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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 24 Jan 2011 | Views [13307] | Comments [1]
Backpackers are always easy to spot. They’ve got the massive pack on their back plus the daypack they wear around their chest in the front. Sometimes you will see a tent or sleeping bag strapped onto the back as well. You will often find their face ... Read more >
Tags: australia
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 26 Dec 2010 | Views [2330]
This Christmas Eve I got to have my photograph taken in front of a giant cod. I am thinking not too many people can say that. The gigantic cod is a large road side attraction in a town called Swan Hill, located a 4 hour drive north of Melbourne ... Read more >
Tags: australia, christmas, melbourne, swan hill
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 | Views [1859] | Comments [1]
I know that no matter where the world takes me I will always have my sister. About a half an hour ago I saw her off back home. We stood on the curb outside of our hostel in St. Kilda, a section of Melbourne by the water. We stood there and waited ten ... Read more >
Tags: australia, great ocean road, port campbell, sisters
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 11 Dec 2010 | Views [2469] | Comments [1]
Have you ever met people in your life that you immediately cliqued with? People with whom you feel careless and free and like you could conquer the world with? Certain individuals in which being with them is as easy as breathing and collectively you ... Read more >
Tags: australia, merimbula, road trip
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 11 Dec 2010 | Views [4188]
There’s a cockroach scuttling along the floor in my friend Amanda’s house. We both squeal as I stand at a distance and attempt to gas the thing with spray. In my head all I am thinking is “die die die!” Who would have thought such vicious thoughts could ... Read more >
Tags: australia, woy woy
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 25 Nov 2010 | Views [2134]
“Whinging” is an expression used in Australia for complaining. It’s my understanding that the expression is used mostly if you complain a lot. I guess in “Jersey-speak” we would call it “bitching and moaning”. I’m sorry to say I’ve been doing ... Read more >
Tags: australia, blue mountains, katoomba
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 | Views [3462] | Comments [1]
It’s almost midnight and I am shining a torch into a dumpster behind a Coles supermarket in Katoomba, Australia. Katoomba is a small mountain town an hour train ride from Sydney. I am accompanied by 3 people I have just met a few hours ago. ... Read more >
Tags: australia, blue mountains, couchsurfing, katoomba
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 | Views [2341] | Comments [5]
I haven’t written in awhile. To be honest it’s because I don’t have much to say. Australia is beautiful. The beaches are lovely, sand is white, the ocean is deep blue. Being here has been a great holiday and incredibly relaxing. In terms ... Read more >
Tags: australia, coffs harbour, women solo traveling
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 9 Nov 2010 | Views [2157] | Comments [5]
I decided that my last meal in Darwin was going to be fish and chips. I hadn’t had any in awhile and I was craving it (and the price was right too!) I went to an outdoor take away place where they served me 3 massive pieces of mackerel on heaps of fries.... Read more >
Tags: aboriginals, australia, darwin
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010 | Views [1903] | Comments [1]
Today I celebrated Halloween at the top end of Australia - Kakadu National Park to be exact. It’s the first time on my trip that I have somewhat missed home. It just doesn’t quite feel like Halloween here - with temperatures in the 90’s and no fall ... Read more >
Tags: australia, darwin, outback
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 27 Oct 2010 | Views [2244] | Comments [2]
Most Americans arrive in Australia by way of Sydney or Melbourne. Their first sights of the country are the typical Sydney opera house and the sandy white beaches. I’m sure that there is tons of touristy stuff there promoting Australia - the ... Read more >
Tags: australia, perth
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