the towns of Wyndham or Derby at both ends of ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, culture

Couples, Cars & Camping continued..............

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | By yanni-timmie | Views [1064]

Dutch Viewers....yet again scroll down  Sorry its taken so long to finish the story viewers......So basically after we done the whole waterfall trip we decided to head on down Townsville which is about 100k from Ingham. We headed to Townsvile so we ... Read more >

Tags: Couples Camping

Gallery: Kimberley

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By steph | Photo Gallery

Climbing Mt Bartle Frere - Highest Queensland Peak

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By trailrunr | Views [27450] | Comments [11] | Video

"Bushwalked" Mount Bartle Frere yesterday - Up at 4:30am to start at dawn! "Blair Witch" effect on the video not intentional! Only light was from the car headlights. It's the highest peak in Queensland at 1622 meters (5,321 feet) ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Diamond plane

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By steph | Views [2478] | Comments [1]

On the morning of March 3 rd 1942, Russian WWI ace Ivan Smirnov took off from Bandung on the island of Java, at that time part of the Dutch East Indies. Just before leaving, he was handed a small package wrapped in brown paper, with the instructions ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, lost!

Gallery: Queensland - Mount Bartle Frere

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By trailrunr | Photo Gallery

For the Spider Skeptics

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By trailrunr | Views [27529] | Comments [18]

The spider was a "Brown Huntsman" or "Wood Spider" that come in assorted sizes to over 10 inches in legspan. Since I found the first one, I've found what I really HOPE was papa bear (who got away), mama bear (who didn't make it ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Random's!!!

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | By leightheflea | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Route 69!!

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | By leightheflea | Photo Gallery

Back to the Western World....

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [738]

Leaving Japan was a bit of a shock to the system to be honest - we were quite getting into the perfectionist nature of the culture (well I was anyway!). We arrived in Cairns at silly o'clock in the morning and decided to take a stroll around, and find ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Route 69 Pub Crawl!!!

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | By leightheflea | Views [1714] | Comments [1]

Like Omg!!! my first night of doing the route 69 pub crawl was Sooooo much fun! we all met up at base backpacker where i sell the tickets,then me and pablo took the troop down to the "Party Bus" we all hopped on and the fun started!! i made ... Read more >

Tags: Party time