Brisbane Travel Blogs
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Australia June/July 2008
What a long flight!! I am sure me arse is square after all that sitting!! It was 10.5hrs to Singapore and then another 8hrs to Brisbane. Singapore airlines is fantastic and I had my fill of Matthew McConaughy (sp??). Delightful!! We were also lucky eno
Member: Ursula
Oz
Simon (a friend from work) arrived in Melbourne on the 10th and went to see the sights of the city. We hired a car to drive south to Wilsons Promontory to see Squeaky Beach (the sand makes a squeak when you walk over it!). The following day we drove ...
Member: Michael
We haven't told you much about our "wicked" camper yet. When we picked up the van, we were able to get a free upgrade.... yey, we have air conditioning and power steering! Furthermore, we were relieved to discover that our van was nothing t...
Member: Doris and Mike
The fun continues - 2008
By Gavin. After almost literally running ourselves into the ground yesterday it was no surprise we slept in, only getting out of the hotel at 11.30 am. Paula had spotted some of her favourite German shops the day before so we spent a fair amount of
Member: Paula
South Island consisted of Sailing adventures in Abel Tasman, Pancake rocks, dancing on bars, Hiking up a glacier in the middle of a rainforest, Karaoke in the middle of nowhere, BUNGEE in Queenstown, Cruising Milford Sound, Stewart Island (next stop An...
Member: Terri
19 to 22 June 2005 =========================== Some of this blog entry, plus soundseeing clips of a ranger walk at Uluru can be heard on my Geographpy for Travelers podcast at: http://tinyurl.com/yayk3t =========================== To climb o...
Member: Alan
After a great friday night farewell party for our fellow New Zealander Caroline who we met on our Gullet Cruise in Turkey and is heading back home we spent a cruisy saturday morning packing. We then travelled by Rail to Stansted Airport for our 5.30 f...
Member: Kevin
Went to Toowoomba, Australia for Grandads 99th Birthday. From Toowoomba I caught the bus down to Currumbin where I had a beer at the surf club and then taxied out to Coolangatta airport to meet up with Tim Hurley. Bused back into Surfers Paradise and...
Member: Jonathan
Trip 2002 - Our First Adventure
Very windy this morning – early start. Had arranged for the night porter to call us at 4.00 am. Also set alarm and Jan her mobile phone alarm – guess what? – no calls. Mobile still set for Aussie time – alarm didn’t work and the night porter still s
Member: Yvonne
Travelling with Sarah a lovely trusted KES girl, we set off on our first location - Singapore the hottest place ever! From here we spent 6 months experiencing the delights of backpacking in Australia. On the west coast remember the lovely Brendan and t...
Member: liz
Arriving in Dalat was a bit odd as it is right up in the Highlands and is about 10 degrees cooler than we have been used to. We had a great couple of days there. The town is pretty quiet but there are some great waterfalls and lakes in the area around ...
Member: Sarah and Ricky
So I didn't miss my flight...but actually I almost did. The first leg of the journey was to fly from SeaTac into LAX. If you fly on frequent flyer miles, you are one step above livestock. They won't give you a confirmed seat, even though I booked th...
Member: John
so flight was rather unveventful most interesting thing was my flight attentents name was Poo. yeah thought it was funny... got lots of free alks yeww! had a stop over in japan sayed in a like 5 star hotel its was cool. It had a toilet that squirted wa...
Member: Melanie
We arrived in La Paz on Thursday afternoon. It is absolute mayhem here! Buses, taxis, combis and people everywhere. Crossing the road is a challenge in itself. We went to an Asian restaurant for our farewell meal on Thursday night. Having not had a cur...
Member: Paul
Grand ol' world tour
The Navimag cargo ferry, our home for five nights and the best fun you can have on a ship loaded with cargo trucks, cows and sea-sick passengers. Travelling on the first trip of the high season meant that the boat was only a third full. Which was exc...
Member: Ian and Alex
Sweden with Mark and Ben...
Member: Chris
South East Asia
So we took the overnight train from bangkok to Chang Mai which took about 13 1/2 hrs. Sounds colosal but as we were in bed for about 8 hrs of it it was not so bad. I was up in the top bunk which wasnt that great to be honest. Probably ok for a normal s...
Member: Stephen
Cruise WhitSundays Diving course...
Member: Haim
Back to Australia, this time for my Granddads 100th birthday. I spent a couple of nights in Brisbane the first with my sister. You can see a lot of Brisbane by foot and Ferry so after the first day my feet were incredibly sore. Still managed to check...
Member: Jonathan
New Zealand & Fiji 2005
Bulla from Fiji! NEWSFLASH: 1 standard ‘shot’ of Vodka is about 3 Australian shots. NEVER ask for a half…you’ll get ½ a glass of vodka! As you can probably guess we have landed in the ideal escape of the Fi...
Member: Marcus
Today started with my cousin Sheri taking her first ever plane flight - the 45min journey from Newcastle to Brisbane. She made it! Yay! So once she arrived we got increasingly excited and couldn't wait for our midnight flight to Phuket via Singapore. G...
Member: Mel
Christmas '07
We woke to find a heavy frost had developed overnight, with the roofs of the buildings and the cars below covered in ice. After a quick breakie and cleaning the ice off the mini bus, we headed out of Glasgow on our way north to the highlands. We pas...
Member: Matt
We spent a long time in Perth 6 mths, when first arriving we stayed at a backpackers, things were very different from the luxury we had in Asia i.e. nice room, good cheap food and hot weather. Perth was cold (the end of winter)the backpackers was no...
Member: JasonandCharlotte
Day one: it's late and I'm tired and won't be writing much; but it's nice to have arrived here in one piece. Brisbane is a lovely city and I'm really looking forward to the next week. I haven't figured out a way to get pictures uploaded just yet, bec...
Member: Mike
A not so quick trip to Oz
Son, see, sand en suigelinge in die suide Terug by my tannie, Marina, se huis in Pretoria. Tyd om bietjie die admin uit te sort (onder andere die flippen Autopage/Vodacom wat my selfoon rekeninge vir die afgelope 7 maande verkeerd gekry het). Dis ...
Member: Stephen
Me and Deaj organised to take a couple of days off work and head out to the Blue Mountains for a bit of fresh air. James really enjoyed his trips there, so it really had to be done. We shot over on a train to Katoomba, one of the larger towns in th...
Member: Claudio
Pics of the new hostel..........
Member: Nicky
La capital Vietnamita nos recibio con los primeros 26 del viaje, casi senti que tenia frio. Nuevamente, taxi, 100cc, 2 ruedas, 2 personas y mi gran mochila. Recorrimos, diferentes hoteles, nada que valiera los 10 dolares por 2 personas que suelen c...
Member: Francisco
After being taken to heathrow we flwe straight out to bangkok where we stayed in the 5star Marriott Hotel on the banks of the river, it was beautiful. After meeting vic's dad we did tours of the markets at chatuchak and sala daeng. The bargains were am...
Member: Jon
From Wanaka we headed up to Franz Josef, home of the Franz Josef glacier. We stayed at a charming little backpackers called Glowworm Cottages, with fresh homemade soup served every evening. We opted to do a full day guided walk on the glacier and so ar...
Member: Peter
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