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Most beautiful City in the World
Jan 21, 2008
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"Sydney has been a favorite of ours since we both visited in '02, and this visit reconfirmed it as one of our favorite cities in the world: beautiful beaches, great shoppi ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
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T - 1
Apr 11, 2008
(1 photo)
"Brian's comments in regards to taking the day off to pack as of 1730hrs: Pack status - 80% Clothes - Still a bit wet coz it was frickin raining today in Adelaide! Grrrrrr.. Elect ..."
A travel blog entry from Adelaide by
flashpackers
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Ben and Leah hit the NT
Mar 20, 2008
(21 photos)
"Hey everyone so here we are writing to you from the fantastic NT! (Well Leah is writing this time to be precise!) We arrived in Darwin after an eventful first night...I'll start at ..."
A travel blog entry from Darwin by
benleah
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Down Under
Feb 12, 2008
"Zimbabwe is the only country in the World where I could walk into a casino and put 10,000,000 on red, and not care about the result. After all, 10m Zim dollars is just less than a ..."
A travel blog entry from Fremantle by
samkirsop
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Tie me Kangaroo down sport!
Dec 9, 2007
(41 photos)
"Our last couple of days in Thailand were ping pong-less which displeased Charlie who I think has a new ambition in life: to write her name, 'hands free'... We visited the Wat Po st ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
tomandcharlie
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Conclusion and Summary
Mar 27, 2008
"We had such a full and wonderful trip, seeing and doing so much. It was very tiring but extremely enjoyable. It was all great, but for me the highlight was not the pyra ..."
A travel blog entry from Wangaratta by
shazlex
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Land Down Under!
Apr 10, 2008
(5 photos)
"I get into Melbourne and find my way to my hotel where I want to crash for a few hours but am unable to check in and have to just drop off bags instead. I do a walking tour o ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
madman96
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The Dream
Jan 3, 2007
(2 photos)
"In just under 3 weeks we will fly out of Melbourne to Bangkok on our way to India and then Nepal...this is the first entry of our travelogue and how we decided on this trip as part ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
themurphys
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Shelia's diaries part 1
Jun 8, 2008
"England to Australia. We nearly fell at the final hurdle. Checking into at the airport we were asked if we already had visas for the land of kangaroos - - "no, we don't need a visa ..."
A travel blog entry from Millaa Millaa by
baileyandkerry
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Some Oz fun down under
Dec 4, 2007
(14 photos)
"Since the last blog, we've moved from Singapore to the land of Oz. We flew into Melbourne, and the second day it was like being back in Belfast-it was truly baltic. It just about h ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
carjack83
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The beautiful Blue Mountains
Feb 23, 2008
(25 photos)
"After packing up our kit bag and billabong stowed, we headed off on our voyage to the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains are called so, due to the eucalyptus oil that evaporates in ..."
A travel blog entry from Katoomba by
marshallmatters
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30 sleeps
Sep 18, 2007
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"30 sleeps and counting We've both got that constant butterflies in the tummy feeling. When we booked in Feb this holiday seemed so far away and now it's only just over ..."
A travel blog entry from Brisbane by
aussiepanda
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minus 74 hours to go and counting...
Oct 13, 2007
"Hello everyone, We have created this travelogue so you can join us on our travels around the globe! Hopefully we'll be good and actually keep it updated. When we enter ..."
A travel blog entry from Brisbane by
canaussie
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This is how it works...
Jun 20, 2007
"Welcome everyone! Cath and I have decided the best way to stay in contact with everyone is maintaining an online diary... Hopefully regular entries will keep everyone informed, pos ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
siandcath
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Off we go
Nov 9, 2007
"Our trip started with a pleasant jaunt down to Melbourne. We left our house in the safe hands our the wonderful Kate and Doug, and off we went. We reached the airport with plenty o ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
guykb
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Who'll stop the rain
Jan 21, 2006
(14 photos)
"As I typed my previous entry I was watching overcast skies over Byron Bay hoping that the weather would eventually clear up so I could enjoy my final day there. With 20-20 hindsigh ..."
