AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [4894]
As the road south from the climbing and trekking Mecca of
Grampians National Park spilled out onto the ocean a few hours later, we knew
our World Nomads Ambassador adventure was coming to an end. But it wasn’t a sad
moment, because we plan to ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [4830]
When we rolled into Lightning Ridge , after a series of unfortunate and displeasing coincidences, we were ready to roll right back out the following day. I was crushed. Ever since reading about it in the Lonely Planet, I wanted to go, and was ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 4 Jul 2008 | Views [5283]
or: How Close to a Kangaroo do You Think You Can Get? “I’m sure I’ll eventually get tired of seeing all these kangaroos, but for now I just can’t get enoug h of them,” I said, as I apologetically snapped off a few more pictures at one of my many ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 21 Jun 2008 | Views [13596] | Comments [11]
Here’s how Lonely Planet primed us for the town of Nimbin:
Landing in Nimbin can
be like entering a social experiment, particularly at noon , when Byron day-trippers arrive en masse
and find themselves hectored by dreadlocked, tie-dyed ... Read more >
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