Destination: Australia

The Beginning

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | By thompson_girls | Views [703] | Comments [5]

Hello friends and family,   Most of you already know, but to some others this may be news.   Sabrina, Phoebe and I (Lisa) will be on an adventure during third term this year.     Depart Melbourne                     Sunday, 8 th ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Bites along the Bruce

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1726]

With a heady mixture of Tiger balm scent and "au de bumcrack" the skull emblazoned van was returned to the Cairns depot.  Despite the atrocious weather that every Aussie on the way said, " was well out of the ordinary mate " we ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

A Fine Day for the Opera (House)

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [12146]

ADP: Last week, we learned that the Sydney Opera House just received official recognition as one of the most fabulous places on the planet, earning a coveted spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List (an honor it shares with such international treasures ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Test

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 | By georgina | Views [471] | Comments [1] | Video

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Tags: Airports

Packing sucks

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 | By greenalligator | Views [673]

Some advice - do not try and pack up your whole life when you have limited time, energy and it is p#ssing with rain. Definately my worst week in Melbourne by far! It took Nick 5 hours to pack his backpack which left 30 minutes to repack the shipping ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Gallery: Our house in 11m3

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 | By luluce | Photo Gallery

The Great Outdoors!

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 | By dirosa | Views [500]

Oh the joys of the great outdoors! Every crisp morning I have to grab my rucksack packed the night before with clothes for the following day, toiletries and towel and run in the individual showers which are a freezing outside block. Showering ... Read more >

Beginning of the Beginning.

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 | By emma_james2007 | Views [624] | Comments [2]

Well. The passed eighteen months have been pretty massive, on the scale of massive-ness from 1 to 10, I'd rate it at about a 9.8! I moved out of home at the start of 2006 at a mere 17 years of age. Got accepted into University in Fremantle, Perth ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Finding our Mojo

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [6175]

ADP: Even before Jen, Holly and I had set foot on Australian soil, we figured we had a pretty solid grasp on life "Down Under." Thanks to some quality American television shows, classic 80s movies and even a few cool advertising campaigns, ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, beaches & sunshine

17th JUNE - 21ST JUNE

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By andyandsam | Views [815] | Comments [1]

For those of you that don't know, Mo is a very good friend of mine from the UK, whom emigrated to Perth in January of this year.  When we said oue teary goodbyes, we banked on it being a very long time before we could hook up again for a few vinos and ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

To be Australian

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By pistachio_tumbleweed | Views [563] | Comments [2]

To be Australian This land of rain and drought, of mudflats, salt and sky, Mangroves, mangoes, sugarcane, of sheep that idle by; Of coral spawning ‘long the coast, wheat golden in its field, Winds biting at the Southern bite ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Great times in shocking conditions.

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1706] | Comments [1]

Who would have thought that a weather report could be so influential on travel plans? Possibly influential at least, to people so inclined to read such things. Had I have been less otiose and looked into the prevailing conditions, I would have been ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

It was a dark and stormy night....

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1224]

It was 1am, and I was listening to Stabbing Westward (A band name that is as charming in its impression, as it is capricious in its meaning) sing a song called 'Save yourself'. Being alert at that time of night, instead of dead to the world by 9pm, ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Oz

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By homeless_harry | Photo Gallery

First tentative steps back on the road.

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1249]

Is a travel journal permitted to encompass aspects of life that are in no discernible way related to traveling? Moot point really, considering yours truly has undertaken   a degree of movement that, it shall be revealed, is irrefutable proof of traveler ... Read more >

Tags: Family