Australia - Blogabond

Karl Goes It Alone

Meanwhile, as Dan and Sean checked out the sights in Brisbane, Surfer's Paradise, and Byron Bay, Karl flew to Sydney on his own to meet up with Pam. The early arrival in Sydney gave Karl a break from the backpacker life for a short while: hostels were replaced by smart hotels; beans on toast...

written by

Sean, Karl & Dan on December 28, 2007 from Sydney, Australia

from the travel blog: Around the world in 180 days...

Kuranda Scenic Railway

Chris says "We went on a skyrail other a big rainforest on big hills and saw lots of birds. There was two stops before the last stop there was a bored walk on the first stop with a massive tree 37m high the next stop had the amazing barron falls". Sally says "We went to the birdworld Kuranda...

written by

The Wilde Family on December 27, 2007 from Cairns, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

Boxing Day

When it rains here it REALLY rains!! We spent the day relaxing indoors (hoping that the rain would stop - it didn't!). Still we played some games at the table and the children played with their Christmas presents. Not much else to report!

written by

The Wilde Family on December 26, 2007 from South Mission Beach, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

Christmas Day

Well the big day has arrived and Shaun and Karen thought they may get a lie in as the children had seemed so exhausted the night before - how wrong they were!! At 6am precisely Chris ran down to inform us that Santa had been - luckily for us Isabel had written a lovely note to tell Santa to...

written by

The Wilde Family on December 25, 2007 from South Mission Beach, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

Spider

This is a special entry just for Andy. We have a couple of these beauties in the garden and they are called (I believe) St Andrew's Cross spiders. There are about 3" across. Nikki (Andy's wife) would have to peel him off the ceiling after seeing one of these :) .

written by

The Wilde Family on December 25, 2007 from South Mission Beach, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

Christmas in Australia - BBQ on the beach!

With Karl in Sydney with Pam, Dan and Sean traveled to Surfers Paradise for Christmas... When we turned up at our new hostel, Sean was greeted with two massive boxes of Christmas pressies sent by his mum, dad and sister. In total there were 36 presents including lots of chocolate, alcohol and...

written by

Sean, Karl & Dan on December 25, 2007 from Surfers Paradise, Australia

from the travel blog: Around the world in 180 days...

Christmas Eve

Well it is Christmas Eve which feels pretty strange when you are sitting in this heat. Today Shaun received a pass out to the Great Barrier Reef to see his friends in the sea. At long last he swam with a shark!! Sally is pleased to report that the Ozzie tooth fairy came and left her $2...

written by

The Wilde Family on December 24, 2007 from South Mission Beach, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

Great Barrier Reef

At last Shaun finally gets to sink into the Great Barrier Reef to see his beloved fishy friends!We spent the day on the Calypso dive boat about an hour from the mainland. Karen and Chris saw some wonderful fish when snorkelling. We spotted Nemo and Dory and also saw a huge sea cucumber, some...

written by

The Wilde Family on December 23, 2007 from South Mission Beach, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

Koalas and Togas!

Once we'd finished hiking around Steve Irwin's zoo (cuddling stupid grey spotty bears, watching crocodile feeding and Dan throwing berries in crocs mouths while they were trying to sleep), after another early hungover start and long bus journey we made it to Brisbane! Away from the beaches...

written by

Sean, Karl & Dan on December 23, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia

from the travel blog: Around the world in 180 days...

Dunk Island

Dunk Island is just off the coast of Mission Beach and you get to it by boat. We took the 'shortest hop' one from Wongaling Beach, which as well as being the closest was also quite nippy (fast). You have to pay to use the resort's facilities and since you are limited to the butterfly pool...

written by

The Wilde Family on December 22, 2007 from South Mission Beach, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

Viewing 711 - 720 of 1348 Entries
first | previous | next | last