A travel blog entry from Brisbane by
danblank
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Sticker Shock
Jan 2, 2008
(14 photos)
"Sydney is a gorgeous city! We just loved walking about the city, enjoying the skyline, Harbor Bridge, Opera House, parks, architecture & art etc. etc. However, we w ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
sfrtw
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Down Under!
Nov 29, 2007
(7 photos)
"Well, I'm finally here in Australia, my halfway point for this trip around the world, both in terms of time and distance. I was lucky enough to take the Airbus A380 super jumbo fro ..."
A travel blog entry from Cairns by
johnbrianmess
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The first days in Australia
Apr 12, 2008
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"10/04: Up early, taxi airport. Expensive and pretty useless airport lounge. Malaysia Airline to Perth. Which turns out to be a pleasant flight. Choice of movies, whenever you want ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
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Eb's Almost Leaving...
May 22, 2007
"Well people, here 'tis: my (our) foray into blogging. I've got 9 days left on the clock 'til I fly out to Zurich and I think I've just about got things in order. I *think*. Saving ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
elsewhere
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Not quite scooterless
Jun 22, 2007
(24 photos)
"After breakfast of cereal and very bad youth hostel coffee, we wandered across the road and hired a scooter. It was a Bolwell Blue Devil 50cc - the seat barely big enough for one, ..."
A travel blog entry from Broome by
scootergal
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Flight to Melbourne
Apr 28, 2007
(4 photos)
"4-28-2007 Flight to Melbourne We woke up to another cloudy and ugly day in Christchurch so needless to say we were ready for a change. We headed over to th ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
romero
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Escape from Planet Sheep
Nov 25, 2007
"After 7 weeks in New Zealand, Sinead and I dusted off our passports and hopped on a plane for a 4 hour flight to Sydney. We hoped that by finally distancing ourselves from NZ, ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
rich_mcg
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Days 171-173
Mar 7, 2007
(4 photos)
"I've come thirty kilometres up the road to Perth. Trivia fans will be pleased to learn it's the world's most isolated city. I could believe it's the world's hottest city mysel ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
poolman99
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Back in Australia
Sep 11, 2006
(1 photo)
"Hello to everyone. We are back in Australia. We arrived back on Mon 11th of September at 11.15am. Shane was there to pick us up from the airport and bring us back to Homer (So diff ..."
A travel blog entry from Brisbane by
paulandciara
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City of Culture & Canberra
Dec 12, 2007
(23 photos)
"It had been 16 months since we last saw Danny our son & Kate his partner, so we were very excited at having breakfast with him on our first day (Kate was out rounding up roo's ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
mills01480
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Darwin & Kakadu Photos
Oct 12, 2007
(14 photos)
"The truck's shipping had been delayed: a week in Darwin lay ahead. Time to settle back into western life again you may think. Darwin is not the place to be doing this. Its a bit of ..."
A travel blog entry from Darwin by
martyt
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itinerary 2005
Feb 5, 2005
(1 photo)
"I made it to Sydney alright the other day. Not over jet-lag yet. Thought I'd give you all my itinerary for the next while. Of course, it is subject to change. March 15: Sydney -> C ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
twittg
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I have bought a ticket and a suitcase!
Mar 14, 2007
(4 photos)
"I have bought a ticket and a suitcase! The Browns - those extremely generous friends from long ago Monash days who have invited me along with them - are having farewell drinks. The ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
jbushie
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Fair suck of the sav!
May 17, 2007
(11 photos)
"Perth reminded me a bit of Calgary. Both are heavily resource based cities, have a similar population, similar problems with sprawl, have a central hi-rise downtown and flat ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
jay29
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One week in Oz
Nov 14, 2006
(4 photos)
"Tuesday, November 14 Most of the day was spent on the bus from Newcastle to Coffs Harbour, a mid-sized town roughly half way between Sydney and Brisbane. Our hostel is called the ' ..."
A travel blog entry from Coffs Harbour by
jambo
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AUSTRALIA
May 23, 2006
"G'day from Down Under Well eventually made it to Aussieland and loving it. Will update this blog site soon, but just wanted to let everyone know where I was. Tearing myself away fr ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
hess
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And a wonderful Bunbury it is, too.
