Melbourne
Well here we are. Time to get a job and a house and save for the next big round the world party!! HERE WE GO!...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, June 11, 2007
Darwin to Mildura
The drive back was a bit slower as we were a man down and stopped off to get a glimpse of our famous rock - Uluru. $25 each to get into the national parkland was a surprise to say the least but we got what we went there for. We looked around the muse...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Mildura to Darwin
Well about 12hrs at home was enough for both of us it seems because this is all the time I got to spend back in Mildura before I jumped in a car with 3 other guys to make the long drive to Darwin to do some serious fishing. We were well prepared with ...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, May 18, 2007
Home Sweet HOME
Ness and I arrived home to Mildura one day early to surprise the families after a 5hr delay in Sydney due to fog and a quick look at Brisbane airport. As usual we brought the weather with us in bucket loads. Went and visited dad that evening then wen...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, May 17, 2007
Thailand
Coming soon. pics for you though...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, May 01, 2007
China - Shanghai Pt.2
Not so long ago, in a country not so far away, we arrived back in Shanghai. When we woke up on the sleeper train, most of us were tired from not having enough sleep even though the train was nearly empty. Victor got us up then ate the rest of his ca...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
China - Yellow Mountain
We headed for the Yellow Mountain today, and as usuall we had to catch a local bus to get to the location. The trip was supposed to take 4 hours, however in usual fashion our trip ended up taking 7 1/2 hours to get there, the reason again was that ther...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 22, 2007
China - Shanghai Pt.1
From Beijing, we had a quick stop in Suzhou, which had a silk factory and a really nice garden where a giant turtle ate my arm (see pictures later). From there we caught a super fast bullet train to Shanghai which took 40mins for a distance of 203km. T...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, April 19, 2007
China - Beijing
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 15, 2007
China - Xian
This morning we arrived in Xian, after our 17 hour train journey (the longest one we have to do), we headed to our hotel via taxi which is always an interesting experince as we never know if the taxi driver is taking us to the right place. In the after...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, April 12, 2007
China - Chengdu
Today we took a 6 hour bus trip Chengdu. It was supposed to take 5 hours but there were 2 accidents along the way becasue it was raining. (a truck and a car flipped) We checked into our hotel, freshed up and went out for tea, which was pizza which wa...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, April 09, 2007
China - Yichang
It was here that we grabbed a bus to go and see the amazing and absolutely incredible 3 Gouges Dam. This thing is the largest dam ever made in the history of the world and when completed in 2009, it will raise the water level to 175m, wiping out millio...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, April 06, 2007
China - Wuhan
Wuhan The next morning we exited the train around 9am and caught a local bus - similar to our greyhound services but shitter of course, to Yichang. Along the way I experienced the worst toilet facilities I have ever had in my life. (And I go down th...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, April 06, 2007
China - Yangshou
Yangshuo After arrving in Guangzhou, and meeting our Chinese tour leader Victor we transferred to a hotel for a couple of hours where we dumped our bags and had some lunch. Here Victor explained the big trip ahead. After lunch we headed to the loc...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Italy
Ciao, from Italy - Naples - Portici We have arrived in Italy from Barcelona on direct flight to ROMA, which I can tell you was not an enjoyable flight, because some how we attract loud bunches of young teenage boys and girls where ever we go. So our...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, March 22, 2007
Spain
AH how nice it is to feel the sunshine again. We came into Spain into an airport 90km from Barcelona itself but managed to just stay awake on the bus trip in. First we stayed in the city just near Las Ramblas in a hostel, but we didnt really like th...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, March 06, 2007
France
The City of Love - well we did see a lot of lovedovey people on the streets of paris, but the price of things really shocked us back to reality. We got to experience paris well known qualites they include: Beauty - The Eiffle Tower at night is one o...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, March 03, 2007
Belgium
Well we finally got to bruges once we caught a very expensive train from brussells, with all the school kids. Gee did we pick the wrong time to catch the train, we made it to Bruges. From my observation everybody here either walks or rides a bike to w...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Germany
Achtung! We are here in what used to be Nazi Germany. Staying in a hostel called Helter Skelter which doubles as a nightclub and pub and computer party hall and social gathering spot for anybody. Not the quietest place to stay but very good location. ...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, February 23, 2007
Slovenia
Here we are in Slovenia, a country of partying, relaxing and beer at McDonalds. Im sure other countries do it as well. The entry into this strange place was "lucky". As we crossed the border on the local bus, we stopped at our checkpoint on...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, February 16, 2007
Italy
Hooray! We made it to Venizia! Valentines Day in the city of love. When we got off the plane we thought we would never make it to the city thanks to the long water bus trip, but when we did it was well worth the wait. After walking through the maze...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, February 14, 2007
England
After our very fresh (that's finnish for extremely cold) time in Lapland we headed for to London, to meet Kelvin's Family. After 2hrs through customs and an hour and a half on the underground and train, we got to our pick-up point Brentwood. Nan's (G...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, February 11, 2007
Finland
I found Rovaniemi much more enjoyable just to get around and the people are a lot friendlier. We went on a Lapland Santa Safari where we drove around on snowmobiles and drove reindeer and went to Santas tourist village. The snow mobiles were excellent...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, February 10, 2007
Finnland
Hey everyone! sorry we havenät been able to put any pictures up yet, but no computers have had usb ports on them. Well here we are in Finland! So so cold here but slowly getting used to it. We stayed in Helsinki for a few days and went to an isla...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Canada
Saturday the 3rd we got on a very early train and left new york behind. Sad to leave such a busy place but relieved to get away from such a busy place. Great place to visit but don't think I could live there. Anyway, we got to Niagara Falls and were h...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, February 04, 2007
Exploring New York
On our second run at Australia day the Harris's took us out to a bar not far from their home in Brooklyn. It was an aussie bar called the Sheep Shed run by an aussie guy who married an american chick. We were in a raffle and somehow all of the austral...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Airport Melbourne
After spending the last two days in Melbourne visitng the Argiro's and Bobbin's, we headed for the Melbourne Airport to start our big journey to the US (America). The journey took over a total of 20 hours. 14-15hours from Melbourne to LA and 5hours f...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, January 26, 2007
just before Melbourne
Hi Everyone, Well it's our last official night in Mildura before heading on our first leg of the trip to Melbourne for a quick stopover before we leave for New York on Friday (Australia Day). Don't we just look lovely in our backpacks; we look lik...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Christmas 2006
Christmas 2006. What a good time. Vanessa's Sister and Brother in law announced that they are pregnant and shocked everyone that didn't already know. As you can see in the pictures, the big italian lunch then Vanessa's dad dressed up as Santa for the k...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, December 25, 2006
Before Trip
Planning our trip to leave on Australia day....
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, December 02, 2006
