AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 12 Jun 2008 | Views [1437]
Thursday 12th June We didn't have a particularly early start that day, but we eventually got ourselves organised and headed out for a day of touring about the local area. Mum, Dad, Marie-Therese and I were joined by Seamus McCarthy's sister Mary ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 11 Jun 2008 | Views [728]
Wednesday 11th June I was up at 07.30 and said goodbye to Liz & Iain before they set off for work. I took my time in packing my bag and getting myself in order. I went out for a walk along the coastal path, strolling along the clifftops about ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | Views [625]
Tuesday 10th June I had a bit of a lie-in, getting up at 08.30. I did some laundry and then headed into Bondi Junction to take a look for some jeans, which I badly needed as the only pair I had taken away with me were becoming threadbare. I wandered ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | Views [637]
Monday 9th May We got up and out early and took the bus to Watsons Bay, a lovely district in the north-east of the city, and which has a nice walk and some great views of the centre. It was a beautiful morning and we hung out there for an hour or ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 8 Jun 2008 | Views [677]
Sunday 8th June I was up at 06.30, a bit on the early side considering I hadn't slept much the night before on my way to Sydney, but I had arranged to meet up with Sangita and Tania, the two Aussie girls I had met in Thailand in February. I took ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 6 Jun 2008 | Views [720]
Friday 6th & Saturday 7th June My last day in Darwin proved to be so mind-numbingly boring that the couple of hours I spent hanging out by the pool just dragged and dragged. I had checked out of my room at 09.30 and stored my stuff there for ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [758]
Thursday 5th June After another morning spent hanging out and not doing very much, a bunch of guys from the various hostels in Darwin met in the park for a few games of football, organised by the staff from 'The Vic' nightclub. I teamed up with ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 4 Jun 2008 | Views [647]
Wednesday 4th June There wasn't a great deal to look forward to in Darwin except more relaxation. Most of the folk in the hostel were either working or just lazing about the pool and this came as quite a contrast to the period of activity that I ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2008 | Views [971]
Tuesday 3rd June The day started off as quiet as the one before. I had some food, sat on the internet for a bit, and generally passed the time before we were due to leave on our crocodile trip later in the day. The bus from the 'Spectacular Jumping ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 2 Jun 2008 | Views [776]
Monday 2nd June
I was up about 09.30, went to the shop to get some food and returned to the hostel to do some laundry. Daniele was dying of a hangover and nobody else was up for doing much anyway, so we played pool in the hostel for a few hours ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [1769]
Sunday 1st June It had been a particuarly cold night and I woke up in a foetal position, and with the bed covers over my head and my fleece on in order to to maximise the warmth. We got up in the dark at 06.00 and scampered onto the bus in the hope ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 31 May 2008 | Views [1049]
Saturday 31st May After spending two nights at 'Parry's Creek Farm', we packed up our stuff and got back on the bus, heading north on our journey towards Katherine where we were due an overnight stay, our last before we finally arrived in Darwin.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [710]
Friday 30th May We were up early once more, this time at 06.00, to get on the road and make the most of the day around Kununurra. Although we were staying for two nights at 'Parry's Creek Farm', we had a decent distance to travel on the bus that ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Views [1925] | Comments [1]
Thursday 29th May We got packed up and left the campsite at Fitzroy Crossing at 07.00, and continued on our journey east. We were passing through an area of WA known as 'The Kimberley', a vast area of wilderness with the odd place of interest thrown ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [1980]
Wednesday 28th May The ER bus picked me up bang on time at 06.45, and I took this as a good sign that our driver for the next few days – a young guy called Jono – was going to be an improvement on Val, our driver on the Exmouth-Broome leg of the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 27 May 2008 | Views [700]
Tuesday 27th May It felt good to have a 'day off' from travelling ahead of me (I was due to get back on the ER bus the next morning on the Broome-Darwim route), and I spent the morning doing some laundry and food shopping before I took the bus out ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 26 May 2008 | Views [731]
Monday 26th May We left the Pardoo Roadhouse at 07.30 and set off on the long, straight Great Northern Highway towards Broome. There wasn't much on the itinerary for the day apart from more driving, but we did have an early morning stop at 'Eighty ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Views [1642]
Sunday 25th May I had set my alarm for 05.30 so I could get up, wake myself properly with a shower, and meet the other guys who had dragged themselves out of bed at such an early hour to take a walk through the bush to witness the sunrise. I had ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 24 May 2008 | Views [1464]
Saturday 24th May I checked out of the hostel at 07.00 and got on the bus with about fifteen other people, but all of them were new to me at best up until the day before, so it felt odd to be on a bus full of 'strangers'. Our new driver was an older ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 23 May 2008 | Views [905]
Friday 23rd May
I had slept pretty well during the night and was up at
05.30, and waited for the Ningaloo Reef Dreaming bus to pick me up at the
reception. This particular dive at the Navy Pier was considered a very special
one, and is ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 22 May 2008 | Views [572]
Thursday 22nd May I had gone to bed after the football at 06.00 but couldn't really sleep as I was still on a high at the thought of United being European champions once again. I got up again at 08.30 to see if the replay was on the TV in the camp ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 21 May 2008 | Views [1075]
Wednesday 21st May I was up at 06.15, got myself ready for another days diving and said goodbye to some of the guys that were leaving on the ER bus towards Broome. I was sorry to see them go as they were great fun but I also had a lot of fun stuff ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 20 May 2008 | Views [815]
Tuesday 20th May It was another early start that day, and I was picked up by the Ningaloo Reef Dreaming mini-bus at 07.15. We were off to dive on the Ningaloo Reef itself, and there were four of us in total, including a girl called Karen from Melbourne ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 19 May 2008 | Views [835]
Monday 19th May I was up about 06.15 to get ready before the 'Ningaloo Reef Dreaming' bus picked me and a group of other people up from the campsite to take us out for a day of 'whale sharking'. There was already a crowd of people gathered at reception, ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 18 May 2008 | Views [1245]
Sunday 18th May I was up at 08.30, packed my stuff and went for breakfast at the nearby cafe before getting onto the ER bus at 10.00. We had a new driver, a guy called Rob, and a different, smaller bus than the one I had been on when we left from ... Read more >
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