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My 2024 Adventure
  • Daniela Eder
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My 2024 Adventure

„The World is a book, the one who never travels only sees one page of it!” - Aurelius Augustinos
After a long time of waiting, it’s finally there :) I will be traveling 4 months in 2024 and it is going to be a blast!
🇯🇵🌸🎎🍜🇦🇺🤿🏄🏼‍♀️🦘🇳🇿 🥾 🚐🍁🧘🏼‍♀️… Read more
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  • Daniela EderMy 2024 AdventureTraveler

    Tassi ♥️ - Day 1

    May 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    From bustling Sydney it goes off to Tasmania - the most southern place in the world I have aber been to.
    With a group of 20 nice ppl. We travel across the island guided by Tom from Under Down Under ;)
    On the first day we made our way to the west:
    Our tour of Tasmania/lutruwita took us first to the wild West Coast, with a few beautiful short walks throughout the day. We experienced three National Parks, beginning with Mount Field and its wondrous Russell Falls and some of the world’s tallest trees. We stood on the shore of Lake St Clair (Australia’s deepest freshwater lake) which forms part of the Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park. As we travelled west, we were immersed in magnificent wild scenery, flanked by mountains, buttongrass plains and rainforests of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. We stopped at Queenstown to learn about Tasmania’s pioneer history, before settling into our accommodations in the harbourside village of Strahan. Yet we weren’t lucky to see the platypus that lives there in the creek.

    We even tried to spot some Aurora Australis the evening, yet we missed it by a day. Still hat some nice and quiet time by the bay in Strahan.

    - but to be fair: no platypus to be spotted so far , Yet, we saw cute pademelon but they took flight pretty quickly.    Read more

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    Tassy ♥️ - Day 2

    May 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Heading to the west cost we did walk to Montezuma Falls, hidden within the ancient temperate rainforests of the Tarkine/takayna. We’ll return to the coast and explore the enormous Henty Sand Dunes.
    Later, we checked out the windswept Ocean Beach, Tasmania’s longest stretch of sand, and breathed the freshest air in the world.

    And in the evening, we went to Australia’s (or even the world’s!) longest playing theater play which has been played every night since the 1994 - “The Ship that never was”
    Quite funny play that includes quite a few ppl from the audience.    Read more

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    Tassy 🦘♥️ Day 3

    May 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Today we went off to hike at Cradle Mountain National Park. Deep within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, this glacial carved landscape is filled with wildlife. We looked for wombats at Ronny Creek, and did a longer hike to Marion Lookoit. We then departed for Sheffield to have Australia’s heart ice cream, the Town of Murals, before reaching one of Australia’s oldest cities, Launceston.Read more

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    Spotting platypusses

    May 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    We are definitely that luckiest we can get, it’s really hard to spot a platypus in nature, but we were lucky. We saw three in one pond amazing! And one really put on a show for us ♥️🦦

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    Tassy Day 4 ♥️🦘

    May 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Today we Explore Launceston’s beautiful Cataract Gorge and enjoyed a short walk within this nature reserve only minutes from the city centre and spotted some wallabies. 🦘 Then, we took a scenic drive to the East Coast via St Columba Falls to see gigantic tree ferns. Only stopping to try and find platypuses. After lunch at St Helens, we walked along Tasmania’s best beaches, including the pristine sands and turquoise waters of the Bay of Fires/larapuna. We learnt about the cultural significance of larapuna for Tasmanian aboriginal people/palawa. We took our time enjoying the breathtaking coastal scenery before making our way down to the relaxed township of Bicheno, home of the little penguin.Read more

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    Tassy day 5 ♥️

    May 16, 2024 in Australia

    Day 5 was dedicated to exploring the exquisite Freycinet National Park. Relax on a powder white-sand beach, walk to the Wineglass Bay beach or lookout. Alternatively, you may prefer the more challenging climb to the top of Mt Amos. From the summit you can enjoy panoramic vistas over Freycinet’s pink granite mountains, secluded coves, and coastal bushlands. We’ll look out over the Tasman Sea from the lighthouse at Cape Tourville, before following the Great Eastern Drive to Hobart/nipaluna where our tour of Tasmania came to an end.
    What an amazing trip this was and such a group of wonderful people with the best tour guide ever! We ended very emotional taking a group photo with the bus, crying …. It was just amazing!    Read more

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    Great Ocean Road - Finally back 🥲🥲

