Destination: Australia

Sydney and Canberra

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 | By george | Views [4484]

After Bali, arriving in the slick, ordered, affluent and surprisingly chilly world of Sydney's CBD was quite a contrast.  I stayed in a rickety old pub/hotel right in the middle of the business district, just a few minutes from the Opera House and ... Read more >

Tags: canberra, sydney

Snapping Handbags

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By crocbait | Views [1641]

While traveling thoughout Cape York Penisula in Australia, you have to be wary of the very large snapping handbags that patrol the waters. During an early morning walk along the banks of the Normanby River in Lakefield National park, I was brought out ... Read more >

Tags: crocodile

Catch up

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 | By jessicaandluke | Views [1638]

Forster: Lani’s Caravan Park (7days) Our first stop was Foster; we left home around 10 with Mel and Darbs waving us off. On our trip up we were even treated to a pod off dolphins playing around as we drove past Karuah. We had been to Forster on ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Navimag - puerto montt to puerto natales

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1185]

Hola All, We are in puerto natales about 1500km south of purto montt after spending 4 days travelling on the ship puerto eden. Staying at erratic rock hostel. Day 1. Ship leaves at 4pm and boards at 230pm. I was a bit grumpy as we had traded in our ... Read more >

Remembering Douglas Ord

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By mogsie08-09 | Views [1006]

After a fantastic flight, and with my now customary post-flight thoughts of gratitude to Douglas Ord and Peter Hughes, I landed back in Australia for the third time, and 10 years almost to the day since my first visit. A landmark that at one time was ... Read more >

Amazing Shark Bay

Wed, 15 Mar 2017 | By camilleandjamie | Views [828]

Hey everybody, welcome back to our blog (the first one written by Jamie)!   Our last few weeks have once again been packed full of adventures and we have had an amazing time exploring the coastal areas between Cervantes and Shark Bay.... Read more >

Why, Will? What's wrong with you?!

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 | By wilski | Views [817]

"You can't drive around with a tiger in yer car, you can't drive around with a tiger in yer car, you can't drive round wif a tiger in yer car, but you can be happy if you've a mind to" ~ Roger Miller, from the song 'You Can't Roller-skate In ... Read more >

Sacred Valley

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [796]

Hola Amigos, Day started well with more coca tea...hope we don´t get drug tested before the inca trail. Superb day. Day tour of sacred valley starting at Saqsaywaman which is a large inca ruin situated above cuzco. Our guide told us that it was the ... Read more >

Lima 4

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [749] | Comments [1]

Hola Amigos, One more taxi story. Last night we had a taxi driver with rat cunning. It was peak hour traffic when we left the hotel and once on the freeway the driver saw an opportunity. He went up the off ramp down the road about 100m then down the ... Read more >

For those of you still at work on Monday...

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By dianasaurus | Views [565]

It's Tuesday morning down here already!  8:32 a.m.  Around 8 p.m. last night I hopped into bed and then 7:30 a.m. rolled out of it.  On the downside, my roommate in the bunk below me snores like no other.  On the upside, her snoring prevented me from ... Read more >

Brisbane to Taipei

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 | By erin_johnston | Views [358]

Flight to Taiepi was fairly uneventful - saw a sniffer-dog pick up a guy in the customs line (however, later saw him strolling towards a gate so guess it was a false positive by the doggy). 8 and a half hours was a long time to be sitting down, had a ... Read more >

Gallery: Back in Melbourne

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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship