 | Getting out of the airport
2004-02-15, Sydney, Australia. By: marisaAusi | | So we get off the plane and have to walk about 20 minutes to get to the baggage claim. We finally reach the baggage claim and there are hundreds of bags coming out, and we dont see ours for quite a wh... |
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 | Of at last
2004-02-18, Nambucca, Australia. By: terryglend | | Friday 6th January
Well the time to go has finally come, it has been a frustrating start to our adventure because it’s taken Nissan a month to work out that my injector pump was US and have it reb... |
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 | The Red Center
2004-01-04, Alice Springs, Australia. By: iqjourney | | Still in the Northern Territory we took a flight to the center of Australia to view the natural wonders of Ayers Rock (or Uluru).
This region holds onto the true Outback spirit. The skyscrapers ar... |
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 | The Top End
2003-12-28, Darwin, Australia. By: iqjourney | | Like Arnhem land in the northern part of Australia, Kakadu National Park belongs to traditional Aboriginal owners. It has superb landscapes, wildlife and some of the best Aboriginal Rock Art. It also ... |
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 | Sep - Dec 03
2003-12-27, Cairns, Australia. By: nmid | | Plans changed slightly when i got here and we decided to tour the country with a bit more freedom so we bought a Toyota Hiace Campervan. Its 20 years old but runs really well and has everything you ne... |
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 | Aussie's Riviera
2003-12-20, Brisbane, Australia. By: iqjourney | | FROM BOTH OF US, TO ALL OF YOU: A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
Brisbane is Australia's up and coming city. It's the city that consistently records the highest rates of populat... |
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 | On my own.
2003-11-14, Mount Glorious, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | Friday morning, after a nice long walk through the rainforest with Katie and Zammy, a bacon and egg breakfast, and a farewell gift of a jar of cranberry sauce (for a Thanksgiving turkey sandwich!) I h... |
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| Hit the Road
2003-11-13, Mount Glorious, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | After a quick seminar on which fluids to keep topped up in my van by Alex Richards, I waved goodbye to the Pinjarra Hills house and headed west, to Atkinson Damn. A few days earlier I had decided tha... |
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 | World famous operahouse
2003-11-24, Sydney, Australia. By: iqjourney | | With the time difference, we lost Sunday somewhere over the ocean, between Hawaii and Australia during the 10 hour flight. Hope we can catch it back later.....
We also lost some of our photos in Ma... |
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 | Nearly there
2003-11-21, Noraville, Australia. By: terryglend | | 1 Month 23 days to go
We picked the caravan up on Friday and took it home to Noraville, set it up and spent the weekend in it trying to work out what we’ve got to put in it and were it’s all going to... |
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 | Day 1
2003-11-14, Melbourne, Australia. By: spongeinc | | About Croajingolong National Park Trip
This trip was organised by the Faculty of Education and is part of the International Students Outdoors Program. Croajingolong National Park is located in East G... |
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| Luck of the Locust.
2003-10-04, Beewah, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | I haven’t written in my journal in two weeks! How can that be? I think I can sum up that time with one simple phrase…car troubles. After deciding that none of the local mechanics can be trusted, I ... |
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| Weekend away to Queensland
2003-10-20, Mooloolaba, Australia. By: terryglend | | Mooloolaba
Glenda, myself, Chrissy, Graham, Aileen and Keith flew up to Mooloolaba to meet up with Phil and Jeannie.
The weekend was spent catching up, and a day trip up the coast to Noosa. P... |
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 | Sydney & Melbourne Down Under
2003-10-07, Sydney, Australia. By: vicalact | | Flying into Sydney has to be the finest introduction to Australia imaginable. Look out your window and it’s all there: the dramatic city skyline, the deep blue of the harbor spread into scores of inl... |
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 | Van Troubles
2003-09-20, Beerwah, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | What a week. Thursday afternoon I purchased my very own 1991, beat up old, Mitsubishi L300 van. It’s white with scraped-off remnants of an electrical company logo on the side and cow-print seat cove... |
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| Zen Garden
2003-09-16, Beerwah, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | What a long day! After staying up late hassling my bank to extend my withdrawal limit (so I can buy a van), and getting up early so I could call Paul at an reasonable hour (he wasn’t home), and then ... |
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| Delivering for Dominos.
2003-09-15, Beerwah, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | My first day volunteering at Australia Zoo… After leaving my motel room at twenty to 7:00 this morning, I reached the reptile lover’s Mecca that is the Australia Zoo just as other volunteers both new ... |
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| Beerwah ho!
2003-09-14, Beerwah, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | Well, just as I was starting to get comfortable again, it was time to leave. So this morning I gathered up my insects from the Richards’ freezer and we headed north to Beerwah and the Glass House Mou... |
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 | Ben Lee Down Under.
2003-09-13, Brisbane, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | Today Jan and I spent a lot of time looking through the classified ads for a van for me to buy. When John got home we went to check out a 1990 Mitsubishi something-or-other, which I got to test drive... |
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 | Dwarf Minke Whales and Giant Potato Cod!
2003-06-20, Cairns, Australia. By: Flyin_scot | | After a few weeks of not too much happening in Cairns apart
from eating, sleeping and reading I decided it was time to
get back out on the reef. So after some good fortune, I
jumped for a 5 day... |
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 | Darwin - Brisbane
2003-09-15, Brisbane, Australia. By: exploreoz | | Darwin - Edith Falls NP - Mt Isa - Normanton (Savannah Way) - Mission Beach
- Townsville -
Bowen - Airlie Beach (Whitsunday Islands) - Mackay - Yeppoon - Town of 1770
- Inskip Point -
Fraser I... |
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| Seeking Sanctuary
2003-07-01, Sanctuary at Mission, Queensland, Australia. By: Flyin_scot | | Back in the day when I was living and working in the small rown of
Douai, France, I spent a great deal of my free and not so free time
resxearching my round the world trip. The internet provides ... |
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 | Full of bugs
2003-09-07, Noosa, Australia. By: KatyAbroad | | I cannot believe I’m in Australia! My day began at 3:45 this morning when I woke up after only 3 hours of sleep. I woke the house up to say goodbye, & then Mike took me back to the Auckland airport ... |
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