2008-07-24
Went to the Australia Zoo, this is where Steve Irwin started up, I hold a snake there, which I have a picture of, touched and feed koalas, kangaroos and elephants. Also took a tour around the zoo with a guide, it was really nice, and very clean every...
2008-07-24
Walked around the town all day, they have a big main street with huge malls all over the place, in one of them I went to the cinema to see 'Get Smart', I stayed at the hostel for the rest of the evening, because they have their own pub/bar in the bas...
2008-07-24
Woke up at 7am, had a bad hangover, went to get a shower, checked out and then I went for a very long walk along the beach, I calculated that I walked about 10 km, and then I waited some more for the bus.

In Brisbane I stayed at a really nice host...
2008-07-24
Walked around the city a lot, took a "duck" around the city, this is a bus that drives down in the water and then sail on the water as well.

Went to Hard Rock Cafe and got the Legendary 10oz Burger.

At night, the hostel had this Backpackers Big...
2008-07-24
Was feeling a bit bad from the hangover, so took a long walk along the beach, before we had to go on the bus and go to Surfers Paradise. When we arrived in Surfers Paradise, I said goodbye to the others, because most people were not getting off here....
2008-07-24
I got up at 5:30am to see the sunrise from Byron Lighthouse, it was really nice, looked very beautiful, after that I went back to bed and slept till 12, then I went to the beach with some of the girls.

Later on we went to Cheesy Monkeys, where the...
2008-07-24
This morning I got up at 8am, was feeling a big hangover from last night, but I had to go whale watching for 4 hours, we saw 8 whales and 1 dolphin there, was really cool, they jumped up from the water and just made a huge splash down, we got about 4...
2008-07-24
Got waken up at 6:00am, got some breakfast and then a lot of surfing instructions, we got some wetsuits on and a surfboard, and then went down to the beach, where we practiced in the sand on how to stand etc. Then we went out in the water and started...
2008-07-24
It was time to leave Sydney, the people from Oz Experience (my bus company) seemed really nice. We got to Surf Camp Spot X, really funny/weird people there, after we ate, we started drinking quite a lot, we played some really crazy drinking games, en...
2008-07-24
Sunday I got up at 6:00am and got on a bus to the Blue Mountains, we first went to see some kangaroos, then we went to the mountains, and did some really really nice walks, it was the best views ever, and our tour guide was amazing, the best day I ha...
2008-07-24
I went to Chinatown with Laura, we went to a really big market there, lots of amazing stuff there, I got a special Didgeridoo for 400$, that is quite a lot for one of those, but it is made of some special wood and by a famous artist, and its a memory...
2008-07-24
Friday I was quite tired after walking around the Zoo all day yesterday, so I got up really late, and then went shopping around in Sydney, didn't really do much this day....
2008-07-24
Thursday I went to Taronga Zoo, which you had to take a ferry to get to, I bought a quite expensive tour there, which you usually have to book 48 hours prior to the tour, but being the VIP I am, I just pulled some strings, haha. Anyway got on the tou...
2008-07-24
Went to Sydney Aquarium, because I was told it was really good, but I found it quite boring, it is just like every other aquarium really, and there was a LOT of kids there, really annoying.

I then went to Sydney Tower, which is as tall as the Eiff...
2008-07-24
I went to have a really nice breakfast at a cafe near Hyde Park, they forgot about my order, so I got a free cappuccino, was quite funny. After that I just walked around Sydney for a while, went to the bus company I was going with and booked my first...
2008-07-24
Was recommended to go to Kings Cross and find a hostel there, Kings Cross is the red light district of Sydney, so there was like a porn shop or strip bar at every second building.

I found a hostel right next to the station called Cooee, it seemed ...
2008-07-24
Sunday we went to see Ben play some football, not as in soccer and not as in Rugby or American football, but something else, it was quite fun, we went to get some food and stuff like that first.

After that we went to Black Mountain Tower, there wa...
2008-07-24
Saturday we went out to James' dad's farm, it was really really huge and cool, amazing place, a man-made beach, with a small hut and waterfall, own tennis court, palm trees, think it had like 6-7 bedrooms. Anyway, there we had some barbecue, where Ta...
2008-07-24
Unfortunately I don't have any notes for the days between my arrival and Saturday, but I was at the mall a lot, went to visit Bob at his office, and he showed me Mycosm, went for a walk in Annie's "backyard", and stayed at Taite and James apartment f...
2008-07-24
It was a very long trip, I had been awake for about 60 hours before I finally got some sleep. Only 20 of those hours I spend in a plane however, but the thing is, I can't sleep in a plane, but luckily there was plenty to do on the plane, movies, game...
2008-07-04
I am in Canberra now, as it is my first stop on my trip, I have wrote a whole bunch of stuff on paper about my trip, but I of course forgot it now when I am at a "net cafe", actually I am at Canberra Centre, but there is a lot of computers here, that...
2008-06-10
Let's play with the thought! Imagine that you have a bank, that every morning, deposit $ 86,400.00 on your account. The money is yours - free of charge - it's a gift. There is just one single "but", every evening, the money that is remaining on your ...
2008-05-13
I am going to Australia for 2 months all alone in our summer time (1. July - 1. September).

I just can't wait to go there, I have most of it planned out already, I will first fly to Sydney, then go to Canberra to visit some really nice friends, th...
2008-05-13
I never was much of a blogger, but these days blogging is such a big thing, so I decided to make one on my website as well. Then we will see if I like it or not, but I think the main reason I never blogged is that I don't know what to write, but now ...