Alice Springs, Australia, Australia My trip to the Northern Territory started this morning with a 5am wakeup call to get the bus to the airport. I was flying with Tiger Airways, the worst low-budget airline ever, so of course I was delayed. At first it was just by an hour, and that ballooned to just over two hours without so much as an announcement. Nice. The good thing was that we weren’t cancelled like some other flights were, so we…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today I finally got to go somewhere I’ve been meaning to go since I got to Melbourne, Phillip Island. Lisa and I signed up for this tour at the same time as the Great Ocean Road tour, and today was the day. One cool thing about it was that we had Cameron as a tour guide again, so we at least already knew him. We started out with an hour long drive down to Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today I finally got to go to an Aussie Rules Football game. I met my friend Tony at Etihad Stadium to see St Kilda versus Melbourne. The Melbourne Demons are the team that I randomly adopted when I moved into the city, so it made sense that they would be in the first game I get to see. It was only $20 for a general admission ticket, and that allows you to sit anywhere you want in…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today started out with an early rise for breakfast at the Asses Ears Wilderness Lodge and then off for some kangaroo spotting. There were so many kangaroos it was a little ridiculous! They were all over the roads and in every field we went by. We made our first stop of the day at Mackenzie Falls. There were a few different lookouts to see the falls from, so we decided to check them all out. While walking…
Brimpaen, Australia, Australia I woke up this morning at about 7am, hopped in the shower and had my breakfast to be ready to start the day at 8:30am. Our first excursion was a tour of the Cape Otway Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse on mainland Australia. It was a good tour and the view from the top was spectacular! We packed up the bus, thanked the light keeper and headed off down the road. The road to get back to main…
Cape Otway, Australia, Australia Today started out with an early wake up call to get ready for the trip down the Great Ocean Road. We got down to the Bunyip office just next to the apartment and boarded our bus with 7 other people coming on the tour, and our guide Cameron. It was a little bit of a quiet start to the trip, as no one was talking to each other. It took a little time for us to…
Kincumber, Australia, Australia I’ve spent the last week up north between Sydney and the Central Coast. It was a very long holiday weekend here, so I figured I would come up and see my friends before we all headed off in our own directions. I flew up to Sydney on Thursday morning and arrived in the city around 9am. I met Erin, dropped off my bag and headed out to enjoy the city. Luckily I had another nice weather day…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia This last week involved a few more sightseeing trips around Melbourne that I hadn’t gotten to yet. I was planning on having a job by this point, but it turns out that jobs (mainly testing contracts) are not as easy to find in Melbourne as I anticipated. Although there are some contracts available that would suit me perfectly, most companies will not hire anyone on my working holiday visa. It’s pretty annoying because I’ve paid for this…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today I finally got to do something that I’ve been wanting to do since I moved here to Melbourne. I went up to the top of the Eureka Building. The Eureka Skydeck, which is located on the 88th floor of the Eureka Building, is the highest viewing platform in the Southern Hemisphere. This is pretty awesome considering how many big cities are in the Southern Hemisphere. They really did a great job with this viewing platform as…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today was the big day I’ve been waiting for, UCONN in the Elite 8!! I found out last night that the game was not going to be on at the Casino Sports Bar where I’ve been watching all the other games. Not a big deal, NCAA.com streams every game of the tournament live and for free. I decided to go to the restaurant downstairs for breakfast and use their free wifi to watch the game while I…