Een klein stukje van de kust af in de Indische Oceaan ligt Rottnest Island, een soort Australisch Schiermonnikoog. Het eiland is vrijwel autovrij, iedereen fietst daar rond; het is ook niet al te groot: je kan in anderhalf uur het hele eiland rondfietsen. Langs de hele kust zijn prachtige strandjes te vinden aan het groenblauwe Read More »
It was a long drive from Kalgoorlie to Mandurah, just south of Perth. The springs on the 5th wheeler slid sideways so we had to stop for a while to fix them. Mandurah was very nice with a lot of new houses and canal housing also. We had a drive around Perth central and around Read More »
Sleep in the 5th wheeler the night we got back from Bali, small incident with the fridge being turned off……wont go there. Went straight around to Woodman Point resort to unpack and do all of the washing which took about a week. Caught up on school work and our work took of on Saturday. Tried Read More »
Aangezien het goed bevallen was heb ik nog maar een weekje in Tokyo Village geboekt. Een week moest genoeg tijd zijn om een auto te vinden en nog wat sightseeing te doen. Bovendien lag er in het hostel nog een verjaardagscadeautje te wachten van m’n special someone… een kaartje voor de Taronga Zoo! Dat ging Read More »
Candice was beside herself when she picked up her mom, and friend Arlene, from the airport. After a tearful reunion she took them straight to the Icebergs Bar overlooking Bondi beach. They seemed to overcome their jetlag really well so the next day Ed and I set the pace, showing them Sydney’s sights and sounds. Read More »
It’s amazing what you can fit into a few weeks! My preparations for South America were delayed beautifully by my decision to buy a property. That organised, now it’s time to really prepare for my 7th July departure date. A few things to do first however, move out of the rental property and throw all Read More »
To get from Vietnam to Australia I would need to take four flights across three days, and whilst some might have considered this an ordeal, I was looking forward to it. I enjoy flying and I’d spend a night in Bangkok, which by this point was Mecca. I would also get a chance to spend Read More »
Let me just say that Air New Zealand rocks!! 78 movies to choose from and not a full flight making an 11 hour flight not seem so long! After a heavy duty customs process (they don’t make it easy to get into Oz from Ithe States!), including the question, “where were you three years ago?” Read More »
i) ate Kellogg’s Special K for breakfast, ii) bought my weekly travel pass at the train station, iii) sat 10 feet away from the Dalai Lama while he spoke about the responsibility mankind has for the world we live in, iv) cursed myself for forgetting to take any meat out of the freezer this morning Read More »
Having a ticket with Air New Zealand meant travelling from Hong Kong to Auckland and then on to Sydney. It was a long day!!Sydney is as spectacular as the pictures but we were surprised by how green the city is with large parks such as Hyde Park and the Botanical Gardens and loads of others Read More »
