Old Dubai
14 января 2024 г., Объединенные Арабские Эмираты ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After arriving late last night, I slept until about midday to recover.
My first stop of the holiday was the Etihad Museum, it was about how the United Arab Emirates formed through the uniting of ArabЧитать далее
Relaxing beach day
15 января 2024 г., Объединенные Арабские Эмираты ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Had a more relaxing day today, headed to a mall (just like any other) walked through a park and then used an electric scooter to drive to the beach.
It wasn't too hot today, so a nice day for it, andЧитать далее
Miracle Garden
16 января 2024 г., Объединенные Арабские Эмираты ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Visited the 'Miracle' gardens today, there were a heck of a lot of flowers and some of the shapes they made were impressive.
It was a little bit more of a tourist trap than I was expecting, with someЧитать далее
Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa
16 января 2024 г., Объединенные Арабские Эмираты ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Headed over to Dubai Mall after the flowers. Went for a normal taxi, until I calculated that it would cost me £120 using his 'meter'. So I quickly jumped out again for a £15 uber. Unfortunately, theЧитать далее
Illness days... ☹️
18 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
So the cold hit and the plans had to be cancelled. I didn't do much other than stay in bed for the rest of my time in Dubai.
I've managed to make it to Sydney after a 14 hour flight that felt longer.Читать далее
Wanda JohnsHope you're better and well enough to enjoy the rest of your holiday.
ПутешественникYou seem to have the worst luck with illness abroad; hope you didn’t miss out on too many things. :/
ПутешественникIt does seem to keep happening... didn't hold me up too much though which is good.
Walking Sydney
19 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Started the day with a trip to get some drugs. After that, I did a walk around some of the sights I wanted to see.
Went through a couple of parks and ended up in the Royal Botanical Gardens. TheЧитать далее
ПутешественникYou would love the number of lizards there are running around and some of them are big! Luckily no snakes yet...
Alex MurphySo jealous, weather looks amazing as well! The flight sounds brutal though
ПутешественникI have been lucky with the weather so far, it had been raining, but its been nice and sunny the whole time... so far.
Maritime museum
19 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Ended the walking at the Maritime museum. They had a destroyer called Vampire and a submarine built in Scotland along with other reproductions. It was fun exploring them, no way I could have worked inЧитать далее
Sydney harbour bridge climb
20 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Still struggling with a cold, so spent the morning in bed. As a nice recovery activity for the afternoon I then did the Sydney harbour bridge climb!
It wasn't that difficult so I was fine, the viewsЧитать далее
Opera and night pictures
20 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After the bridge, I got changed into the fanciest clothes I had... and then went to the Opera house to watch an Opera. It wasn't in the main concert hall, but that had some weird Argentinian drumsЧитать далее
Surfing
21 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Had a really good day today and it started early with an 8am surfing lesson on Manly beach.
I've never surfed before and they said the conditions were 'challenging'. All I know is that there wereЧитать далее
Manly to Spit walk and Kayaking
21 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
After the surfing, I followed the Manly to Spit coast walk. It's a popular walk and it was really pretty.
I saw people doing SUP yoga, there was an awesome dog beach, I saw a couple of dolphinsЧитать далее
Grand Canyon and Three sisters
22 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I've moved inland to the Blue mountains. It's a lot cooler than Sydney was.
My first walk was called the Grand Canyon walk. The canyon is pretty grand and the walk is at the bottom of it. It was veryЧитать далее
Wentworth Falls
23 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
This morning I visited Wentworth Falls in the Blue mountains. At the beginning it was very misty and there was overnight rain, but it cleared up while I was there.
Couldn't see anything really, but IЧитать далее
Mossman Gorge
24 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
So... complications in that a typhoon in December meant I couldn't go to the part of the rainforest I wanted to go too. There's still a lot of repairing of roads and stuff going on. I also can't go toЧитать далее
Port Douglas
24 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Next I visited Port Douglas, it's a really nice town with a walk around the coast.
Found a tree filled with bat's which was cool. They were louder and more active than I expected during the day.
TheyЧитать далее
Daintree River Cruise
24 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Finally for the day, I did a river cruise looking for crocodiles.
Typically, the guide said it had been a tough day because it's too warm. Did see two young and one adult crocodiles though. AlongЧитать далее
Granite Gorge Rock Wallabies
25 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Headed to Granite Gorge today to meet the friendly Wallabies.
They were amazing, very chilled, but when they wanted the food they were happy to get really close and eat out of your hand.
There was aЧитать далее
Waterfalls and stuff
25 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
With Typhoon Kirrily arriving further south, the day had a fair amount of rain. So actually a good time to visit some waterfalls.
I visited 4 waterfalls, a volvanic pipe, and a curtain fig tree. IЧитать далее
Rainforest Lodge
25 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
Stayed in a rainforest lodge overnight and it was awesome. They had a viewing station set-up and managed to see a striped black possum and a sugar glider.
The rain was also crazy heavy overnight fromЧитать далее
Touristy Kuranda
26 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
So I had to find somewhere to hold a Koala while I'm here!
It was really soft and very cute, also clearly very tired like they always are.
There was a little zoo, an open aviary, and a butterflyЧитать далее
ПутешественникI didn't note the name of it, but yes it was a huge caterpillar!
Great Barrier Reef
27 января 2024 г., Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 29 °C
Spent the day at the Great Barrier Reef today. It was awesome, saw a turtle, a shark, a massive clam, loads of fish, starfish, and the coral was cool enough too.
The weather was windy still so theЧитать далее
Torquay
28 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Bit of a frustrating day today, I've flown doen to Melbourne to drive the Great Ocean Road. However the flight from Cairns got delayed by about 4 hours because the plane hit a bird on the way toЧитать далее
Great Ocean Road
29 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Had a fun day driving the Great Ocean Road. About 2/3 of it anyway.
In summary, it's all so pretty and driving the wiggly roads is fun. Although there are lots of people who aren't very good atЧитать далее
Finishing the Great Ocean Road
30 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
After spending the night in Port Campbell, which was nice enough and had lots of bunnies, I headed back to the 12 apostles for a morning picture.
From there, it was more pretty views, lots of covesЧитать далее
Hobart
31 января 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Arrived in Tasmania and spent a relaxing morning walking around Hobart. It isn't that big and not loads to see, but it just seemed relaxing and quiet, it was nice.
Shout out to the cool sniffer dogЧитать далее
Путешественник
Nice twist!
Wanda Johns
Looks yummy
Wanda Johns
Drawing has improved since school!!
ПутешественникI have been practicing. I can colour inside the lines now too.
Wanda JohnsWow impressive 😂😂😂