I am in the north of Queensland now. After my detour I flew up to Cairns to save some time. Went from there out to the tablelands and spent a couple of active days bike riding and hiking in the rainforests and canoeing in the lake. I was really fortunate to have been on a […]
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I made it up to Hervey Bay, where the whale festival itself was a bit of a non event, but went on a sailing trip and saw loads of giant humpbacks-it was an awesome sight! Then my plans changed somewhat and i headed back down to Byron to meet a guy! He had travelled all […]
Gday! Have started to slowly make my way up the east coast of Australia now. Went up to Byron bay for a music festival called Splendour on the grass-it was great! Highlights were Scissor Sisters I think. As i went with a group of aussies i got to see some recommended bands that i perhaps […]
Going into the desert was such an amazing experience, I hope I can describe it well enough. I went with a tour company called heading bush. A bit more expensive than some other options, but in my opinion well worth the extra, because we went off the beaten track. Started in Adelaide, which seems like quite […]
Flew from Christchurch to Sydney, only spent one full day there-with my cousin in the aquarium, it was really nice to spend some time with him again and I got an expert view of all the fish too. The next day I flew to Melbourne for the Commonwealth games. Despite its reputation of having four […]
Well, I learnt in the deep south of NZ that fate works in mysterious ways. We were cursing the fact that we couldn’t get on the “bottom bus” tour with its extra stops and had to get on an ordinary shuttle bus to Te Anau. We managed to sweet talk the driver into making one […]
So, felt I had to do a bungy jump while being in the birthplace of it. Was absolutely terrified jumping off a 43m high bridge, and continued to be terrified the whole way through the experience, but was really pleased that i had done it! No rush to repeat it. Some others here have done […]
Well, I have now made my way down the west side of the South island, along the mountain range. First stop was Nelson in a beautiful town by the Abel Tasman National park. Got a water taxi into the park and went for a walk-beautiful scenery, got to a secluded beach and sunbathed for a […]
So this week’s activities have mainly involved water! First, black water rafting in Waitomo-which was excellent!! Abseiled down into a deep dark cave, couldn’t see the bottom and freaked out a bit, but did it in the end! Then crawled along the cave a bit until we got hooked up to a zip line and […]
Have had a hectic week! Started by going up to the Bay of Islands, and with perfect timing was actually in Whitangi for Whitangi day (national holiday marking a treaty signed by Maoris and European settlers), so saw some of the celebrations with tribal canoe races. Took a bus trip up ninety mile beach, which […]
