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Touchdown in Australia - Night 1

I landed in Brisbane around 11:30 local time, and was free from the rigors of customs by noon. Stepping outside was similar to stepping into a sauna. It felt like New Orleans in March, minus the pervasive smell of stale urine and sour milk. A man on the train told me that they’ve been getting...

permalink written by  exumenius on October 11, 2007 from Brisbane, Australia
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Sydney Airport

Arrived at Sydney International around 8pm to take advantage of my free pass into the Qantas Business lounge...woo hoo. The flight was due to depart at 10pm and thought I would take advantage of a couple glasses of wine. The flight to Tokyo is 10 hours and then have to change aiports to the...

permalink written by  mtedney on October 11, 2007 from Sydney, Australia
from the travel blog: My World Tour with IDeaS

Being A Tourist - Day 7

Today we were heading west a wee bit, about 250km out of Cairns to the Undara Lava Tubes. I'd done this drive on the way into Cairns, its a harsh one with the roads being about as wide as a road train and yes, its a road train route. It requires masses of concentration for the driver and it can...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 11, 2007 from Undara Volcanic National Park, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Being A Tourist - Day 5 & 6

Tuesday and Wednesday were spent recovering from the trauma of the previous day's early start and getting used to being covered in a fine film of moisture. October is the build up to the Wet, its hot, humid and rainy. I spent most of the time indulging in the popular Cairns pastime of Lying...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 10, 2007 from Cairns, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Big Things #29

A very large Captain James Cook does his best impression of a startled Nazi on the Captain Cook Highway, North Cairns, Queensland.

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 10, 2007 from Cairns, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Being A Tourist - Day 4

It is generally agreed in backpacker circles that 3am is a time you stay up until and not a time you get up at. However, when you're a tourist all the rules change, especially when you're going hot air ballooning at dawn in Mareeba which would be a nice leisurely drive if it wasn't on the other...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 8, 2007 from Mareeba, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Being A Tourist - Day 3

Ok so today we were Doing Stuff. We were getting off our arses and going to Kuranda which is a little rainforest township a mere rail ride from Cairns. And by rail I mean Skyrail, a sort of cable car ride that takes you over the canopy giving you amazing views of the rainforest with the ocean as...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 7, 2007 from Cairns, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Being A Tourist - Day 2

On account of the lack of planning the day before it was a quite one today, me and dad went sea kayaking round Double Island which was nice whilst mum chilled out on the mainland. Cairns is promoted as the place where the rainforest meets reef but you don't really get the full impact...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 6, 2007 from Cairns, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Being A Tourist - Day 1

On account of the abject boredom and the desperate need for anything resembling Decent Conversation I got to Cairns a couple of days earlier than expected, arriving on the same day as Mum and Dad thus dashing any hope they had of a quite couple of days recovering from jet lag, getting used to...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 5, 2007 from Cairns, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

The Worst 2500km In History

Left Alice Springs: 01/10/07 Arrived Cairns: 04/10/07 Bear in mind that its not long distances over vast expanses of nothingness that make road trips boring, Adelaide to Perth is 2600km across the Nullabor and I had a good time but then I had Kliff, Tim and an esky full of beer. On...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on October 4, 2007 from Cairns, Australia
from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

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