Archive January 2016
Day 1 On The Great Ocean Road
Day 71- Camperdown, Australia – 12:13 PM (Melbourne to Apollo Bay) I am currently just outside of Camperdown, Australia heading back to Melbourne after three days on the Great Ocean Road (GOR). Do not be alarmed, I am not driving and blogging simultaneously. I invited along my buddy Ben and he in turn invited a […]
Veering Off the Backpacker Route
Day 68 – Melbourne, Australia – 10:04 PM It has been a whirlwind 60 hours. My previous post ended with me sitting in Melbourne’s Flinder Street rail station awaiting the arrival of Ben, a friend I originally met in New Zealand. Roughly sixty hours later, I am back in Melbourne sitting in my 4-person shared […]
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Day 65 – Melbourne, Australia – 12:55 PM Today, prior to 10 AM, I had already ridden on a plane, a train and a bus. I departed Sydney this morning at 7 AM and landed in Melbourne 45 minutes later. I subsequently purchased an express bus ticket from the airport to Southern Cross railway station. […]
Rainy Days in Sydney
Day 64 – Sydney, Australia – 1:20 PM I landed in Sydney two days ago after a quick flight from Bellina, south of Byron Bay. On my last day in Byron Bay, I walked to the Byron Bay Lighthouse. Aside from being the most eastern point in Australia, the walk provided opportunities to photograph the rocky […]
New Year’s Eve in Byron Bay
Day 60 – Byron Bay, Australia – 10:55 PM Byron Bay has certainly lived up to the hype. As the bus pulled into town on December 30, I was immediately taken aback by the beachside atmosphere that inundated me from all directions. Surf shops, clothing stores and unique restaurants lined the streets. Beachgoers carrying surf […]