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Fri, 6 Jul 2007 | By BigTripBlog | Views [1590]
Val: To reach the Reef, you have to take a boat tour off the coast of Queensland. We chose one from Cairns, the tropical tourist town to the north, to Green Island. The entire island is a national park with rainforest and surrounded by the reef. It ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, ambassador van
Sat, 24 Apr 2010 | By lisamorrison | Views [1335]
Songkran is Thailand’s most celebrated festival – the passing of the traditional Thai New Year. Even though Thais now celebrate New Year on December 31 st , the astrological calendar is still recognized and is a public holiday. Beginning on the 11 th ... Read more >
Tags: buddhist, culture, new year, water
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [959]
Hi All, We stayed in Chiang Mai for a couple more days before heading back to Bangkok. We went for a swim in the pool, and a chat to a norwegan diplomat at the hostel one morning which was quite nice but in the afternoon I found that I couldn't hear ... Read more >
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 | By lijanne13 | Views [817]
Flight was fine from Auckland, even got breakfast on the plane, not bad for a 50pound flight! Had to leave ACB Backpackers at 4.30am to get the bus which was subsequently late so left me standing on the main drag surrounded by drunk ppl coming home from ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 | By sarahreinertsen | Views [740]
Exactly one year from departing Australia, I returned to Adelaide on an overnight flight from Singapore. It was a beautiful March day - as most March days in Adelaide are - and I was excited to bring my trip full circle, as it were. Despite my lack ... Read more >
Tags: australia, culture shock
Thu, 8 May 2008 | By marge | Views [555] | Comments [1]
So a few things. The first being that yesterday when we were in the uni. shop, Lindsay pointed at a bin full of highlighters. It was buy one get one free yellow and green highlighters, bundled together as a set if, and only if, you're a DUSA member.... Read more >
Tue, 6 May 2014 | By tottie | Views [536]
we should be enjoying Singapore. We have had one drama in our planning. Because (a) there is no Chinese Visa service in Adelaide, and (b) I knew I could easily arrange for the Chinese Visa in Brisbane, I had my sister post her Passport ... Read more >
Tags: australia post, passport, visa
Mon, 8 Nov 2010 | By bucko | Views [407]
Local time 11.30pm. Have been awake since 4.45am in order to catch the sun rising at Angkor Wat. Truly extraordinary. Feels like I have packed more activities into today (including 45km bicycle ride, boat ride, canoe ride, swim, night markets) than the ... Read more >
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 | By prisca | Views [379]
Haven't written much lately and I thought everyone would have lost interest by now but I still think it's interesting to document what i've seen and done in this crazy country. After an extended stay in Byron I finally got on the road again. I arrived ... Read more >
Mon, 8 Dec 2014 | By excellentadventure | Views [327] | Comments [1]
Sam + Deano equipped us with these sweet treats for travel
Totally doing that every time!
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 | By jameshb | Views [312] | Video | Scholarship Entry
My trip to India in early 2014 with Anna Zhu was the turning point for me in wanting to become a documentary filmmaker. Its been my only filmmaking trip to date, and though it was not for a documentary project, I filmed constantly in an attempt to capture ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Sat, 3 May 2014 | By | Views [118] | Scholarship Entry
I have spent the past 2 June/July breaks in Europe. The first with my best friend was my first overseas trip and involved such adventures as spending 3 days on a boat, skinny dipping at 5am in Mykonos with a group of 20 and a masquerade party in Venice ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 18 Nov 2014 | By callumd95 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Callum is a very close friend of mine who has a major passion for photography which is why I am entering him in this competition. Every hike we take in the Dandenong ranges he is always traveling off course to get the best shot possible, even if it results ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By lov2roam | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Hello, i've been interested in taking photos for a while now. Here are a few photos from around Sydney. You should choose me because I would find the experience invaluable to my life I have always been interested in photography, mainly because I am ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By auaround | Photo Gallery
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