Trip: Round the Pacific
There are [72] stories from my trip: Round the Pacific
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 5 Jan 2014 | Views [773]
This is one of my favourite experiences so far. Set amid Hobbiton countryside, the Waitomo caves are a must-do. We chose to see them by cave-tubing, which is where you put in a wetsuit, helmet and head torch and jump into the cold river with your inner ... Read more >
Tags: caves
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 4 Jan 2014 | Views [311]
We arrived in Auckland on the 3rd Jan, still buzzing from the Sydney fireworks. Auckland for us was a bit of a disappointing start to New Zealand. sure, it has the Sky Tower where you can walk round a little platform 200metres high, but it was so expensive ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 1 Jan 2014 | Views [357]
What a way to welcome in the New Year and yes, the fireworks were indeed spectacular.
We started with a boat trip from our luxurious apartment down the Paramatta river into Sydney Harbour. It was a real festival mood with hundreds and thousands of ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 29 Dec 2013 | Views [1379]
The Blue Mountains - never heard of them but so glad we came. Two hours out of Sydney is a high sandstone plateau, carved into canyons and cliffs by rivers which now tumble thousands of feet over the edges. Covered with trees and plants only ever seen ... Read more >
Tags: blue mountains, trekking
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 27 Dec 2013 | Views [1779]
Thanks to my very generous colleagues at Severnside Housing, we spent a fab morning kayaking in Byron Bay. The surf was fortunately quite calm as we paddled as furiously as Maori war canoeists to get out from the beach (singing Hawaii five-oh - well ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 22 Dec 2013 | Views [378]
Spent a day at Steve Irwin's zoo, founded by the late great man himself, he of crocodile and snake hunting fame - "crikey he's the most venomous dangerous snake in the world, let me just pick him up and put him near my face" - that Steve Irwin.
Yes, ... Read more >
Tags: koala, steve irwin
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 14 Dec 2013 | Views [780]
We went out ona boat to Lady Musgrave Island on the outer Great Barrier Reef, this place is simply paradise with a sting up its sleeve. The reef encircles a coral island and large seawater lagoon, perfect for diving and snorkelling. The sands are pure ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 10 Dec 2013 | Views [369]
amazing experience watching turtles lay their eggs on a moonlit beach at Mon Repos near Bunderburg. We watched one Loggerhead turtle (about one metre long) come up the beach, dig a deep hole with her flippers and lay 131 eggs in it before burying them ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 9 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
UK to Australia
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 9 Dec 2013 | Views [354]
Finally, house sold, contents stored, rucksacks packed and ready to go - all 35 hours of travel by train, plane and foot from Shrewsbury UK to Brisbane, Australia.
Brisbane is a very relaxed, friendly and civilised city full of parks, museums, galleries ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 5 Dec 2013 | Views [407]
This was the painful yet exciting bit - leaving our family, friends and home, with just a rucksack each containing everything we might need for a year.
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 29 Nov 2013 | Views [466]
Lunches every day this week, catching up with friends and relatives, poor Adam has been left to do all the packing, booking and planning so far. Getting there, getting excited, nervous and feeling a little sick! What are we doing, selling the house, ... Read more >
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