Volunteering in the land of Kiwis and Kangaroos
About this blog
My travel journal for my six month tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Trip Start
Oct 11, 2007
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Trip End
Mar 26, 2008
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There are 157 entries in this blog
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The Longest Day (or Three) - Night 0 -
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Touchdown in Australia - Night 1 -
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Meeting the Team - Night 2 -
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Prepping for Our First Adventure - Night 3 -
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In Search of Reedy Creek Ranch - Night 4 -
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Cat's Claw Fever - Night 5 -
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Shining for Gliders - Night 6 -
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Climbing Pomerica Peak - Night 7 -
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Still Miles to Go - Night 8 -
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Thoreau, Rousseau, Laundry? - Night 9 -
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Failure in the City - Night 10 -
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A Day at Redcliffe Beach - Night 11 -
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Driving to Dragonweyr - Night 12 -
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Daytrip to Stanthorpe - Night 13 -
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Manning the Forge - Night 14 -
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Ambitions of Lumberjackery - Night 15 -
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Pizza Night - Night 16 -
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Down the Range and to the Sea - Night 17 -
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Nimbin the Way Home - Night 18 -
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Repair and Relocation - Night 19 -
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A Hike Down the Escarpment - Night 20 -
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Halloween in the Granite Belt - Night 21 -
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Going Away Dinner - Night 22 -
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A Strange Day - Night 23 -
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Sanctuary of The Veils - Night 24 -
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Life Maintenance - Night 25 -
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To Bribie - Night 26 -
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More Weeding - Night 27 -
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Rain, Rain Go Away - Night 28 -
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A Change of Pace - Night 29 -
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Last Day of Volunteering - Night 30 -
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Trip to Hervey Bay - Night 31 -
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First Day on Fraser - Night 32 -
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Sand and Sea - Night 33 -
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Return to the Mainland - Night 34 -
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To Noosa - Night 35 -
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To The Beach Again - Night 36 -
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Beach, Take Three - Night 37 -
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Noosa National Park - Night 38 -
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Rainy Day at the Beach - Night 39 -
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Arrival in Sydney - Night 40 -
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Sydney Walkabout - Night 41 -
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Bondi Beach - Night 42 -
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Manly Museum - Night 43 -
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A Day at Darling Harbour - Night 44 -
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Entering New Zealand - Night 45 -
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The Auckland Sun - Night 46 -
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Waitomo and Rotorua - Night 47 -
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Rafting the Kaituna - Night 48 -
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Meandering to Taupo - Night 49 -
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Crossing the Tongariro - Night 50 -
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Long Drive to Wellington - Night 51 -
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Down Normandale Road - Night 52 -
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Up Normandale Road - Night 53 -
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Cleaning the Pauatahanui - Night 54 -
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Maintaining Makara Peak - Night 55 -
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Eastbourne Dunes - Night 56 -
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Otari Wilson's Bush - Night 57 -
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The Trash Palace - Night 58 -
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Exploring Wellington - Night 59 -
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A Long Walkabout - Night 60 -
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Restoration in Paraparaumu - Night 61 -
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On the Trail of Possums - Night 62 -
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Sailing the Harbor - Night 63 -
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GVN Christmas Party - Night 64 -
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Census of the Seals - Night 65 -
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Back to Welly - Night 66 -
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Catching up on Life - Night 67 -
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Pauahatanui Again - Night 68 -
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Rain in Ngaio - Night 69 -
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Rained Out - Night 70 -
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Nga Manu, Take One - Night 71 -
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Nga Manu, Take Two - Night 72 -
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Night on the Town - Night 73 -
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South Island Planning - Night 74 -
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The Real Cape Palliser - Night 75 -
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Christmas In New Zealand - Night 76 -
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Boxing Day - Night 77 -
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Back to Work at Eastbourne - Night 78 -
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All Hands on Deck - Night 79 -
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Winding Down - Night 80 -
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Farewell to Belmont - Night 81 -
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New Year's Eve in Welly - Night 82 -
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Across Cook Strait - Night 83 -
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On to Havelock - Night 84 -
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Nydia Track, Day 1 - Night 85 -
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Nydia Track, Day 2 - Night 86 -
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Havelock to Nelson - Night 87 -
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Kayaking Pepin Island - Night 88 -
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Wet Ride to Greymouth - Night 89 -
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Franz Josef...the Glacier - Night 90 -
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Who is Alex Knob? - Night 91 -
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Welcome to the Otago - Night 92 -
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A Piece of New Zealand Dies - Night 93 -
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Arriving in Queenstown - Night 94 -
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High Above Queenstown - Night 95 -
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Rained Out - Night 96 -
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Milford Sound - Night 97 -
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Kepler Track, Day One - Night 98 -
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Kepler Track, Day Two - Night 99 -
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Kepler Track, Day Three - Night 100 -
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Relaxing in Te Anau - Night 101 -
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The Bottom of the World - Night 102 -
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Thwarted by ESPN NZ - Night 103 -
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The Caitlin Coast - Night 104 -
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Out in the Octagon - Night 105 -
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Oh Oamaru - Night 106 -
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Up the Waitaki Valley - Night 107 -
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Chilling in Tekapo - Night 108 -
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Aloha Aoraki - Night 109 -
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Up the Tasman Valley - Night 110 -
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Last Day in Mt. Cook - Night 111 -
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Onwards to Christchurch - Night 112 -
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Terra Antarcticus - Night 113 -
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New Brighton Beach - Night 114 -
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Al's Bar - Night 115 -
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Last Night in New Zealand - Night 116 -
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Across the Tasman Sea - Night 117 -
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The Queen Victoria Market - Night 118 -
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The Bizarre Horse Bazaar - Night 119 -
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Cruising the Cultural Capital - Night 120 -
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Olympic Park - Night 121 -
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St. Kilda - Night 122 -
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The Year of the Rat - Night 123 -
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A Zombie in Adelaide - Night 124 -
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Glitzy Glenelg - Night 125 -
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Parachilna, Pop 4 - Night 126 -
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Wilpena Pound - Night 127 -
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Across the Desert to Coober Pedy - Night 128 -
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Uluru and Kata Tjuta - Night 129 -
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Onwards to Kings Canyon - Night 130 -
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Finally Alice Springs - Night 131 -
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Recovering in Alice - Night 132 -
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Scorching Alice - Night 133 -
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To the Tropics - Night 134 -
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Sweating it out to Katherine - Night 135 -
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Katherine Gorge to Darwin - Night 136 -
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Dilly-Dally in Darwin - Night 137 -
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Experiencing the Wet - Night 138 -
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Arrival in Perth - Night 139 -
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Perthin' It - Night 140 -
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Cottesloe Beach - Night 141 -
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City Tour - Night 142 -
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On to Fremantle - Night 143 -
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Rottnest Island - Night 144 -
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Back to Perth - Night 145 -
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Back to Brissy - Night 146 -
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Closing Down Australia - Night 147 -
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Bula, Bula - Night 148 -
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The Blue Lagoon - Night 149 -
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Cave Diving - Night 150 -
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Boarding the Wanna Taki - Night 151 -
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Another Day on the Boat - Night 152 -
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Transfer to Bounty Island - Night 153 -
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Sailing the Mamanucas - Night 154 -
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Back on U.S. Soil - Night 155 -
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Epilogue
