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Melbourne and Around

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By george | Views [5310] | Comments [5]

Arriving in Australia for the first time, things started well when the beach-babe immigration woman stamped my passport, smiled and said 'see you later' in an enthusiastic Australian voice. Getting from the airport to my city-centre hostel was cheap ... Read more >

Tags: grampians, great ocean road, melbourne, phillip island, wilsons prom

shark, mantaray, shark, kingfish, shark, shark

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By skitobe | Views [2615]

Descending slowly, you see them cruising below you. They are grey nurse sharks and there are lots of them! Sleek and smooth, like docile underwater greyhounds, they just cruise past: above, below and beside you. Swimming with the strong cold currents, ... Read more >

Tags: diving, sharks, worldnomads

A weekend in Paris

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 | By lisaf | Views [1294]

OK, so I wasn't quite Belle from Beauty and the Beast opening my Parisian windows and singing "good morning" to the village.... but I did open my Parisian window one crispy Autumn morning and I called out "Gaston" to whoever was around (thankfully ... Read more >

Tags: walking around paris

Heavenly Paradise

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [831]

Disappointed in myself that I’ve written nothing of late, I decided to give myself something to write about: a journey to the world’s most beautiful island. Every year for my birthday I like to shout myself a journey to someplace special.... Read more >

Banos2

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [776]

Hola Amigos, Day 1 - water levels were too high so canyoning was abandoned. The group went into banos for some exploring and to get a backlog of stinky clothes washed. The town had a lot of melcocha, chewy toffee, makers who were working their craft ... Read more >

11 out of 15

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By wayne | Views [591]

Australia is home to 11 of the worlds 15 most deadly snakes. Apparently by nature they are all quite shy and only bite when suprised or threatened. That's good to know as soon I'll be in the rurals where these guys live. Got this photo at the Taronga ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Getting started in Australia

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 | By rich | Views [522]

We get into the swing of things pretty quickly in Oz. Within 4 weeks of arriving, we've explored the city, found a flat, started working, AND learned the lingo. For the last one, there's a simple tip: add an 'o' to the end of pretty much any word. ... Read more >

What happened to Sydney?

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By cattopp | Views [498]

I know that talking about the weather is just so very, well, British and that I'm here on my Australian passport and should start acting more like an Aussie rather than a Brit on holiday. But. Seriously. What is going on? It has been raining for the ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Freedom

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 | By nicci86 | Views [459]

I'm now officially unemployed and it feels GREAT! Good bye corporate world and workplace politics. Welcome freedom and travel (well, for now anyway...). Get me on the plane right now! I'm Out Bitches

counting down

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By wild_blue | Views [419]

Test pack today - shoving coats and jumpers into the bags and reading reports of gales and blizzards in Scotland - hard to fathom as the hot sun and cool breeze makes the pool so inviting... 18 days to go!!!

Tags: Adventures

Organising...

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By jo_hits_world | Views [415]

Only a little while now! Picked up my tickets the other day, which are paper unfortunately, so I have to be careful. Also worked out how I'm going to get my money over there, banks are expensive poo heads. So not worth it. Oh and got my hair cut ! ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Forty fizzler

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 | By jj_devries | Views [389] | Comments [3]

I was excited in the prospect of celebrating my birthday in my country of birth and in the season I was born. Of course things don't always go to plan! I suddenly started getting sick morning of my birthday (after waking yet again at 4.20am and bouncing ... Read more >