Destination: Australia

Gallery: Roadtrip

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By angelahirs | Photo Gallery

Nicks house

Fri, 8 Dec 2006 | By anage | Views [712] | Video

Staying at Nick pounds house for a few days to catch up on some work and receive the ambassador van, we also have to wait for our Melbourne ashes tickets to be delivered which are being sent to us from a friend by recorded delivery. The Pound household ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Chilling out

Wed, 6 Dec 2006 | By chrisandrosie | Views [387]

Arrived in Perth to a lovely room, home cooked food and family. Stayed with the Aussie Hollands for the entire time...we really needed it. Did some sight seeing but mostly just pottered around at home, went swimming - excellent swimming pool 50m and ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Phrasebook

Tue, 5 Dec 2006 | By florahui | Views [384]

It's hilarious. I'll probably have really patchy German by the end of this, capable of saying few things :P But at least it is a bit of a recap for me for my French, ahhh, it's all coming back to me now...

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Miss Sailor

Tue, 5 Dec 2006 | By luckyliz | Photo Gallery

day 5 cricket

Tue, 5 Dec 2006 | By anage | Views [568]

Day5 at cricket arrive in Sydney in afternoon, make it the pounds pad and settle in to watch rest of match…slowly I realise we are not gonna win this,so bolt to the pub to get drunk and give some aussy tossers the beats!! joke joke Anyway ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

The Farewell Party and 1 week countdown

Mon, 4 Dec 2006 | By shrubbie | Views [407]

Well, it is exactly a week until I leave now. And I can tell you, I am excited and scared. This will be the longest trip away from home I have ever been on. Not only that it is my first time to both the UK and Malaysia and I am going with my friend and ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

day 4 cricket

Mon, 4 Dec 2006 | By anage | Views [604]

Day 4 at test, have brilliant seats and am in talking distance to Hoggard didn’t say anything tho, just ‘hello’!! Cricket finishes, 100 in front 1 wicket down with a day to go, think we are looking at a draw, off to Sydney tomorrow to spend more time ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

day 2+3cricket

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 | By anage | Views [597]

Next morning feeling very ropy spend most the day watching cricket in bed on TV!! and have quiet night in.only venturing out for some food.  go off to cricket next with ana, have quite good seats and get annoyed by the aussie poser prat behind ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Rainbow Beach

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 | By edinoz | Views [577] | Comments [1]

Just a quick note to let you all know I am now at Rainnbow beach with a load of Germans (was on the beach till 19.00 drinking VB with them, and off for a tour of Fraiser Island tomorrow.  Will put some photos on tonight.

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Gallery: Adelaide Cricket and friends

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 | By anage | Photo Gallery

day 1 cricket

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 | By anage | Views [893]

Australia trip begins ! Leave Christchurch from our luxury hotel (in comparison to camper!) after spending the morning relaxing. Arrive in Melbourne on 30 th Nov, I got bag searched and forgetting I had a wooden natural form in my bag ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Preparation

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 | By florahui | Views [415]

It all starts from here. The tickets are booked for June/July 2007 so now we just have to decide on everything else! Like accommodation, all the other flights we'll be going on and the places we want to go to! And if I want to go somewhere with Kris ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

crash and burn on re-entry

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 | By nomad | Views [438]

well after 2 years on the road and countless near misses, scrapes, scars bruises, laughter, tears and of course happiness i am back on that big continent filled with kangaroos bouncing happily. although i have yet to see one which is unusual. did some ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Bowen Tomatoes

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 | By philandholly | Photo Gallery