2007 Part 5: Land of Oz
In and around Australia
The last leg of our around-the-world journey in 2007 was Australia. Here, you can read about our adventures as we travel up the eastern coast from Brisbane to Cairns. Then, find out about our time in Darwin before we head down south through the desert to Alice Springs, where we plan on touring to the famously huge rock in the middle of nowhere - Uluru.
After Alice Springs, we'll continue travelling south to Adelaide and pop over to Kangaroo Island from there for a couple of days. Melbourne will then be our penultimate stop, and where we plan seeing some old friends and also spending Christmas. Finally, we'll end up in Sydney to bring in the New Year and catch up with some more friends.
We'll be leaving Australia for London on 2nd January and will try to brace the cold as best as we can when we arrive back at London Heathrow Airport on 3rd January. No doubt, we will need the help of all of our friends and family in the UK to readjust to life, most importantly the cost of living. Can we politely request some meals out to celebrate our return... on you? ;-)
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Kyle & Dan
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Australia, Brisbane: Crikey! A Day at Steve Irwin's Zoo
Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, was situated on the east coast north of Sydney, and was where we planned to start our 6-week tour around... Continue reading »
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Australia, Noosa: Fake Snakes and Walking with Goannas in the Park
To travel north up the east coast of Australia from Brisbane, we decided it would be best to take a bus rather than a train, with the ease of hoppi... Continue reading »
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Australia, Hervey Bay: Bicycling in the Bay's Botanic Gardens
The next destination on Queensland's coast that Dan visited was Hervey Bay, a collection of small villages that had grown over time, merging into o... Continue reading »
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Australia, Mackay: Platypus Sightings in Eungella National Park
After a week apart, with Dan travelling up the eastern coast of Australia and Kyle spending time in Arkansas with his family during Thanksgiving, i... Continue reading »
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Australia, Mission Beach: Caught in an Intense Tropical Storm
After spending a couple of days in Mackay, we continued our journey up the eastern coast of Australia, stopping again at Mission Beach. We were wor... Continue reading »
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Australia, Daintree: A Cassowary Drinking Water at a Roadside Stream
Our bus left Mission Beach around 5:00pm, heading north. It took a couple of hours to get to our next destination, Cairns. The bus journey was okay... Continue reading »
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Australia, Palm Cove: House Guests Between Cairns and Port Douglas
When we left Mission Beach by bus, heading for Cairns, we had the ultimate destination of Palm Cove on our minds. Palm Cove was the place we had pl... Continue reading »
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Australia, Kuranda: Mellow Mountain Town in the Rainforest
Once we had packed up our things and Carl had looked at the checkout list for the house he had rented in Palm Cove, we put our bags in the back of... Continue reading »
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Australia, Darwin: Hot, Sticky Weather in the Tropical North
To get to Darwin, we had decided to fly from Cairns because it would be the fastest and easiest way for us to make our way there. Travelling by lan... Continue reading »
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Australia, Kakadu: Fighting Flies with Fire on a Crocodile Hunt
One of the main reasons why we had included Darwin in our Australian itinerary was to explore the mystical Kakadu National Park, located over 120 m... Continue reading »
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Australia, Litchfield: Magnetic Termite Mounds and Crocodile-free Swimming Holes
A day trip to Litchfield National Park hadn't been planned before we arrived in Darwin during our six weeks in Australia. However, when we started... Continue reading »
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Australia, Alice Springs: Eating Oz Animals and Trip to Desert Park
After exploring the northern end of Australia's Northern Territory, we flew to the southern end to visit Alice Springs and the surrounding area. Th... Continue reading »
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Australia, Uluru: Camping and Rare Waterfalls on Sacred Monolith
To visit Uluru and some of the other fantastic sights in central Australia, we booked ourselves onto a 3-day, 2-night camping trip in the outback d... Continue reading »
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Australia, Kings Canyon: Dramatic Ceremonial Red Chasm
Still feeling soggy from the previous day's trip to Kata Tjuta and Uluru, we were taken to the final destination of our 3-day tour in the Australia... Continue reading »
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Australia, Adelaide: Ambitious But Elusive Plans
Adelaide was the fifth largest city in Australia with just over 1 million people; it was also the capital and most populated city in the state of S... Continue reading »
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Australia, Melbourne: Rainy, Cold Summer Days Reminding Us of Home
The next to last stop on our year-long trip around three continents was Melbourne, which was known for being the most European city in Australia wi... Continue reading »
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Australia, Sydney: Finishing an Incredible Year
Sydney was located on the southeast coast of Australia and was the biggest and most populous city there (4.1 million). It was also built around the... Continue reading »
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