Sep 30, 2003
"In "The Importance of Being Earnest," Jack Worthing has created an imaginary friend named Mr. Bunbury. Whenever he wants to get out of town on some holiday, he explains that he has ..."
A travel blog entry from Margaret River by
basykes
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We're off to see the wizard...
Apr 23, 2007
"Alex: We have finally got to Melbourne and the magical Oz. Melbourne is a great city, we did a lot more wandering, which usually ended up with us sat in a lovely street cafe eating ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
alexndean
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Middle of Nowhere
Nov 27, 2006
(6 photos)
"Having to be up at 5am does at least have the advantage of seeing an amazing sunrise with nothing restricting your view all the way to the horizon. That big sun was soon baking the ..."
A travel blog entry from Alice Springs by
alasdairm
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The Whitsundays: Peppers
Dec 2, 2006
(20 photos)
"Hello. We are now in Long island, in the Whitsundays. We spent 3 days in the last island (Brampton) and had a nice time just relaxing and getting used to each other again. The plac ..."
A travel blog entry from Long island by
danilovescats
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This place is AMAZING!
Mar 7, 2007
(22 photos)
"Hello there ladies and gentlemen. It's been a while since I was last writing on these humble pages, but I've been a very busy boy. I've been in Melbourne for nearly 2 weeks now, an ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
bobsonthegreat
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Bright lights, big city
Apr 10, 2006
"Goodbye New Zealand, hello Australia. I've arrived in the land of Oz, and am feeling quite like Dorothy (but without the ruby slippers). After a month in a country barely bigger th ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
segacs
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Messing about on the river
Mar 21, 2008
(110 photos)
"We don't seem to get as many bank holidays here in Perth as you do over at that freezing cold place at the other side of the world, so when we do get one we relish the day or two d ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
roseyben
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Great Barrier Reef dive overdrive!
Oct 5, 2005
(5 photos)
"On Thursday 29 September, at about 10pm, we checked in for our second attempt at flying from Denpasar to Oz - there was no ways we'd miss the plane this time! The flight was packed ..."
A travel blog entry from Cairns, Queensland by
idarich
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Darwin from Sydney, the road trip!
Sep 20, 2006
(34 photos)
"Hi there all, well we have arrived in Oz and it's amazing. I know you haven't heard from us in a while. Busy and all that!? Afraid its another fairly lengthy travelpod for you to r ..."
A travel blog entry from Darwin by
loudan1979
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You Gotta Love This City
May 2, 2006
(1 photo)
"Dear All, Just a quick one to get this thing started. More interesting entries to come. Well it's our final day in Sydney and it's a day of great joy tinged with a little sadness. ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
natandkat
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Melbourne's Eclectic Life
Dec 21, 2006
"The Queen Victoria Markets are truly the place to go to on Wednesday evenings leading up to Christmas... thanks Clint for your suggestion! I loved it... live entertainment an ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
shanewilson
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Shock and Owe Much?
Mar 19, 2008
(6 photos)
"I slept most of the 8 hours from KL to the Gold Coast of Australia. I asked one of the ground crew if the plane was full and he told me it was only about half full so I could basic ..."
A travel blog entry from Surfers Paradise by
rcys
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the preparations begin
Mar 15, 2006
"I'm applying for my working visa tomorrow. I was planning on starting this when I got my visa, I don't want to jinx the whole thing, but it's on my mind so often that hopefully wri ..."
A travel blog entry from Adelaide by
cobi
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The Wonderful WhitSunday Islands
Apr 24, 2007
(211 photos)
"To think I almost blew this off, being too expensive - it is - and the Great Barrier Reef being threatened by pollution not so much from the small human population, only 20 million ..."
