Destination: Australia

le dauphin!

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 | By catlemay | Views [982]

Ce matin, nous nous sommes levees a 6 du matin pour aller nourrir les dauphins. La croisiere ne coutaient vraiment pas chere, 18$ et n'en vallait vraiment pas la peine.  Sur le panphlet, nous etions supposees nourrir les dauphins et faire une petite croisiere.... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Preparation is the key

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 | By justsin | Views [460] | Comments [2]

Ok. Not long to go now. I'm currently at the 'Oh fuck. What the FUCK am I doing?' stage. With just 36 hours to go until I leave Australia on a journey that I have been planning for 2 years now I'm starting to get cold feet. Is this what ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Two Old Dogs

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 | By wanderyears | Views [2483] | Comments [1] | Video

A group of Australian guys were, along with the rest of Queensland, taking their Easter break seriously, and had arrived with several utes loaded high with equipment. Before long they had erected a tent city that would put the Red Cross to shame, ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, ambassador van

Not there yet

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 | By thorn | Views [348]

So here's the plan: Saturday 30 June - depart Australia Mexico, Guatemala and Belize - 3 weeks Vancouver and surrounds - 2 weeks UK and Ireland - 4 weeks Spain, Portugal and Morocco - 2 weeks Munich, Salzburg and Prague - 2 weeks. Saturday 29 ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

4 X Tour: Fraser Island

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [1350]

I had a dream once:  In my dream I was on a beautiful island.  On this island there were white sand beaches, crystal clear blue waters, beautiful palm trees, 4x4 trucks and trails everywhere, and the purest pedigree of wild dogs in the world.  This was ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Zoo Australien

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By catlemay | Views [877]

Hier, nous sommes allees au zoo australien de Steeve Irwin. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas mon chum Steeve...c'est crocodile hunter, le malade mentale qui a attrape des crocodiles toute sa vie et pour ainsi finir sa vie en se faisant piquer pour une ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Noosa Head

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By catlemay | Views [754]

Apres Brisbane nous nous sommes dirigees vers Noosa Head, petite ville cotiere ou le surf est suppose d'etre ecoeurant. J'etais vraiment tres excitee de pouvoir enfin aller faire du surf dans des belles vagues comme Hawaii. J'ai loue un surf des la premiere ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Brisbane

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By catlemay | Views [705]

Apres quelques jours a Surfer, je suis allee rejoindre une de mes amies a Brisbane pour 2 jours. Nous etions supposee faire du Wake board avec l'hostel mais finalement il y avait trop de vent alors l'activite a ete canceller. La-bas aussi, les gens etaient ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

la cote est-Surfers Paradise

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By catlemay | Views [680]

Je suis partie pour la cote est de l'australie depuis 2 semaines. Nous avons commence par Surfer Paradise parce que Byron qui est une autre petite ville super cool etait trop occupee a cause d'un festival alors nous avons du aller a surfer.  Super de ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Gallery: Folly

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By wanderyears | Photo Gallery

Folly

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By wanderyears | Views [3200] | Comments [5] | Video

If ever there was a time when I was in way over my depth, then this was it. Among the two thousand plus entrants, there was several million dollars worth of the latest equipment. I, on the other hand, had a borrowed shirt and jeans, a pair ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, misadventures

Gallery: La cote est de l'Australie

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By catlemay | Photo Gallery

Excitement and Relaxation

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By jeffro | Views [467]

Having been put onto a good hostel and given a free train ticket to Budapest by the poms I met in Bratislava (maybe something good did come out of the trip) I instantly cheered up being in Hungary. Budapest is a beutiful city that hasn't been looked ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Bratislava = Bad

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By jeffro | Views [527] | Comments [1]

I'd travelled just 64km from Vienna and the contrast couldn't have been more stark. In Bratislava things were older, dirtier, slower and the people more surly. Whereas their previous countrymen, the Czechs were generous and accomodating the Slovaks ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Missing buses

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By jeffro | Views [499]

Next was Innsbruck and this meant skiing. Really good skiing. In Spring. Oooh yeh! The hostel I was staying at organised for a lift to the ski rental place and soon after I was kitted out and ready to go up the mountain. Unfortunately there was a catch.... Read more >

Tags: Adventures