Category archives: Travels

  • Australia Photos - Phillip Island

    • A day tour on Phillip Island 2 hours south of Melbourne.  It was a fun day with a great small group of people. Wilma the Wombat A Tasmanian Devil My favourite memory of the trip! The little claw gripping the fingers was cute and their tongue felt scratchy like a cats. Some crazy goat A Dingo Hung[...]

  • Australia Photos - Melbourne

    • The second city on my trip and the only city I didn't really like. The Palace Theatre - Now a concert spot Luna Park The old wood coaster that goes around all of Luna Park. Bicycle Rings The original City Circle Tram - goes around the centre of downtown Melbourne, it's free too! Captain James Co[...]

  • Australia Photos - Sydney

    • I finally got around to sorting all of my photos. I had over 2000 photos and it was super hard to narrow it down to the amount I have here. I hope you enjoy these memories of mine. This bird is called and Ibis.  It was walking around in Hyde park in the city. Even though it's the start of summer, these trees full[...]

  • Hungry Jack's - The Wikipedia Story

    • Hungry Jack's - The Wikipedia Story Hungry Jack's (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to HJ's) is the exclusive Australian  master fast food franchisee of Burger King Corporation. Its parent company is Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Competitive Foods Australia, a privately held company o[...]

  • And These Are A Few Of My Favourite Oz Things:

    • And These Are A Few Of My Favourite Oz Things: In no particular order.... 1. Burger King in all of Australia is called "Hungry Jack's".  It's exactly the same as Burger King, they both server the Whopper.  I didn't eat at one, mostly because I don't like fast food hamburgers, actually I don't really like hamburgers i[...]

  • My Journey Home

    • My Journey Home October 30th 2008 I woke up this morning at 5am here in Australia (4pm Oct 29th Toronto time) and I had an hour to shower, get dressed and pack my last few remaining items. Thankfully I decided it was better to pack most of my things the night before, so that I wouldn't have so much to do this mornin[...]

  • The Blue Mountains

    • The Blue Mountains October 29th 2008 This morning I woke up to a rainy and gloomy looking day.  I've been told that the Blue Mountains is alot cooler in temp than Sydney.  So I'm glad I have my raincout and a thin sweater.  I hoped that would keep me dry enough to explore the Blue Mountains. I walked down to Central[...]

  • Bondi to Bronte Clifftop Trail

    • Bondi to Bronte Clifftop Trail October 28 2008 Today I decided to explore the beaches on the east side of Sydney. Luckily for the locals the famous Bondi beach is only approximately a 20min bus/subway ride outside of the core of Sydney. It's a cloudy gloomy day with threats of rain, but I'm not going to complain. [...]

  • Back to Sydney and Creepy Crawlies

    • October 27th 2008 Back to Sydney and Creepy Crawlies Sadly this morning I had to leave two amazing friends who have been great hosts, Chantelle & Reid. They are a cute, newly engaged couple with a funky looking apartment, super comfy couch, fun and outgoing friends and I enjoyed exploring the state of Queenslan[...]

  • Surfers Paradise & Byron Bay

    • October 26th 2008 Surfers Paradise & Byron Bay Today Chantelle, Reid and i got up really early and drove down the gold coast to see two of the most famous beaches in Oz. We started with Surfers which is just over an hour way from Brisbane. The highway had many beautiful murals along the way to Surfers. The mur[...]

  • Bush Fires

    • October 25th 2008 Today we flew back to Brisbane from Cairns/Port Douglas.  It was an evening flight and we killed time in the morning/early afternoon on the beach in Port Douglas. As we were nearing Brisbane Chantelle pointed out some bush fires that were burning jut outside of the city.  It looked as incredible as [...]

  • The Great Barrier Reef

    • Oct 24 2008 The Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is one of the natural wonders of the world.  It is so large that it can be seen from space.  Agincourt Reef is the very outer edge at the north part of the Great Barrier Reef.  The ocean water surrounding that portion of unique ribbon reefs are clear and make [...]