Saga World Tour (over 30s)

Our route so far has taking us from Beijing to Hong Kong and from there to our current destination of Australia. We have been in Sydney for the past 3 and half months (working, checking out NSW, remembering what it was to be like a student, preparing ourselves for unemployment when we return), and will be starting our serious travel from the end of next month around Australia. We will be going to Broken Hill, driving and camping from Sydney to Melbourne, Tasmania, Adelaide, Alice Springs (camping in the outback for 3 days), Darwin and and then work our way down the East Coast back to Sydney. From there we will be going to New Zealand, Tahiti, Easter Island, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Spain. All in all not a bad lot of countries to visit. This journal is for those friends and family who would like to know where we are and how we are spending our time bumming around the world. Hope you guys enjoy reading about our travels and don't fall asleep too quick from reading them or looking at the millions of photos (the modern version of the slide show!!).

  • 362 days (08 Jan 2005 - 05 Jan 2006)
  • 65564 km (40740 miles)
  • 11 countries
  • 81 entries (29906 words)
  • 1303 photos
  • 3.6 ratings (214 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Jan 08, 2005 16:46 United Kingdom Glasgow » Goodbye to Blighty!!! 0 km 5 (1 votes)
2 Jan 10, 2005 08:30 China Beijing » Beijing and the Forbidden City 7998 km [*] (16) 2 (1 votes)
3 Jan 11, 2005 08:33 China Great Wall » The Great Wall of China - Simatai 8290 km [*] (7) 4.5 (2 votes)
9 Jan 17, 2005 08:39 Hong Kong Hong Kong (historical) » Hong Kong islands - aka Meet Gwenda's relatives!! 10330 km [*] (22) 3.7 (3 votes)
20 Jan 28, 2005 03:38 Australia Sydney » Australia Day 17714 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
29 Feb 06, 2005 06:45 Australia Heathcote Creek » Heathcote National Park 17743 km [*] (7) 5 (1 votes)
47 Feb 24, 2005 06:19 Australia Katoomba » Blue Mountains 17820 km [*] (9) 3 (2 votes)
56 Mar 05, 2005 06:26 Australia Sydney » Mardi Gras - It's party time!!! 17908 km 5 (1 votes)
58 Mar 07, 2005 06:22 Australia Sydney » Chinese Garden in Sydney 17908 km [*] (10) 5 (1 votes)
79 Mar 28, 2005 04:06 Australia Palm Beach » Summer Bay!!! 17941 km [*] (11) 4.4 (22 votes)
96 Apr 14, 2005 04:21 Australia The Basin » Camping at The Basin 17945 km [*] (14) 3.2 (3 votes)
109 Apr 27, 2005 04:32 Australia Otford » The Coast Walk 18019 km [*] (12) 2.7 (7 votes)
112 Apr 30, 2005 08:24 Australia Sydney » St Patricks Day 18062 km [*] (6) 2 (1 votes)
117 May 05, 2005 03:11 Australia Royal National Park » Royal National Park 18088 km [*] (9) 1 (1 votes)
117 May 05, 2005 04:39 Australia Sydney » Sydney 18114 km [*] (30) 5 (1 votes)
120 May 08, 2005 08:57 Australia Bundanoon » Bonnie Bundanoon 18234 km [*] (15) 5 (1 votes)
175 Jul 02, 2005 10:08 Australia Broken Hill » The Silver City - Broken Hill 19112 km [*] (56) 4 (4 votes)
177 Jul 04, 2005 06:45 Australia Jervis Bay » The whitest sand in the world 20042 km [*] (8) 3.7 (3 votes)
179 Jul 06, 2005 06:46 Australia Mallacoota » Mallacoota 20325 km [*] (16) 1.2 (3 votes)
181 Jul 08, 2005 06:47 Australia Buchan » Two men and a dog and some caves 20464 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
