Alpine Retreat Mt Buller

We headed north in Pantuffle, through Yarra valley and up to Mt Buller, 3 hours saw us ascending the winding roads and monstrous amounts of money later to get into the park and pay for a 200 yard taxi ride we were in the village. We stayed at the Duck inn which was cosy and did good food. The skiing was fn, gorgeous sun day 1 and ...

Had the oppertunity to scoot off to Mt Buller for a days snowboarding with the lads from Cork. Was just the one day and by right we shouldn't have gone at all cause we were going to New Zealand the next day and we would be wreaked cause of gettin up at 5am the nex day. Was worth it though cause the snow was great and Shaun had got better so he could come to all the ...

... the chill or the wind!; visibility: miles! falls: 3; sore spots: too exhilarated to care! comments: Surely I must be in the running for the Olympic Team after today... (well, maybe not quite...) It was a HUGE day for one who didn't have a clue what she was at. Up the hill under blue skies (balance...); down into the bowl (wheee... still on my feet - YES!); over the Dam Wall (thanks be ...

... One turned around when I shook the bucket of food, and in doing so his tail whacked against Erik's shins. It's easy to see that their tails are very solid and strong. On Sunday, we had a drive around Lake Eildon which has dried up phenomenally after more than 6 years of drought, and is down to 15% volume of water. The lake bed is exposed and has turned into a criss cross of dirt bike trails. Where you used to be ...

... Arrived in the aftenoon, went out for a small hike at sunset, the views were spectatcular. Evening entertainment included a large meal and bored & card games. Following day went for a hike in the morning followed by a late luch prior to drive back. Following day Jules and I went to see Red Hot Chill Peppers in Melbourne, they were very good, although there warm up act was terrible.

... We did a slow boat trip on the estaurine river and saw one croc and some cool plants, kingfishers and a tree snake. This stay has been quite different from the rest of our trip because of the large group we are in, but the wildlife is incredible. We are next heading to stay at Noah's beach, camping out near cape tribulation, and still in Daintree. We will update more soon and hopefeully some good pics!

... scene which we didn't have time to partake in so we made sure to have a drink before leaving. We headed to the bus depot, said goodbye to Robert, then waited for our bus. As time went by we realized that no one else was waiting with us. It took some time but we soon realized that we had forgotten that there is a time change between Queensland (where Robert lives) and New South Wales (where Byron Bay was). We had missed our bus! We quickly called Greyhound's ...

Our drive into the country started out fantastic. It was a warm day, in the high 20's, with only a few clouds in the sky. The drive out of Melbourne is beautiful and picturesque, through windy roads up and down hills. A little nerve racking at first with the wrong-side-of-the-road and everything, but got used to it. After 3-4 hours of driving, seemingly in the right direction, we stopped of in Warburton (Brebeuf boyz, did we not have Art Teacher by ...

This morning we left Sarah and Mike's place to scale Australia's tallest peak, Mt Kosciuszko. In reality it is a very leasurly walk, but if the tallest mountain in the country is named after a famous Pole, we have to be there. It is currently the heart of summer here in Australia and the temperature is hovering in the mid to high ...

... we set up a big tournament for the evening. There were a lot of people in the group who were very good so it reckoned to be competitive. I wasn't too upset to bow out in the first round in a 23-21 squeaker against Laurence, since he ended up coming in second in the tournament anyways (and earlier I'd lost to Martin, the eventual overall winner, by two points as well ...