    May 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    It’s been so long, more than 20 years that I have been to the Great Ocean Road. I have just been 14 back then.
    This time, 21 years later, I’m doing the trip with wonderful Peo, whom I met in Kyoto a few weeks ago.
    And it’s amazing. The road and all the views are just stunning and at the same time we are having great philosophical and life discussions.
    What a great day ♥️    Read more

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    🚁 GOR

    May 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    What a great time; well the second day on the great ocean road was a bit rainier but we still got to see London bridge, the 12 apostles and all the other nice places in the GOR at wonderful light before we headed back to the Mornington peninsula.
    I even did a heli ride ♥️ I mean how often do you get to do that?    Read more

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    Sightseeing in Melbourne

    May 21, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Only a few days left now for me in wonderful Australia. 🇦🇺 I’m really sad about having to leave soon. But before I get to discover bustling Melbourne once more in my life on a free city tour and some shopping ;)Read more

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    🚴🏼‍♀️ and 🏖️

    May 22, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Time has run! It is already my last day and wonderful Australia but you can be sure, I will come back. And this time it will not take me 20 years!
    Melbourne showed itself from its best side today: Sun-sun-sun
    Hence, I borrowed a bike and did the 20 km drive along the beaches from South Melbourne Beach to Black Rock. And what an amazing ride it was! But see for yourself!    Read more

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    Off we go - camping

    May 24, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    First morning in Aotearoa and waking up to a wonderful beach view on our new home for the next 4 weeks.
    And off we go - first stop Kawakawa public toilets - one might think why is she talking about toilets…. Yet, this has been the place where Hundertwasser spent the last 22 years of his life in a very remote area. So apparently those restrooms are somewhat special…
    And then off to a short hike to lovely rainbow waterfalls before we head north.
    To the top north point of New Zealand where the spirits of the ancestors enter the world of the spirits at Spirits Bay.    Read more

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    Entrance to the Kawiti Glowworm Caves

    Glowworms and other nice things

    May 26, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Well a day of driving means more of beautiful views but little adventure.
    So we stopped at Kawiti Glowworm Caves - unfortunately no photos allowed. But definitely worth a visit. The caves are run vs Māoris and the to girls that guides us the through were nice and funny.
    Another short hike somewhere in the way and then off to Matamata - well finally see Hobbington tomorrow :)    Read more

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    Hiking at Lake Tarawera

    May 29, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    Still in the North Island, today it is off to Lake Tarawera, boasting with great nature, hot water beaches and pools, and great hikes. I took the 18km hike from hot water beach back to the Lake Tarawera Reserve parking lot with amazing views and enjoyed an hours chat in the hot water pool with a local.Read more

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    View on the hike to the top of rainbow mountain
    Rainbow mountainView from rainbow mountainBoiling mud pools in Waimangu vulcanic valleyLake Taupō view in Mount doomLake Taupō rock carvingsLake Taupō rock carvingsLake Taupō rock carvingsThe pregnant lady

    Taupō waterfalls and Rock Carvings

    May 30, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

    From Rotorua it goes towards Taupō after a nice morning hike on Rainbow mountain with a wonderful view, the boiling mud pools on our way. Just before Taupō, thousands of liters of water are violently finding their way down the impressive Huka falls.
    Lake Taupō is famous for its rock carvings of a maori ancestor. Hence, we head off to experience them in a boat trip.    Read more

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    Mount Doom - Tongariro Crossings

    May 31, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C

    Following the footsteps of Frodo, Sam, and Gollum, we head towards Tongariro mountain to hike the Tongariro crossing with wonderful views on Lord of the Rings‘ Mount Doom, where Frodo destroyed the ring. Sun, wind, snow, storm and ice, we had it all. An impressive and exhausting hike but we made it to the top and back.Read more

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    Humpback whale 🐋
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    Kaikoura 🐳

    June 3, 2024, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    The first 2 Humpback whales appeared right when we pulled out of the port. Humpbacks migrate through Kaikoura in winter time (longest migration periode - up to 20.000km a year)
    we had a little seal following us around 🦭😍 others trying to protect their prey from albatrosses. And Hector’s dolphins and dusky dolphins 🐬😍 swam with us and albatrosses on the lookout for food zRead more

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    Ziplining Kaikoura

    June 4, 2024 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Today it’s off to another adventure: 2km of ziplining with ecoadventures and wonderful views of the coast. With ziplines between 270 and +600m length and the longest ride being nearly a minute 🤩