184 Jul 11, 2005 06:49 Australia Melbourne » Melbourne 20750 km 5 (1 votes)
184 Jul 11, 2005 16:59 Australia Heathcote » Meeting the rellies 20853 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
186 Jul 13, 2005 17:02 Australia Bendigo » The Big Gold Mountain 20896 km [*] (19) 5 (6 votes)
189 Jul 16, 2005 17:04 Australia Launceston » Ghost Town 21474 km [*] (11) 3 (3 votes)
190 Jul 17, 2005 17:05 Australia Cradle Mountain » A blast of winter 21579 km [*] (18) 5 (1 votes)
191 Jul 18, 2005 17:06 Australia Strahan » Strahan village 21652 km [*] (5) 1 (1 votes)
192 Jul 19, 2005 16:38 Australia Derwent Bridge » Wilderness rip-off (but nice scenery) 21727 km [*] (9) 5 (1 votes)
193 Jul 20, 2005 17:09 Australia Hobart » Hobart 21852 km [*] (20) 5 (6 votes)
196 Jul 23, 2005 17:10 Australia Adelaide » Adelaide 23018 km [*] (12) 4.3 (8 votes)
199 Jul 26, 2005 02:35 Australia Alice Springs » The Ghan 24350 km [*] (5) 5 (1 votes)
200 Jul 27, 2005 07:02 Australia Mount Olga » Kata Tjuta 24714 km [*] (2) 2 (1 votes)
201 Jul 28, 2005 07:03 Australia Uluru (Ayers Rock) » Uluru - the big red rock 24806 km [*] (7) 3.7 (8 votes)
202 Jul 29, 2005 07:05 Australia Kings Creek » The Lost City 24962 km [*] (8) 3 (2 votes)
202 Jul 29, 2005 07:07 Australia Alice Springs » Rainbow Valley and back to the Alice 25219 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
203 Jul 30, 2005 07:09 Australia Wauchope » Heading North 25567 km [*] (6) 4 (1 votes)
205 Aug 01, 2005 07:10 Australia Katherine Gorge » Kayaking in Katherine 26294 km [*] (5) 2.8 (1 votes)
206 Aug 02, 2005 07:12 Australia Litchfield » Hitting the tropics 26516 km [*] (9) 3 (2 votes)
207 Aug 03, 2005 07:13 Australia Darwin » Darwin days 26636 km [*] (8) 4.8 (13 votes)
209 Aug 05, 2005 07:31 Australia Cape Crawford » Gulf Savannah 27347 km [*] (23) 5 (1 votes)
210 Aug 06, 2005 07:35 Australia Lawn Hill » Goodbye bus! 27712 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
211 Aug 07, 2005 07:37 Australia Croydon » Snakes 'n' stuff 28100 km [*] (9) 5 (1 votes)
214 Aug 10, 2005 07:40 Australia Cape Tribulation » Luxury in the jungle 28520 km [*] (19) 5 (1 votes)
216 Aug 12, 2005 07:39 Australia Cairns » Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef 28618 km 1 (1 votes)
219 Aug 15, 2005 07:46 Australia Magnetic Island » Magnetic Island 28890 km [*] (12) 1 (1 votes)
222 Aug 18, 2005 07:47 Australia Whitsunday Group » Going green in the Whitsundays 29153 km [*] (5) 4 (1 votes)
227 Aug 23, 2005 07:52 Australia Fraser Island » Fraser Island 29795 km [*] (28) 3.5 (2 votes)
229 Aug 25, 2005 07:53 Australia Noosa » Noosa 29975 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
232 Aug 28, 2005 07:58 Australia Byron Bay » Byron Bay (via Brisbane) 30232 km [*] (10) 3 (4 votes)
234 Aug 30, 2005 08:00 Australia Sydney » The circle is complete!!! 30858 km [*] (2) 1.7 (3 votes)
236 Sep 01, 2005 00:50 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Christchurch » Hello Barbie, let's go party!!!!!!!!! 32997 km [*] (3) 1 (1 votes)
239 Sep 04, 2005 00:51 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Akaroa » Banks Peninsula breakdown 33004 km [*] (42) 1 (2 votes)
