Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

Brisbane West End Brisbane, Queensland, Australia My first online Couchsurfing experience in Australia was in Southern Brisbane’s infamous inner-city suburb called “The West End”. A great alternative artsy lively area of cultural hodge-podge, the West End I found was one of the more exciting neighborhoods in the city. It is also one of Brisbane’s oldest. [...]

Aborigine Embassy* http://www.aboriginaltentembassy.net/ * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * As the Australian Aborigine were not treated as humans until roughly around 1972 in Australia, there is much need for an awakening in Australia on Aborigine Rights. One of the stand-offs and controversial semi-permanent assemblages done in protest about Aborigine polical rights is the “Aboriginal [...]

Batesman Bay, New South Wales, Australia Just north of Narooma is the small resort town of Batemans Bay just north on the Sapphire Coast in the South Coast of New South Wales on the Princes Highway (Hwy 1), it is also one of the connecting coastal city routes to Canberra. With a population of just [...]

Narooma New South Wales, Australia By far, my most favorite place in Australia, Narooma is a panoramic sensation for the beach enthusiast. Think the historic Highway 101 Coastal Oregon route meets the Bahamas and you have “Narooma”. The Aborigine suitably called this area “Clear blue waters” and nothing more could be true. Crystal clear waters. [...]

A popular scenic hotspot of the Sapphire Coast in Australia, Merimbula is an area and small coastal town with just under 9,000 inhabitants. The name is aborigine in origin, meaning “two lakes”. The area has world paleontological significance for its occurence of Merimbulaspis and Pambulaspis fossils with many field camps taking place in the area [...]

Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia In the Eastern part of the state of Victoria Australia lies a man-made channel that connects the Gippsland Lakes to the Bass Strait that is an abundant hotspot for tourism, fishing, and watersport recreation. A small village of just over 4,000 residents, “Lakes Entrance”, formerly “Cunnighame” was first inhabited in 1870 [...]

The Local * http://thelocal.com.au/MEL/ * The Local Taphouse * 184 Carlisle Street, St Kilda * Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * Tel. 9537 2633 * Nestled in the heart of St. Kilda lies a friendly pub with dark wooden floors and walls, dark green lamps, couches, tables, and a sociable cosy relaxed atmosphere. It is here that [...]

St Kilda Melbourne, Victoria, Australia St. Kilda is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a population over 16,000. It was established in 1839 with its own Local government area as “City of Port Phillip”, and an inner city suburb just 3.7 miles outside of the Melbourne Center. The area was named after a schooner Lady [...]

Melbourne City Center/Central StationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19842. In the heart of Melbourne is the underground railway station known as “Melbourne Central”. It is one of Melbourne’s five stations (three of which are underground) on the City Loop that encircles the central business district. Located under La Trobe Street, between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets, on the [...]