As previously noted, our last days in Noosa finished quietly and uneventfully, due to both poor weather and poor health. Unfortunately, neither of those things have changed with our change of scenery. We arrived in Brisbane yesterday afternoon after a smooth bus ride back along the Sunshine Highway. We checked back in to Chill Backpackers,… Continue reading Brisbane, AUS… Again
Author: dan.kronstal
Brisbane, AUS
Day 1. We had another early morning on the day of our departure from Surfers, and made our way to Brisbane by way of shuttle to the transit center, local bus to the train station, then intercity train for the just-over-one-hour trip up the coast. We didn’t get much scenery on the way, since the… Continue reading Brisbane, AUS
Dungay Creek, AUS (pt 3)
Our last post finished on Day 9, which makes this sort of awkward, since there’s only one day left. We’ll split this into two posts, one covering our last day and departure, then another which continues our journey and arrival at Surfer’s Paradise. Day 10. Our last work day at the Thomas farm did not… Continue reading Dungay Creek, AUS (pt 3)
Dungay Creek, AUS (pt 2)
Day 5. The morning was soggy and raining. And so was the rest of they day, so we stayed inside and took care of some house cleaning tasks. Christina and I spent most of the day cleaning cupboards – removing the items inside, extracting the cupboard unit, cleaning and wiping the interiors then adding clean… Continue reading Dungay Creek, AUS (pt 2)
“G’day” Australia
We have been in Sydney, Australia for the past 3 days now and it’s been a whirlwind of activities. We arrived early morning March 17th, but were not able to check in to our hostel until 2pm, so had some time to kill. The hostel is located right at the Kings Cross train station, which… Continue reading “G’day” Australia
Auckland, NZ (again)
We started our New Zealand leg in Auckland, in the Ponsonby area. Our current visit finds us in the Parnell community, on the other side of Auckland’s downtown core. We have a couple of days here before we move on to Australia, and are pleased to find that this side of town seems a little… Continue reading Auckland, NZ (again)
Raglan, NZ (pt 1)
*** UPDATING: March 12: 11:17am ***: We are not in danger of getting hit by the tsunami. It hit the US, but not us in Raglan. For our worried parents who are emailing us, we’re safe. 🙂 As we approached Raglan I felt a little trepedition, as we had only the say-so of “Tim”,… Continue reading Raglan, NZ (pt 1)
New Plymouth, NZ
We left fairly early today from Plimmerton, on our way to New Plymouth for a quick stopover before continuing on to Raglan. It was not a terribly stimulating drive, since we’re passing through mostly the kind of farmland and plains areas that constituted the “leftovers” that went unmentioned in our description of the more interesting… Continue reading New Plymouth, NZ
Napier, NZ… cont’d
It is much easier to feel like you’re on holiday when not rushing between one town and the next, so today felt like a holiday. We had a very restful night, since there was no nightlife to speak of at all last night when we went out. A quick lap around showed us empty streets… Continue reading Napier, NZ… cont’d
Rotorua, NZ
We’ve come a fair way south, having left Endless Summer and passed back through Auckland on our way to explore the south portion of the North Island. We left Ahipara and took the ferry across to Rawene, then followed HWY 12 through the Kauri Forest. The road through the forest was every bit as formidable… Continue reading Rotorua, NZ