Australia - Blogabond

Clipper Pearls Was Brought To You By The Letter Tea

After only a couple of weeks I'm a bit gutted to be leaving Clipper Pearls, their work ethic suited my addiction to tea, abject laziness and aversion to Actual Work down to the ground. Getting a Proper Job is going to be a shock to the system but at least I can say I worked in the pearl industry...

written by

Koala Bear on July 13, 2007 from Broome, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

We are back at Katherine on the Way to the West

We spent five days, four nights in Kakadu which was fantastic. I think the sites can't get any better. It is almost like travelling in the South Island of New Zealand where every turn is a Snow capped mountain or Glacier ( in other words a post card picture) - you almost become complacent about...

written by

michelle62 on July 12, 2007 from Katherine, Australia

from the travel blog: Travelling around Australia

Hot Days, Party Nights

Fuck Friday and Saturday nights, there are three nights to be seen out in Broome and they're all on a school night. Great. They thought that out properly then. Sunday - Crab Races A@ The Beer And Satay Hut This is only good for a couple of weeks before you learn the Crab Man's banter off by...

written by

Koala Bear on July 10, 2007 from Broome, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

World heritage site

We left Darwin and headed straight for Kakadu National Park. We stopped at Humpty Doo because with a name like that you have to say that you have been there. We stopped at Aurora, Kakadu for the night and we had dingoes and wallabies around our truck. During the night the dingoes were wailing...

written by

michelle62 on July 9, 2007 from Darwin, Australia

from the travel blog: Travelling around Australia

Up/Down the Coral Coast Part 2

Well, after that little cliff-hanger Ollie left you off with, you’ve probably been itching to know what happened next. It kind of reminds me of that season-end cliff-hanger they left us with on Friends, when at the alter with Emily, Ross said “I take you, Rachel.” You’ve probably already guessed...

written by

olliejohnson on July 6, 2007 from Kalbarri, Australia

from the travel blog: A Brit and a Canuck Down Under

We are leaving

Today we relunctantly leave Darwin after a lovely six days. We are off to Kakadu. I spent a day on my own travelling into town and looking at all the sites I am interested in. I went to Government House where the Administrator, Ted Egan lives, and to the Parliament House also. I spent some...

written by

michelle62 on July 6, 2007 from Darwin, Australia

from the travel blog: Travelling around Australia

Another New Job

Oh come on, you all know I'm incapable of holding anything down for more than 2 weeks before I get bored. The gardening job was starting to get to me, I was so over mowing lawns and being attacked by vegetation and every time I saw a pile of leaves it depressed me so I got a job with Dave in the...

written by

Koala Bear on July 6, 2007 from Broome, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

A week on the Coral Coast Part 1

After 7 weeks working to keep Western Australia’s plumbers in check, we decided we’d had quite enough of earning and saving, and thought we’d spend our last week on this side of the country exploring the west coast as far north as Exmouth (about 13 hours’ drive north of Perth.) Our planned...

written by

olliejohnson on July 5, 2007 from Monkey Mia, Australia

from the travel blog: A Brit and a Canuck Down Under

Having a rest

We have been staying at 'Shady Glen' (would you believe the moniker) in Darwin for the past couple of days and we intend to leave Saturday for Kakadu. We are having a great time exploring Darwin and really love it. We do not like the mossies which are constantly attacking us and we have gone...

written by

michelle62 on July 4, 2007 from Darwin, Australia

from the travel blog: Travelling around Australia

Befriending Quokkas on Rottnest Island

One of the ladies we work with, a former travel agent, stops by our desks every day telling us about places in the world she’s been and would like to go with great excitement: “I love Mauritius,” “I can’t wait to go to Brazil.” So when she told us that Rottnest was underwhelming and boring, our...

written by

olliejohnson on June 30, 2007 from Perth, Australia

from the travel blog: A Brit and a Canuck Down Under

Viewing 891 - 900 of 1348 Entries
first | previous | next | last