A travel blog entry from Long Island by
charmedlife
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Preparations begin, really for real
Mar 30, 2006
"Not long to go now... in fact, I am now within the magic 30 days before departure. That means for every receipt I get - that totals more than $300 - I can claim GST back on it at t ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
kiemce
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Perfect weather in Perth
Apr 2, 2006
"Arrived v early this morning in Perth and spent an hour or so at the airport sorting out some accomodation and a bus into town. Are staying at Emperor's Crown hostel which is new a ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
emanddave
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My first week in Sydney
Jan 10, 2006
(12 photos)
"Interesting, to say the least. I stayed with this guy named Mark, who I had met on one of those traveller exchange websites, www.couchsurfing.com, specifically. We had been talking ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
tracyleigh54
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Sea World
Nov 25, 2005
(10 photos)
"I was less than impressed to see thick black clouds outside the aeroplane's windows, as we descended into Brisbane. It was a bumpy affair too, with one sudden drop causing everyone ..."
A travel blog entry from Brisbane by
rich
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Shark Hunting
Jan 26, 2007
(15 photos)
"Our mission in Cairns was to get a dive in......poor Paul had done is his Open Water in Byron and everywhere along the Great Barrier Reef we could not dive due to bad weather ..."
A travel blog entry from Cairns by
hodge
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Melbourne
Jan 24, 2006
(21 photos)
"Melbourne 1/23/06 Another travel day - this time from the Westin Sydney to the Westin Melbourne, not a bad trip. We made it into Melbourne just fine, picked up our rental car and s ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
scott_and_amy
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Australia - Sydney
Dec 19, 2005
(51 photos)
"Day 1 It was time to leave the comfort of Kathleen's and head for the bright lights of Sydney. Taking our time to get up, do more laundry, pack and have breakfast we grabbed a lift ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
gonetilwhenever
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Six weeks to go!
Sep 13, 2005
(2 photos)
"Well we are finally getting there. About four months ago we created a list of everything that needed to be done before we left on our big trip. We are finally starting to get there ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
eatdessertfirst
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Fidgety in Bathurst
Jan 1, 2006
"Since the day I finished Uni I've had all sorts of plans. I had the big idea of actually using my journalism degree for something journalisty. I was going to move to Sydney and est ..."
A travel blog entry from Bathurst NSW by
katshannon
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Jetlag is not fun
Sep 1, 2006
"It's all a bit surreal. For all those who keep asking "is it nice to be home" - NO it's not! I would much rather be in Amsterdam or Ireland or on top of some Swiss mountain. But li ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
scootergal
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Brisbane - Finally.....
May 17, 2006
(3 photos)
"Well finally we arrived in Brisbane... Flight took about 7 hours and as we were only going 2 hours ahead, no real jet lag. We arrived in the George Williams hotel about 8.30pm afte ..."
A travel blog entry from Brisbane by
paulandciara
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The beginning in retrospect
Mar 14, 2006
(10 photos)
"Butterflies at dawn the final zip photos in the garden passengers only beyond this point momentary panic subdued - passport found Australiana - tattoos, pen, flag a coffee barely s ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
marktjhung
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Departing En Zed for Oh Zed (OZ)
Jan 26, 2006
(17 photos)
"early morn flight get into Brisbane 11 ish. I stayed in a hostel in Brisbane which belonged to the pub downstairs, and was styled as an English pub, named the Wheelbarrow and Eleph ..."
A travel blog entry from Brisbane by
directgb
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A Bit of a Prologue
Jul 7, 2006
(1 photo)
"Well what an epic last six months. Waking up on Jan 26th following my last day of contracted work and the week following without any work is all a distant memory. Since then I have ..."
A travel blog entry from Adelaide by
catters
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Hugs from the land Downunder!
Oct 3, 2006
(1 photo)
"Hi there all, Well after 7 months in Asia we finally landed yesterday afternoon in Perth Australia. Flight was ok, 5 hours, late departing, ok food...goregous views over the volcan ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
alinmattrtw2005
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Home
Feb 19, 2007
"As gulls hover overhead, I watch the sun bid adieu to another Perth day, its final rays rich and golden on the Cottosloe sand. Another wave crashes vioently as a young couple run t ..."
A travel blog entry from Perth by
marktjhung
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Landing down under.
Sep 5, 2006
(18 photos)
"Alright, after a couple of e-mails, I suppose I better tell the bits about the land down under. Maybe I will tell you that I was kidnapped by aborigines and forced to shave my head ..."
A travel blog entry from Sydney by
bloomer
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