Way Way Stay

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 27 Jun 2008 | Views [52]

It’s funny in life how some situations that you find yourself in at first seem disappointing or bad and then all of a sudden you find yourself stumbling into something better than your original plans. I was booked into stay with a host farm and had ... Read more >

Crossed Legged in Kendell

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 27 Jun 2008 | Views [38]

Sitting crossed legged on the floor for about 40 mins without moving sounds easy but as I found, while attempting my first true meditation session, a great deal of mindful concentration and relaxation is needed to maintain the position for any length ... Read more >

Farmstay, Lynch Ville. As the locals call it.

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [70] | Comments [1]

A farm stay was just what I needed after staying in the hostels for a few weeks. The shift from the towns into the bush was quick and dramatic. Thick greenery of the bush surrounds me as I travel the hour or so journey from Newcastle to Kooloomba with ... Read more >

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Rainedin in Newcastle

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [69]

After three nights in a hostel in Newcastle I was glad to be heading to the airport to be picked up by my farm stay helpex host. I arrived in Newcastle, after a very reasonably priced train journey from the Blue Mountains in the rain and left in ... Read more >

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The Three Sisters hiding underneath misty skirts

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [87]

Blue Mountains, Katoomba Mist On a morning that saw Katoomba shrouded in thick fog, I set off for a walk along the Prince Henry cliff walk to Echo Point.   The weather forecast for the four days I have booked isn’t looking good, so when faced ... Read more >

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Landing into your first Sydney bed

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 15 Apr 2008 | Views [118]

Landing in Sydney after 26 hours couped up in a plane can be a little of a shock as your immediately thrown into a city that has all the similar traits of a busy city with the added population of backpackers and travellers. Coming from the north east ... Read more >

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Hi, where are you from? cool, where have you been?

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 11 Apr 2008 | Views [146]

Similar to conversations with taxi drivers, a hostel conversation is renowned the world over. Where are you from? and where are you going? Tend to be the required questions we should all ask our fellow hostellers when staying in any hostel and in any ... Read more >

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