Mildura
Travel Blogs from Mildura, Australia
Bad things happen in threes
... dollars if I wanted to buy them - I thought it was great service. By Friday my new card still hadn't arrived so while in Mildura I checked at the bank there what the problem was and discovered that a new card had never been ordered and that it takes a ...
Really home
... being formulated. New ideas. Working in the snowfields. Working on a resort up the East Coast. Going to the UK. Travelling in Australia. As fate would have it, I got myself an awesome job without even trying. It didn't quite beat getting a job whilst ...
Pre-departure trips
... disappointed. So many stories have come out of trips to Towong that I couldn't miss my last opportunity. At around 600km from Mildura, Betto's place is further than a trip to Melbourne. Leaving on Boxing Day afternoon I took the back roads through New ...
Our first 2 days
... ; The first 'are we there yet?' was asked around Woodend with a couple more on our 550km route. We arrived in Mildura around 3.30pm and proceeded to set up the caravan. We had had many questions regarding whether we had undertaken a practice run ...
Van Wagga Wagga naar Mildura
's ochtends met een fikse kater weer in de auto gestapt richting Mildura... dat moesten we nu toch wel redden. 's avonds waren we redelijk in de buurt van Mildura toen we een rest-stop zagen zo'n 2km van de weg af. Toen we er kwamen stond er al een oude ...
Middle of ... nada
... te recomiendan que te lleves un bidon extra de gasolina para que no te pudras en medio de las aridas y secas llanuras.... Mildura, God weet waarom wij hiernaartoe zijn gekomen, origineel is het wel want we zijn de enige toeristen hier. Veel valt er ...
Relly time.
... surrounding towns, we even hopped over the river a couple of times into N.S.W to see some sights. We really loved Mildura's Inland Botanical Gardens, although still a work in progress, but is going to be amazing. It even has an original ...
Fruit Picking!
... go! My friends there said it had really died down so was easier to find work / accom.... Met some cool people in Mildura and had a great time playing poker in the evenings, what a laugh! Think i made more money with the cards than ...
raindrops keep falling on my head
... raining - so we were right all along and the clouds have followed us here too! We are about to be hailed as raingods in Australia. Mildura also known as sunraysia - not many of those around today. As well as the puddles outside we have a few in the tent ...
les coquillettes (et autres disparitions)
Et oui les coquillettes n'existent pas ici!! c'est bizarre, non??? c'est pas que ca soit un grand manque mais je comprends vraiment pas pourquoi ca n'existe pas...en koi c'est typiquement europeen?opu francais..c'est que j'ai jamais fait attention si en ...
mad boyracers
... apparently - and it takes us a little further towards our next big target - Sydney which we should reach in time for the Australia day celebrations next weekend- parties everywhere so they say! Todays drive is just about 2 hours - so not too taxing for a ...
Plotting and Planning
It's been a year in the planning pipeline. That is, since my last birthday atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge where I decided that the ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia would be the venue for my 30th birthday celebrations. Everywhere I look, people are ...
Day 52 - Mildura
Went for a long walk over the bridge into Mildura and down along what looks like a new canal development just down below the bridge. We also went up the mall looking for a chemist but no joy there. After a shower we drove over into town and down to the ...
Work Time
... . It was an old red double decker bus, deck out wiht lights, music and drinking on the bus!! He drove us to a few bars in Mildura, we got to meet s bunch more of our fellow house mates and partied with Bruno, Vince, and Dean! It was a great night! and a ...
Update Mildura
So this is my first actual entry on this website but we'll see what we can do. This little town of Mildura doesn't contain much in the way of entertainment so as backpackers we do alot of it ourselves. This round of pictures will show you what some fun ...
Fruit Picking (english)
... like this I have enought money to travel for more than one month and to discover (at least) the wonderful Australia. But it's gonna be hard to leave Mildura because I met so many nice people (like in NZ) Kaapo (finish) So funny...Alessandro and ...
Sto lat, sto lat...
30.04 Kerang- Mildura Droga byla bardzo monotonna choc czasami mialo sie wrazenie, ze jedziemy przez Wloskie prowincje- po prawej winnica po lewej sady oliwne. Ale w przewazajacej czesci drogi wialo pustka. O 2 po poludniu dotarlismy do Mildury ...
North West Victoria Magical Mystery Tour
... as a sign though so that appeased me, I got to snigger childishly and take photos. Anyway, a good time was had in Mildura, I had a good night anyway, I hadn't drunk in ages so it was fun to pump my body full of Vodka Cruisers (a bit like ...
How Can You Lose a Car Part?
... of the local historical attractions caught our eye, and we did the historical tourist drive and had a look around. The old Mildura Homestead, "Rio Vista" the magnificent home of Mildura’s founders the Chaffeys, an old winery “Chateau ...
Day 51 - Mildura
... WA. We arrived at Mildura at lunch time and turned off to the right just before the bridge going over the Murray River at Mildura – well technically it isn’t Mildura until you get to the other side but there you go. We were recommended the ...
Fruit picking
... ...mais c'etait vraiment impressionnant car on ne voyait plus rien dans la ville. Et autre nouvelle catastrophique qui a touche Mildura personnellement : accident de voiture..mais cette fois ci plus que dramatique puisque plus de 6 jeunes sont morts et ...
Mildura
... chose the place because it was, you guessed it, only a short walk away from the local RSL club, where a jug of ale was a$10 and a great Bistro meal was a$35. The food in Australia is so much better than we expected, dare we say it, better than in the ...
Our first few days
... accomplished; the summit was ours! By evening we had crossed the wheat fields of the Wimmera and the Mallee scrub lands and reached Mildura and our first night with Hilary and Alec properly in their tent. We planned only a brief stay, but we had ...
TV Australienne
Et voila aujourd'hui j'ai decide de vous parler de la TV AUSTRALIENNE!! Tt d'abord les pubs : y'a des coupures environ ttes les 10 minutes. Pour vous donner un exemple si vous regarder les simpsons (qui dure environ 30 min) il y a au minimum 3 ...
Harvest Trail Victoria
... are up and down a ladder all day, usually carrying about 30 or 40 pounds of pears in an apron like bag. We drove to Mildura on Sunday the 15th and started grape picking the following day. Grape picking is less strenuous, but still tiring, as you are ...
Mildura and surrounds
... to Wentworth. Along the way, all you see are orange, mandarin, olive and almond groves with the odd grape vine dotted in between. Mildura was named after the red earth that is all around here. The aboriginal word for red is "mil" and their word for earth ...
Meilman Station, Euston
... Butcher Bird)... What more could you ask for on an adventure holiday?! Our final day culminated in a full on Aussie Australia Day, with bunting on the Murray, Pavlova, Lamingtons, BBQ, Stubbies and Champagne (well for Jayne and ...

