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Thu, 26 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [345]
This morning we started off at the park in Launceston to see the collection of Japanese Macaques and then we headed out to the Pyengana cheese farm for tastings of five of their cheddars and a milkshake. The cows are very happy as they get their back ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, on the road
Wed, 25 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [394]
This morning we drove to the Cradle Mountain National Park. Here we did a 3 hour walk up to Marion's lookout. This was a steep and rough climb which had a chain to help clamber up the steep sections, but it really wasn't hard. We walked ... Read more >
Tags: city, food, mountains, walking
Tue, 24 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [354]
This morning our first stop was the lake at Tullah. The mist was just clearing and created a beautiful effect on the water. We were lucky enough to see a platypus swimming along as well!
We drove past the extinct town called Williamsford, ... Read more >
Tags: beach, on the road, walk, waterfall
Mon, 23 Feb 2015 | By meriadoc262 | Views [193]
The weather finally started to clear up a little bit. Friday was finally the time to head out to the reef. I booked a little tour doing snorkeling on the outer reef. The tour was through Compass Cruises, a nice little (apparently) family owned group.... Read more >
Mon, 23 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [335]
This morning I started my 5 day tour of Tasmania. We left Hobart at 7.15am and after introductions, the group of 14 of us, including tour leader Jacob and his girlfriend Marjorie, set out to the Mount Field National Park. Here we did a short walk ... Read more >
Tags: lakes, mountains, rivers, walks
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 | By mslimalicious | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 1 whole chicken ½ cup of fresh coriander (thinly chopped) ½ cup of fresh parsley (thinly chopped) 2 red onions (thinly sliced) ½ cup of olive oil Juice of half a lemon 2 preserved lemons (quartered) 2 tsp of rock salt 1 tsp of black pepper ...
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Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [288]
Yesterday morning was an early start to get to my 7.30am train from Sydney to Melbourne. This was an uneventful 11 hour journey.
I arrived in Melbourne in the evening and went straight to South Yarra to the Claremont Guesthouse.
Today was ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Sat, 21 Feb 2015 | By teresa421 | Views [448] | Comments [1]
Keep the sea on your right yelled the captain when he dropped our small mixed group off on shore as he sped off. I will meet you at half past 12 at barker bay...our group of 8 trudged through the ankle deep water to shore where we put on our walking ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 | By emilyw | Views [453]
I've been sitting here listening to the Beatles on my iPod and I've suddenly had the urge to start writing out what's happened to me in the last week. I've been stuck here in Sydney for about five days now, despite the fact that I should be halfway up ... Read more >
Tags: car, crash, greyhound, hire, sydney
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [354]
An early start this morning for the Blue Mountains Tour, departing 7am! The first stop was the featherdale wildlife park. Here I hand fed wallabies. I also saw wallabies, echidnas, dingo, cassowary, wombats, inland taipan (the world's most deadly ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, river, wildlife
Thu, 19 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [252]
After a two hour drive out of Sydney back near Newcastle we arrived in the Hunter Valley, a group of 20, for a day of wine tasting in the oldest wine region.
Starting at Drayton's family estate which was established in 1853. Here we sampled ... Read more >
Tags: vineyards
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [248]
I left Byron Bay at lunchtime yesterday and after 6 hours on the bus I had a brief stop over in Port Macquarie. It wasn't long enough to look around much but it was a nice place and the ozzie pozzie was a great backpacker to stay at.
It ... Read more >
Tags: city
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 | By emeliamc | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients Mascarpone Icecream: 250 ml milk 3 egg yolks 75 g sugar 180 g mascarponeApple and Lemon Jelly: 600 g Granny Smith apples, juiced plus 1 apple for garnish 360 g lemons, juiced 3 titanium leaves gelatine, softened in iced waterLemon Verbena ...
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Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 | By bevanvahland | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients FOR THE TWO HOP STEW: 2 wild caught rabbits 2 brown onions 500g of homemade salami 1 teaspoon of dried chilli flakes 3 young garlic shoots 1 stork of fresh sage 1 stork of fresh rosemary 3 tablespoons of toasted paanch phoran spice 1 lemon ...
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Tags: 2015 passport & plate: sri lanka
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 | By wander-wonder | Views [241]
It felt really good to be back in Oz. I've got great memories from when I visited Perth in my teenage years so I got very excited to finally be in eastern Australia visiting places I've dreamt about coming to for a very long time. I flew into ... Read more >
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