Canberra – Proud Capital City of Australia. So what was it like? In a word, inspiring. In lots of words – what you’re about to read. It would have been fairly dumb to leave the city of Canberra out of any sightseeing opportunity. Especially when its only 3 hours from Sydney (4 hours from Parramatta, Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Canberra in a Nutshell[…]
Not another Northern Ireland Supporters Club surely? And not just any old Northern Ireland Supporters Club! I just happened to form the world’s southernmost Northern Ireland Supporters Club. Or as we called it “Planet Earth’s Southernmost Norn Iron Buck Eejits,” so it is. There I was in March 2010, about to turn 30 years old Read more about TasmaNIan WilderNISC – The Green Devils – Planet Earth’s Southernmost Norn Iron Supporters Club[…]
So to my time spent in Tasman Backpackers in Devonport in Tasmania, Australia! Tasman Backpackers is basically a dwelling place for harvest and factory workers in the city of Devonport, Tasmania. I guess you could call it a working hostel if you wanted to, but I don’t want you to. But I will anyway in this Read more about Staying at Tasman Backpackers in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia[…]
I come from Bangor in Northern Ireland. Its a medium sized town in my homeland. Bangor is just a name, and is hardly unique. There are many “Bangor”s all over the world. I know for a fact there is one in Wales, Republic of Ireland and the USA (the capital city of Maine, I believe), Read more about Bangor, Northern Tasmania[…]
Nobody turns down a free concert do they? Well, I don’t. Though on this occasion, I almost did. My mate Neil has a knack of spotting random things happening nearby. He reads newspapers and magazines and keeps up to date with what’s going on, much more than I do. This means it’s great to travel Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Watching Karisma Katz Live At Eucalypt Lawn, Canberra[…]
I cant remember who said that, but the line was popular in the early 1990s. And now, it’s time for me to say it about myself. There won’t be any more mister nice guy. Being nice gets you nowhere in life, actually. Girls don’t like nice guys (well maybe they do, as a friend only). Read more about No More Mister Nice Guy[…]
What is a Carillon? I’m not really sure and I’m not going to look it up in a dictionary, and the first time I’d heard that word was January 2010, while in Canberra, Australia’s under-rated and often over-looked capital. Sitting nicely and obviously in front of Lake Burley Griffin, lies this “Carillon”, which is actually Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Visiting Canberra’s Carillon[…]
I’ve always liked the word “Gorge”, and one of these days I’ll look up what it means. It has a mystic endearing quality to it. Like on a script of a fake Poirot thriller “death at the gorge”, like a footballer who beat everyone “gorge best” or for the one i love “you’re gorge Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Touring Cataract Gorge Near Launceston, Tasmania[…]
There are so many FREE things to do in Canberra I was finding it hard to believe. On the north side of the city, where the Parliament lies, beyond lake Burley Griffin, there are all the National Buildings of Australia. This part of the city is so obviously artificial and manufactured that it could easily Read more about Backpacking in Canberra: Australian National Museum, Art Gallery and Bonsai Garden[…]
The barbecue in Aranda proved to be another random and special night. Aranda is a suburb or area in Canberra. Canberra is a big city, taking up a large area, but everything seems so far apart. The area of Aranda is a fair few miles outside the city centre. My friend from Canberra, Evan Tattam Read more about A Random Barbecue In Aranda *[…]