What can I say about Australia? To the date of this post, I’ve traveled: – 14,800 km (9,200 miles) by car – 387 km (241 miles) by foot – visited 4 of the 6 Australian States (New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria) -Driven the Pacific Coast Route from Sydney, NSW to Cairns, Queensland, Overlanders Way, Explorers Way, Red Centre Way, 3/4 of the Great Southern Way, and Great … Continue reading Australia, The Next Chapter
I posted this on Instagram: From our first day to our last day and some of the stops in between. 2 strangers who decided to merge their Aussie Adventure into one for a while and make dreams a reality. I’ll miss morning coffee and walking behind you so I can stare at your butt 😜. I leave you with this Tanguy, “May the long time … Continue reading A Letter to Tanguy
Forgive the typos, spelling, and grammar, I’m curled up in a sleeping bag in Goulburn on my way to Glenworth Valley (it’s Monday the 28th as I type this) and trying to remember the journey of the last days, but my memories are blurring into one and it’s kinda freaking cold so my thoughts drift between writing and how cold it might get tonight. Tuesday, … Continue reading Australia 2015: The Great Ocean Road to Melbourne
Writing this from Portland…not Oregon or Maine but Victoria, Australia. It’s cold but not as cold as it is back home. Here’s what’s happened since the Northern Territory… Tuesday, 12/15: We leave Uluru in a cloud of red dust…okay not really as it’s cloudy and sprinkling rain here and there. We are South Australia bound, specifically Coober Pedy. It’s a 8-9 hour drive and though … Continue reading Australia: Coober Pedy to Portland
Forgive the mistakes through out this post, writing from my phone as it’s been a pain to drag out a lap top and then not able to connect to the Internet and hell, for the most part I haven’t had internet or cell service. I don’t hate that and only miss it when I want to post a photo or say something amazing about where … Continue reading Australia: the Northern Territory
Sunday, 12/6: I leave Cairns and head back down to Townsville to the Townsville to Tennant Creek drive (aka The Overlanders Way). I will then zip up to Darwin and then back through the Northern Terriroty (aka NT). As I leave Townsville and begin The Overlanders Way on Flinder’s Highway I realize about 5 miles in that it should be renamed Dead Smelly Carcass Highway. … Continue reading Australia: The Overlanders Way
Monday, 11/30: sorry Nick, going back to writing dates as Month & Date…at least for now. I leave Brisbane and head towards Fraser Coast. I really don’t have an agenda as where to go and what to do, I look at guidebooks and to suggestions from the locals and such. Along the way towards the Fraser Coast, I hit the Glass House Mountains. The great … Continue reading Australia: Fraser Coast to Cairns
Just for Nick – dates written the Aussie way and in kilometers (in miles for US) Friday, 27/11 – I leave the Gold Coast and head to Springbrook National Park to hike the Purling Brook Falls Circuit and Warringa Pool. I am up at 5 am which sounds horrible, but it’s super easy when you fell asleep about an hour after the sun went down. … Continue reading Australia: Brisbane and Saint Hughs
Monday 11/23 – I leave Camden Haven and head to Port Macquarie for camping supplies…basically a tent, sleeping bag and a hammer to nail tent pegs into the ground and to ward off an attach of a koala or kangaroo incase I get an angry fist fight with either (which I don’t plan on doing, but you never know with Mother Nature, she could just … Continue reading Australia: Camden Haven to Main Beach
Catching up on all things Australia. I landed in Australia on Friday, November 13th (it was Thursday back in the States). I didn’t see Thursday at all. If you’re wondering WTF, it goes something like this: I left on Nov 11th and flew from CLT – ATL – LAX – SYD…in doing so, I crossed from Wed into Friday somewhere between LAX and SYD. Time … Continue reading Australia, So Far