Destination: Australia

Perth

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 | By whitneyj | Views [1135]

For some reason my heart always seems to heed the call of the earlier pioneers to head west. This time instead of Colorado, it was Perth, WA. The capital city of the largest of the seven states, Western Australia, it's population is just under 1.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Back to Brisbane

Thu, 24 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1084]

As we were debating whether to spend our last day in Vanuatu cruising around the island in a rental car or sailing to one of the offshore islands, Connie started feeling ill.  Food poisoning, stomach flu, Mele's Revenge?  Whatever, we stayed close to ... Read more >

Gorgeous Gorges

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [799]

Karijini is another place in that long list of very special places in my book. Whilst I originally planned on two nights in the park, my new Danish friend Annie suggested doing three or more. After all the drama yesterday I really had no choice. Yesterday ... Read more >

Sydney CBD, Manly & The Rocks

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By rich | Views [504]

We start the day a bit earlier than we managed to yesterday and this gives us time to jump on a bus into Sydney’s CBD (city business district) before we've even had lunch! It's immediately obvious how different this city is from Melbourne - there's ... Read more >

Day 2

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 | By westcoast2010 | Views [307]

  Woke up to a Beautiful Morning, the Bay was as flat as a millpond, the Sun was just rising the sky was clear to the North, to the South there were 2 beautiful Rainbows beneath the ominous grey clouds. On no - its spitting, its spitting. Time to decide ... Read more >

My 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip entry

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ozdiary | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry

I will never forget the day that I arrived in Sydney, the city that would have begun the most beautiful experience of my life and that would have changed it forever. After a few days I have understood the the Australia and Australians belong to a special ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

packing a suitcase and crazy check lists

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 | By me | Views [234] | Comments [2]

Now packing up my house was a big deal, leaving my students was hard, saying goodbye to friends was tough, driving to Brisbane was gruelling, but the hardest part of my preparation for Cambodia is packing the suitcase and the check lists that go along ... Read more >

Dust, check; flies, check; stifling heat, check.

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry

At first glance, you may think that you have landed on the moon or perhaps that you have entered the film set of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi. In fact, you have arrived in Outback Australia, a place where the term ‘wide open space’ is taken to a whole new ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Lake Mountain

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry

It was my first and only time ever visiting the snow and it was the worst experience of my life. We had travelled 3 hours plus to this location and by this time the main mountain were closed and there was only one open. Heaps of kids and family were on ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Gallery: Evans Head

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 | By blue_skies | Photo Gallery

Photos: Safari Sisters take 2

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 | By mekikepilala | Photo Gallery

Photos: DeeTouring DownUnder

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 | By deetours | Photo Gallery

Photos: Gold Coast

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 | By prisca | Photo Gallery

Photos: Outback Road Trip

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 | By wanderandshare | Photo Gallery

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 | By saskia_eisermann | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: travel photography scholarship 2013