245 Sep 10, 2005 00:52 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Mount Cook National Park » Roughing it in the mountains 33199 km [*] (43) 4.1 (3 votes)
248 Sep 13, 2005 00:53 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Dunedin » It's Edinburgh but not as we know it!! 33453 km [*] (2) 2.5 (2 votes)
251 Sep 16, 2005 00:54 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Milford Sound » Milford Sound 33695 km [*] (27) 4.2 (2 votes)
254 Sep 19, 2005 00:55 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Queenstown » God's Dandruff hits Queenstown at last 33773 km [*] (7) 5 (1 votes)
257 Sep 22, 2005 06:51 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Franz Josef Glacier » Glaciers in the rainforest 33983 km [*] (30)
262 Sep 27, 2005 13:33 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Motueka » A walk in the park! 34328 km [*] (45) 4 (1 votes)
266 Oct 01, 2005 13:36 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Havelock » The Nydia Track 34395 km [*] (15)
272 Oct 07, 2005 12:41 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Rotorua » North Island Blues 34804 km [*] (14) 3 (1 votes)
274 Oct 09, 2005 12:43 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Coromandel Peninsula » To the tip of the Coromandel 34962 km [*] (25) 1 (1 votes)
279 Oct 14, 2005 12:46 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Auckland » Auckland too soon! 35035 km
288 Oct 23, 2005 10:49 French Polynesia Moorea » A week in the sun 39112 km [*] (35) 2 (1 votes)
291 Oct 26, 2005 04:51 Chile Easter Island » Mean looking statues and lots of horses! 43394 km [*] (67) 3.7 (3 votes)
294 Oct 28, 2005 18:13 Chile Santiago » Hola to Pisco Sour! 47159 km [*] (17) 3.7 (3 votes)
303 Nov 06, 2005 21:59 Chile Pucón » Lakes and volcanos 47817 km [*] (16) 2.2 (4 votes)
307 Nov 10, 2005 22:24 Argentina San Carlos de Bariloche » First time into Argentina 48035 km [*] (9) 4 (2 votes)
309 Nov 12, 2005 22:31 Argentina El Chalten » Fitzroy National Park 48953 km [*] (35)
311 Nov 14, 2005 22:33 Argentina El Calafate » The Moreno Glacier 49074 km [*] (35) 1 (1 votes)
314 Nov 17, 2005 22:34 Chile Lago Pehoe » Torres del Paine - back into Chile 49176 km [*] (53) 3.5 (2 votes)
319 Nov 22, 2005 22:35 Argentina Ushuaia » The end of the world 49698 km 3 (1 votes)
323 Nov 26, 2005 22:36 Argentina Puerto Madryn » Puerto Madryn 51059 km [*] (14) 4 (1 votes)
327 Nov 30, 2005 22:37 Argentina Buenos Aires » Paris of the South 52125 km [*] (30) 3.5 (2 votes)
328 Dec 01, 2005 19:43 Uruguay Colonia del Sacramento » Day trip to Uruguay 52202 km [*] (25) 1 (1 votes)
333 Dec 06, 2005 22:38 Argentina Puerto Iguazú » Iguazu Falls 53242 km [*] (46) 3 (2 votes)
336 Dec 09, 2005 22:39 Brazil Foz do Iguaçu » Iguazu Falls - part II 53245 km [*] (45)
338 Dec 11, 2005 22:40 Brazil Corumbá » The Pantanal 54038 km [*] (23)
341 Dec 15, 2005 16:09 Brazil Bonito » Floating with the fishes 54305 km [*] (7) 4 (2 votes)
346 Dec 20, 2005 16:20 Brazil Paraty » Paraty 55538 km [*] (9) 5 (1 votes)
348 Dec 22, 2005 16:21 Brazil Rio de Janeiro » Rio at last! 55694 km [*] (36) 3 (2 votes)
359 Jan 02, 2006 15:15 Spain Madrid » And now the end is near......... 63845 km [*] (13) 5 (1 votes)
363 Jan 05, 2006 17:58 United Kingdom Glasgow Home Sweet Home..sob..sob 65564 km 5 (1 votes)