Scarborough Island

The Roemer's Great Adventure to the Land Down Under

G'Day Mates!! This travelogue is about our year long experience of no work and all play DownUnder! This adventure begins in our favourite area of Australia - Western Australia. More specifically Perth, WA. This area has some of the best wines, ...

... first day on the job. He really struggled when changing gears on the hills. We went along the Atlantic coast from Scarborough to Charlottesville. Our first stop was at Fort King George, where there are original English cannons and the Tobago museum. ...

... Nick from Oz who we had met at the last hostel in Irkutsk. We went up to the top of the hill with 2 guys from Scarborough (Dan and Matt) and drank some beers while watching the sun set (very beautiful). We then went over to another hostel (Nikita's ...

... , via the south island wine region (Marlborough), and get to Kaikoura which is the whale watching capital of NZ ( a bit like Scarborough or Blackpool are the whale watching centres of the UK....just with different types of whales...!!). The small town is ...

... set off in two vehicles (a pickup and an SUV) for the 56-minute drive along Claude Noel Highway and Windward Road from Scarborough in southwestern Tobago to Speyside on Tyrrels Bay in eastern Tobago. The distance was only 37 kilometers (23 miles), but it ...

... !  We were able to catch the Open Female and Open Male Beach Flags Competition on Sunday afternoon at Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre!  Winning the Female event was home beach favourite Renee McCabe of Scarboro SLSC.  Winning the Male ...

... the day!  Everything was set for a great day competition and cheering!  Thousands of spectators gathered at the Scarborough Amphitheatre as well as along the beach from Brighton Beach to North Scarborough Beach!  The Beach had ...

... Was OK, def wouldn't pay money for it though. Tuesday -  Got up early and drove approx 300KM back to Perth, well Scarborough actually.  The hotel we are staying at here is sooo cool.  When we arrived they couldn't find our ...

... , but we managed to hold it together, just. About to give up and jump overboard when the lights of Tobago appear. We dock at Scarborough, the capital, late and with no clue where to stay. Chris came here 10 years ago and made a few friends, so we were ...

We escaped the rainy weather and drove North for most of the day back to Scarborough in the northern suburbs of Perth to a swish hotel (our Christmas present from Bill & Chris - thanks!) on the beach.  Views are amazing as we are on a high floor ...

... so can now get some work. Also our six-some split up with chris, me and the crazy ithai (spencer's nickname) heading to scarborough beach where we registered into a new hostel. Lovely place with really nice atmosphere, everyone loves to have a joke nd ...

... Flowers Track walk. Well, there was also a big $2 second hand clothes warehouse which had opened out by Ferrymead (on the way to Scarborough) and I wanted to just have a quick visit there too to see if I could score a bargain. It was quite weird going ...

... of government in T&T.  The nation itself is a parliamentary system modeled after the British Parlimentary system however, the island of Tobago is modeled by the USA's Federal System.  It's quite interesting how the two work together.  ...

... nearby I felt the need to stop and enjoy what many locals probably pass by without batting an eyelash.Further down Ocean Road I found Scarborough State Beach(above) which to me seemed like a slice of California.  For one, it is about a mile long, ...

... .) My first trip north up Tobago's Atlantic side had been so delicious I thought I'd try it again. In the capital city, Scarborough (pop. a whopping 14,000), I awaited my maxi-taxi and watched the locals (who are almost all blacks and who like to ...

... is influenced by Venezuela because if its proximity. Tobago has about one murder a year and it feels much more like a Caribbean island. Clear Blue water, easy going people, SoCa and Calypso music, and island time. Locals will tell you that they have alot ...